TG&M is the largest gem and mineral show on the planet. And that’s just the official one. There’s half a dozen unofficial shows. It brings people in the gem and jewelry business from all over the world for multiple weeks (official show is one weekend, but the spinoffs run most of the month). Of course that February, things were mellow. But that’s my point. It could have been a blow up vector like Mardi Gras. Or both could have not been. It all depends on how many sick people show up and how many people they infect.
Hmm, perhaps the gem & mineral show simply draws a different crowd, which in this case was less likely to show up pre-infected. There’s no telling how deep the social and cultural undercurrent of this mess might run.