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A cheerleading competition that may draw 40,000 people raises concerns for a superspreader event.
CNN ^ | 2/12/2021 | Maria Cartaya and Scottie Andrew, CNN

Posted on 02/13/2021 8:48:29 PM PST by TermLimits4All

A massive national cheerleading competition is descending on downtown Atlanta this weekend.

Around 40,000 youth cheerleaders, coaches and spectators from across the country are expected to attend -- prime conditions, according to CDC guidelines, for a possible Covid-19 superspreader event.

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So we are attending this event. They are being very strict about masks, movement etc. even as I went into the parking garage the attendant wouldn’t scan my parking code on my phone without me putting a mask on, IN MY CAR.

They restrict your movements getting into the arena where the team is performing as well. They’ve done an outstanding job in my opinion. I hope the teams and spectators do not get the China Virus from this event. If this does end up being a super spreader event they’ll likely cancel the biggest event at wide world of sports in Orlando. These kids are just so happy to be performing the sport they love again. I’m thankful for that. Oh and to toot my own horn, my daughters team is in first place for day 1. They did better than they have all season tonight.

1 posted on 02/13/2021 8:48:29 PM PST by TermLimits4All
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To: TermLimits4All

Every gathering will be described as a “superspreader event” by the Marxist Media, except when the gathering is important to them (e.g., BLM-Antifa riots).


2 posted on 02/13/2021 8:55:52 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: TermLimits4All

Wow! Congratulations to your daughter! She and her teammates must be ecstatic!

These “super spreader” concerns always turn out to be ridiculously overwrought and it seems like there is no big contagion at these events.

Just think of all the tens of thousands that attended the Trump Rallies. You didn’t hear of them becoming “super spreader” events.

Now the big Biden rallies with ten people sitting in their circles? That was entirely different.


3 posted on 02/13/2021 8:57:40 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Life is short, and work long, opportunity fleeting, experiments dangerous, and judgment hard)
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To: TermLimits4All

Oh, gosh....I remember attending these massive cheer competitions...years ago :-)

Fun memories.

Good luck to your daughter’s team.


4 posted on 02/13/2021 9:03:01 PM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: TermLimits4All

I assume many of the participants will be Black so there should be no problem having the event.


5 posted on 02/13/2021 9:11:29 PM PST by Az Joe (Commie Kamala is a super-spreader....know what I mean?)
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To: Repeal 16-17

Super spreader? Commie-la ‘fweedumb” hawiss is going? 🤢


6 posted on 02/13/2021 9:11:58 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: TermLimits4All

Gatherings of illegal aliens at the border is not a “superspreader” event.


7 posted on 02/13/2021 9:14:32 PM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: TermLimits4All
CNN - Super Spreader of BS!
8 posted on 02/13/2021 9:23:01 PM PST by TigersEye (Everyone knows)
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To: TermLimits4All; Jane Long

My niece is on one of these cheerleading teams out of Pittsburgh who compete nationally, and they’ve won more awards than I can count. I think she’s 14 now. A couple years back at Christmas, she was walking around the family home doing these gymnastic thingies that were downright painful to watch. I was never that limber. Then again, I’m a guy who swims like a cement mixer.


9 posted on 02/13/2021 9:26:48 PM PST by Viking2002 (The revolution won't need to be televised. It'll be on your doorstep.)
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I remember those days.

That’s all they did, everywhere they went....all through the house, outside the house, off the diving board, at games, etc. :-)


10 posted on 02/13/2021 9:31:48 PM PST by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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11 posted on 02/13/2021 9:33:16 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Repeal 16-17

Buuuut,40,000 or more crossing the border with who knows what health problems is okay....


12 posted on 02/13/2021 9:46:21 PM PST by Hambone 1934 (When will the dems turn the US into Venezuela????)
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She did this flip in front of me where she just casually leaned backward until her palms were resting on the floor behind her heels and then rolled one leg over the other until she was upright again. As fluid as water. It made my old army injury start to throb like lumbago. Is it my graying memory (and hair) or does it seem like all the regional and national competitions they hold nowadays are either in Atlanta or Indianapolis? My sister and her husband are forever flying to one or the other for those things for her......I never hear her say they’re flying to Des Moines or Walla Walla for an event.


13 posted on 02/13/2021 9:50:49 PM PST by Viking2002 (The revolution won't need to be televised. It'll be on your doorstep.)
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To: TermLimits4All

Good. It needs to be spread. It’s a mild disease with >99.999% chance of survival for young people. CHEERLEADING is more dangerous than the Rona to these kids!


14 posted on 02/13/2021 10:07:00 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: TermLimits4All

Spread the damned thing until everyone’s been exposed and be done with it.


15 posted on 02/13/2021 10:16:17 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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16 posted on 02/13/2021 10:24:28 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: TermLimits4All

I think the number attending is wrong.

I think it’s 4,000,000 attending.


17 posted on 02/13/2021 10:27:11 PM PST by Fury
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To: TermLimits4All

“...cheerleading competition...superspreader event.”

No. No, I won’t.


18 posted on 02/13/2021 10:56:27 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: Repeal 16-17

Should me an actual superspreader. Hasn’t been able be yet. (Rhetorical statement)


19 posted on 02/13/2021 11:00:53 PM PST by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: TermLimits4All

I wonder if ESPN will cover this cheerleader competition...


20 posted on 02/13/2021 11:39:34 PM PST by L.A.Justice ( )
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