A rise in coronavirus cases in a county in Washington state is being linked to so-called “coronavirus parties,” health officials say
“We don’t know when it is happening. It’s after the fact that we hear from cases," she said."We ask about contacts, and there are 25 people because: ‘We were at a COVID party.’”message, DeBolt said such parties are"not part of the solution" to reopening the community and asked residents to stay diligent.
"We need to practice proper and physical social distancing and other prevention measures. And we also need to use this time to use good common sense and be smart as we move through this pandemic so that we can begin to reopen our community," she said. "COVID-19 parties, not part of the solution. Live music at dinner pick-ups at restaurants, not part of the solution. Please help us to reopen our community and our economy," she continued.DeBolt noted to the Union-Bulletin that chickenpox parties were at one point considered popular. At the gatherings, unvaccinated children were intentionally exposed to a child with the chickenpox so that they would get the disease.
“It is not an innocent endeavor, by any means. It really sets us back," she said about the parties."In reopening the county, we look at not only total case count, but if our community is being diligent.” DeBolt said her agency will be reaching out to local law enforcement to help find and break up such gatherings.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced in March that a person"We are battling for the health and even the lives of our parents and our grandparents," Beshear said at the time."Don't be so callous as to intentionally go to something and expose yourself to something that can kill other people. We ought to be much better than that.
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