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> it also would've been relatively easy for authorities to link a spike in deaths to those events. So far we have not seen the spike take place What makes you

> it also would've been relatively easy for authorities to link a spike in deaths to those events. So far we have not seen the spike take place What makes you say it "would've been relatively easy" given contact tracing is not widespread in the US and certainly wasn't during the weeks of US Spring Break (ca. mid-Mar)? In any case, you are mistaken that "we have not seen the spike take place". [0] See, especially, the map "generated by Tectonix GEO and X-Mode Social" about 1/3 of the way down the page. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/florida-spring-break-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/us/florida-spring-break-c...

prostoalex 6y ago
> What makes you say it "would've been relatively easy" given contact tracing is not widespread in the US Plane tickets were bought, credit card spending took place, cell phone towers were pinged, hotel reservations had names linked to them, relatives, friends or colleagues aware of the whereabouts and can be interviewed post-mortem? For what it's worth, they're able to pinpoint specific parties or night club performances https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2020/05/09/pasadena-identifies-at-least-5-coronavirus-cases-from-single-birthday-party/ https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2020/05/09/pasadena-identif... https://ktla.com/news/local-news/former-rancho-palos-verdes-mayors-birthday-bash-at-trump-golf-club-leaves-partygoers-with-coronavirus/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/former-rancho-palos-verdes-...
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