YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE ON THIS CHART. I'M DEBRA MORGAN. >> I'M LENA TILLETT IN FOR DAVID CRABTREE. DESPITE THE NUMBER OF CASES, PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAVELING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THEY TELL US THEY ARE EXPECTING 104,000 PASSENGERS TO FLY THROUGH THE AIRPORT THIS WEEK AND ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER NEXT WEEK. THAT IS DOWN ABOUT TWO-THIRDS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR BUT IT IS BUSIER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN MONTHS. WRAL'S LAURA LESLEY TALKED TO PEOPLE TODAY ABOUT WHY THEY ARE FLYING. WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. LAURA. >> Reporter: HEALTH RESEARCHERS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA HAVE BEEN SURVEYING PEOPLE ABOUT TRAVELING AND NEW NUMBERS SHOW TODAY A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT LISTENING TO WARNINGS NOT TO TRAVEL AND NOT TO GATHER THIS HOLIDAY. PEOPLE HERE TODAY TOLD ME FAMILY IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON. >> EMILY AND HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON JUST GLUE IN FROM ILLINOIS. >> HIS GRANDMA LIVES HERE IN TOWN AND IT IS HIS CHRISTMAS PRESENT. THAT IS ALL HE WANTED SO THAT IS WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO. SHE IS FAMILIAR WITH COVID PROTOCOLS. >> I'M A NURSE SO WE'RE ALL READY SO EXPOSED SO WE'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS. I WEAR A MASK, HE WEARS HIS. WE HAVE LOTS OF HAND SANITIZER ON US. >> Reporter: MANY ARE NOT BEING SO CAREFUL. OUT OF 20,000 PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP FOR THE SURVEY HALF SAID THEY DID TRAVEL OR GATHER WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSEHOLD AT THANKSGIVING. ONLY 51 FIRST OF THOSE SAID THEY OBSERVED SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND 37% WORE MASKS. JUST 13% GOT TESTED FIRST. HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO ILLINOIS TO SEE HIS PARENTS AND HE SAID HE IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT INFECTING THEM. >> NO, BECAUSE A.I. WILL GET THE VACCINE. THEY GET TESTED REGULARLY BECAUSE THEY WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY SO I THINK WE'RE AT A PRETTY LOW RISK. >> Reporter: HE RETURNED. HE WAS FLYING TO SALT LAKE CITY TO SEE HIS FAMILY. THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT VIRUS. >> Reporter: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SPENT CHRISTMAS WITH YOUR FOLKS? >> WO YEARS AGO. I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE SO FAR, SO THEY ARE EXCITED TO HAVE ME HOME AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THEM. >> Reporter: HE TOLD US ABOUT HAVING GOTTEN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE VACCINE TODAY. I CHECKED WITH A DOCTOR, HE SAID GETTING THE FIRST ROUND IS NOT ENOUGH TO PROTECT YOU FROM THE CORONAVIRUS. YOU HAVE TO GET THAT SECOND SHOT AND THEN WAIT FOR ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO BEFORE YOU'RE