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Covid Outbreaks Tied to Music Festivals Raise Outdoor Transmission Concerns
Rolling Stone via Yahoo ^ | August 6th, 2021 | Brian Hiatt

Posted on 08/07/2021 7:42:32 PM PDT by Mariner

Health officials are investigating Covid-19 outbreaks tied to two recent outdoor music festivals in Michigan and Oregon, raising new concerns about the safety of events with tightly packed crowds, even outside, as live music surges back and the more transmissible Delta variant spreads. Officials in Michigan say at least 96 cases can be traced to the Faster Horses Festival, which took place in Brooklyn, Michigan, from July 16th to 18th, while authorities in Oregon are looking at 62 cases tied to July 10th’s Pendleton Whisky Music Fest in Pendleton, Oregon. In Michigan, one person considered a “secondary case” — infected by someone who contracted Covid at Faster Horses — is hospitalized. Neither event required attendees to be vaccinated.

“These events are the warning shot across the bow,” says Dr. Emily Landon, executive medical director for infection prevention and control at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She also points to the numerous cases reportedly tied to July’s Verknipt Festival in the Netherlands, which was also held outdoors. “I think we’re finding it does matter what you do outdoors,” Landon adds. “And even though people are vaccinated, it looks like we may need to be more careful with super-crowded events.”

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Those seem like pretty meager numbers for packing 60,000 people nut to butt.

How can they even associate that few infections to a single event?

1 posted on 08/07/2021 7:42:32 PM PDT by Mariner
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They can’t they are lying.

Next step-mask outdoors.


2 posted on 08/07/2021 7:47:18 PM PDT by hercuroc
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It's amazing that COVID only hits country festivals and motorcycle rallies.

It totally avoids illegals, BLM rallies, protests, looting, rap concerts, Democrat political functions, etc. - Amazing

3 posted on 08/07/2021 7:48:36 PM PDT by Troublemaker
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Apparently they are overlooking the sex and drugs as a vector.

But we must all mask up.


4 posted on 08/07/2021 7:50:24 PM PDT by Valpal1
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To: Troublemaker

Anywhere the deplorables may peacefully assemble and let their voices be heard.


5 posted on 08/07/2021 7:50:34 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audits. No peace.)
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“meager numbers” — BINGO. My take as well. 62 and 96 cases out of tens of thousands attending? Seriously?


6 posted on 08/07/2021 7:52:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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They DID flag the homo-fest in Provincetown, Mass, though. Except they pitched it as a “family event.”


7 posted on 08/07/2021 7:53:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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To: hercuroc

Dig individual foxholes in the backyard.
If you can see beyond the yard fence, dog deeper.
The foxhole will double as a grave.


8 posted on 08/07/2021 7:54:37 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Mariner

Obama says do as I say, not as I do.


9 posted on 08/07/2021 7:57:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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Obama birthday parties are perfectly safe...


10 posted on 08/07/2021 8:00:13 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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Bingo.


11 posted on 08/07/2021 8:01:17 PM PDT by Fungi
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“Cases” is meangless without quantification of the severity of symptoms. How sick are they?


12 posted on 08/07/2021 8:02:06 PM PDT by bigbob
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How about illegals streaming across the bprder


13 posted on 08/07/2021 8:02:22 PM PDT by stockpirate (Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God., Where Justice Ends Tyranny Begins)
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We could replace the word “covid” with “runny nose” and it would mean about the same. So effing sick of this hype!


14 posted on 08/07/2021 8:05:24 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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Oregon especially reminds me of antifa wanting to go to rallies and spread the virus. I haven’t heard of any BLM or antifa-sponsored vaccination drives lately and a search of five pages didn’t show any announcements either


15 posted on 08/07/2021 8:06:52 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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Irony:


16 posted on 08/07/2021 8:08:51 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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Cases.

Not hospitalizations. Not deaths.

Cases.

Stop with the fear-mongering, MSM.

Illegals are streaming across the border and infesting every corner of our country. Obama is having a huge party at his Martha’s Vineyard swankienda. Don’t insult our intelligence by trying to make us think outdoor music festivals are dangerous.


17 posted on 08/07/2021 8:13:50 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Cases” ginned up by cycling PCR tests until something—anything—is found to establish a “positive”.

Cases my ass.


18 posted on 08/07/2021 8:25:31 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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Obama and friends party on. And the media drones on.


19 posted on 08/07/2021 8:27:26 PM PDT by Luke21
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bookmark


20 posted on 08/07/2021 8:31:46 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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