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Thousands partied at this Miami Beach festival. Nine tested positive.... [View all]
Note: I am not posting this to be in any way critical of the LGBT community, as their behavior is no different from tens of thousands of beach party attendees for spring break. Instead, this is to emphasize the outright denial so many public officials have exhibited as demonstrated in the interviews cited in this article.Thousands partied at this Miami Beach festival. Nine tested positive for coronavirus
By Martin Vassolo
March 20, 2020 06:15 AM
Read here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article241347726.html
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In a press conference on March 10 — on the last day of the Winter Party Festival — a top doctor from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not recommend canceling large gatherings across the board.
“It is really difficult to make those kind of pronouncements broadly,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “So the decisions, for example, in Seattle may look quite different than the decisions being made in a location right now where there is not community spread.”
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“Regarding WPF, we made the most informed decision at the time, following official guidance available at the time,” Carey said in a statement Monday. “Information and circumstances have changed rapidly since WPF.”
Miami Beach leaders stood behind the Task Force’s decision not to cancel, declaring the city “open for business.” When Ultra Music Festival canceled its March concerts, which itself was controversial among fans, Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said the city would try to give Ultra fans “something to do.”
City-sponsored pool parties were considered at a March 5 meeting. Mass cancellations were not.
“A blanket freeze on everything we do here in Miami Beach or a shutting down of business, to me, that at this point is not warranted,” Commissioner Mark Samuelian said.
Mayor Dan Gelber and two city commissioners attended the festival’s welcome reception. Gelber demonstrated a hands-free greeting attendees could use to limit transmission of the virus.
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But for Winter Party Festival organizers, the worst may not be here yet.
Symptoms can take up to 14 days to show, meaning someone who caught COVID-19 at Winter Party Festival may not even show symptoms until next week.
“It is really difficult to make those kind of pronouncements broadly,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “So the decisions, for example, in Seattle may look quite different than the decisions being made in a location right now where there is not community spread.”
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“Regarding WPF, we made the most informed decision at the time, following official guidance available at the time,” Carey said in a statement Monday. “Information and circumstances have changed rapidly since WPF.”
Miami Beach leaders stood behind the Task Force’s decision not to cancel, declaring the city “open for business.” When Ultra Music Festival canceled its March concerts, which itself was controversial among fans, Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said the city would try to give Ultra fans “something to do.”
City-sponsored pool parties were considered at a March 5 meeting. Mass cancellations were not.
“A blanket freeze on everything we do here in Miami Beach or a shutting down of business, to me, that at this point is not warranted,” Commissioner Mark Samuelian said.
Mayor Dan Gelber and two city commissioners attended the festival’s welcome reception. Gelber demonstrated a hands-free greeting attendees could use to limit transmission of the virus.
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But for Winter Party Festival organizers, the worst may not be here yet.
Symptoms can take up to 14 days to show, meaning someone who caught COVID-19 at Winter Party Festival may not even show symptoms until next week.
I'm speechless........
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