Social Distancing at ISU

CloneIce

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Explain why none of them have been tracked back to the Ozarks which has had 9 million visitors this summer and I have seen like 8 people wearing masks?

I live in the KC area, there have been several news stories about cases traced back to the Lake. But past that our contact tracing is nowhere close to robust or effective enough to tie the origin of recently identified cases at universities back through their history of spread. Plus it’s so prevalent in most places at this point that it’s hard to pinpoint everything at that level. I’d say that ship has already sailed.
 
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CloneIce

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Curious as to why everytime one of these big events happens, Riots, Protests, Bars, Keggers, and all that, there is supposed to be a huge outbreak after and it never happens. I have been going to the Ozarks every summer and they have had 4 million visitors more this year than any other year and yet there is never ever a big spike after the weekend and all the bars are packed.

We’ve been having 50,000 ish new cases or more most days throughout July and August. We’ve had a non stop outbreak and community spread for a long time throughout many areas of the country.

The outdoor events are relatively safer than crowded indoor events of course, and I think the effects of those are sometimes overblown.
 

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Explain why none of them have been tracked back to the Ozarks which has had 9 million visitors this summer and I have seen like 8 people wearing masks?

So the Ozarks doubled in visitors this year? Yikes, I mean it looked busy but not that bad. Branson was only about 1/2 full at best by what we saw and were told.
 

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Do you have a point?
He's probably saying from a statistical and logical perspective (correctly) young adults really shouldn't be worried about dying from COVID19. If your a healthy young adult your exponentially more likely to die from an MVA as a result of drinking at a party than COVID19.
 
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Not exactly sure.
This is like a case study on human nature. If you ban the party at the bars the party will go underground...


Ask the city of Ames what happens when you start breaking up large parties and telling people they can't stand in line to get into the bar on VEISHEA. The riots of 92/93 (whichever year that was) is a case study in that.
 

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Not exactly sure.
That is a figure of speech.. most "underground" parties are not literally "underground."


Went to Lumpy's one time, never went underground partying again. Well, I guess I got drug to a basement bar in Clear Lake a few year ago. That a shitehole.

EDIT: Remember when I was 25 and Clear Lake turned an old happy joes basement into a bar. I think they had one 40 watt lightbulb working in there. You took your life in your hands with the drinks you drank and any booty call you picked up.
 

CloneIce

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So the Ozarks doubled in visitors this year? Yikes, I mean it looked busy but not that bad. Branson was only about 1/2 full at best by what we saw and were told.

I know people who left the city when this crap went down, and have been living full time in their lake houses and working remotely. It’s a combination of that and people changing travel plans to vacation in a lake away from cities where things are pretty much normal.