This from Book of Faces:
The "pool party" at the Lake of the Ozarks is being reported in some very misleading ways. My question was, "Who posted the original video?" So. Little digging. A Phoenix reporter interviewed several establishment owners on the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend and posted some of his interview clips on Thursday evening and Friday. Establishments were taking temperatures before allowing people to enter and tubs of hand sanitizers were kept in multiple locations. It is clear that the intent of the reporter was to see how "social distancing" played out during the weekend. And, the entire world now believes that the Lake and Osage Beach had absolutely "zero regard" for CDC guidelines.
Let me just say: (1) the initial visual of the pool party looks bad; (2) once again, the mass media is filling people's eyes and minds with biased coverage; (3) the Lake traffic masses come from metro/urban areas...for the most part...from St. Louis and W Illinois, Kansas City and E Kansas, Des Moines, Iowa, and E Nebraska cities like Omaha and Lincoln; (4) one is more likely to come away from the Lake parties with a sexually transmitted disease.
While I don't have a dog in this race, I think there are bigger fish to fry with Covid-19. It is more likely that folks will come into contact with the virus on the way to or from the Lake. Sun, humid and hot air, bleach are all deterrents to the virus. The pool party had sun, hot and humid air, and chlorinated water in the pool. The Lake is a perennial cesspool for E. coli since people pee and poop in the Lake at while. There's more to be worried about than Covid-19.
Here's the link to the original reporter story and embedded are some of his before the "pool party" event.
https://www.kshb.com/…/partygoer-des...he-ozar…
Meanwhile, we have to carry on with life. History has proven that one cannot fix stupid. And that stupidity runs both ways...tourism and media traps. Many more rural areas across the USA are cancelling community rodeos and some communities are moving ahead with rodeo season plans. Liability insurance and fiscal breakevens are a concern for the smaller venue rodeos. Plus, animal activists are ratcheting up their game plans to target rodeo and agriculture events (like county and state fairs). I hope people just admit that propaganda is now more at play than ever before. My hope is, "This too shall pass."
I'll be home working and taking advantage of my social distancing and personal health.