Cardi B was seen hiding her face as she arrived at a Los Angeles airport on Tuesday morning.
The 28-year-old WAP singer had on a blue hoodie as she pulled up a pink jacket over her face; behind her was her large entourage, all in masks.
This comes only days after hosting a huge Thanksgiving gathering as COVID-19 cases continue to spike. She has since apologized for her poor judgment.
Embarrassed? Cardi B was seen hiding her face as she arrived at a Los Angeles airport on Tuesday morning
Embarrassed? Cardi B was seen hiding her face as she arrived at a Los Angeles airport on Tuesday morning
The star also had on brown sweatpants and black sneakers with a patterned scarf on her head. The diva was seen leaving Los Angeles on November 25, so her trip was quick.
She has apparently learned her lesson about staying safe in a pandemic.
On Sunday, the rapper took to Twitter to publicly apologize for having hosted a well-attended Thanksgiving dinner at her house, which she shares with fellow rapper Offset.
After posting the images of the event to her Twitter account, an immediate backlash ensued, with many users pointing to th
One fan tweeted: ‘I can promise you it’s not worth it to everyone else who is affected by your poor choices aka the healthcare workers who you will run to when you’re sick.’
Other users pointed to the size of the event as an issue, as another wrote: ‘So what actually was the purpose of specifying the amount of people at your gathering…Knowing that a lot of people couldn’t even be with their families.
‘Sis I love you but anyone behaving this way during a pandemic deserves to be dragged,’ one user added.
The musician eventually realized her mistake and tweeted: ‘Sorry my bad wasn’t trying to make nobody feel bad. I just my family in my home for the first time and it felt so good & uplifted me…I wasnt trying to offend no1.’
The rate of hospitalizations – now at the highest level since the pandemic began – comes after weeks of rising infection rates nationwide, with 16 states reporting record seven-day averages for daily new cases on Thursday and Friday.
Doctors and health officials fear the US is in for a dark few weeks with cases and deaths expected to climb rapidly because of holiday gatherings and travel.
Dr Celine Gounder, a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, offered a grave warning about forthcoming spikes on Saturday – after millions of Americans traveled for Thanksgiving against the advice of public health officials.
‘We fully expect that in about a week or two after Thanksgiving we will see an increase in cases first, then about a week or two later you’ll start to see an increase in hospitalizations, and then another week or two after that you’ll start to see deaths,’ Gounder told CBS News, noting that symptoms of the virus can develop up to 14 days after exposure.
Mask off: None of the attendees were seen wearing facial protection or observing social distancing protocols
‘Unfortunately, that means that many people who celebrated with family, with friends over Thanksgiving will find themselves in the hospital, in ICUs over Christmas and New Years,’ she added.
Nationwide 155,596 new cases and 1,189 deaths were reported on Saturday, bringing the totals to over 13.4 million and 266,594, respectively, as of Sunday afternoon. Daily figures over the past few days have been skewed by inconsistencies in reporting around Thanksgiving.
Health experts and politicians pleaded with Americans to avoid gathering for traditional communal Thanksgiving feasts this year, warning that socializing between households would accelerate the rate of community transmission and put even more stress on an already overwhelmed healthcare system.
