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WASHINGTON - Walla Walla - DARWIN AWARD Nominees

A New Source of Coronavirus Spread: ‘Covid-19 Parties’

SEATTLE — A county in Washington State dealing with a coronavirus outbreak has identified a confounding new source of spread: “Covid-19 parties” organized so that people can deliberately mingle with an infected person in the hope of getting their own illness out of the way.

...Ms. Debolt said the two people who became ill after attending one of the parties in the Walla Walla area were young and have not needed hospital care. They informed health investigators that they figured they would be able to quickly recover from the virus, apparently not considering that they could then spread it to others more vulnerable to serious health effects or death.

“They feel really bad now, knowing that they put families and friends and others at risk,” Ms. Debolt said.
She said health authorities learned about the second party during their interviews but had so far only identified two people who became sick.

NYTimes
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-new-source-of-coronavirus-spread-covid-19-parties/ar-BB13HUTs?ocid=spartanntp


579 posted on 05/07/2020 1:52:50 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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Minnesota - SAVE THIS FARMER! HARVEST THESE PIGS - WHERE IS THE GOVERNOR?

video:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/05/07/hog-farmer-faced-with-terrible-dilemma-supply-chain-issues-pork-plants-closing-tuchman-ac360-pkg.cnn


580 posted on 05/07/2020 2:06:08 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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Didn't read the article - but Walla Walla is a college town, so guessing it was young folks making up a “good” reason to party.

It is also the site of a maximum security prison with all of Washington States death row inmates. Although after Washington State did not pursue the death penalty for Gary Ridgway, serial killer, I doubt any of those already on death row will ever be executed.

Perhaps the warden could arrange for a Covid-19 party?

592 posted on 05/07/2020 3:33:10 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To think those morons are allowed to vote and procreate.


615 posted on 05/07/2020 7:21:25 AM PDT by bgill (Idiots. CDC site doesn't recommend wearing a mask to protect from COVID-19)
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