Super-Spreader Super Bowl

[MU82]

Anybody planning to hold or go to a Super Bowl party?

We're not, and although we made that decision before this NYT article was published, it helps explain why ...

Coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged after almost every major holiday of the past year, including Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This weekend brings another major holiday, even if it's not an official one: Super Bowl Sunday. And there is reason to worry that it will turn into Superspreader Sunday.

Polls show that a significant number of people plan to attend parties. Two separate surveys — one by Seton Hall University and one by the National Retail Federation — found that nearly 30 percent of adults said they would attend a gathering at someone's home or watch the game at a restaurant or a bar.

If anything, this weekend may be more dangerous than most holidays. Super Bowl parties are usually indoors and can involve more households than a holiday meal. This year's game is also happening when contagious new variants of the virus have begun to spread.

There is precedent for sporting events leading to outbreaks. Health officials in Los Angeles believe that gatherings to watch playoff games last fall involving the Lakers (who won the N.B.A. title) and Dodgers (who won the World Series) accelerated the virus's surge in Southern California.

"Crowds of packed fans crammed into outdoor dining patios," The Los Angeles Times explained last week, noting that gatherings often included unmasked people "chanting, singing or shouting." The same story quotes Barbara Ferrer, the public health director of Los Angeles County: "Don't organize a party at home. Don't go to a Super Bowl party."

The next several weeks feel especially important. Cases have been falling sharply, and the pace of vaccination — though still maddeningly slow — is picking up. We have reached a potential turning point, when Covid-19 deaths could start declining and never again reach their earlier highs.

But the variants present a huge risk. Behavior that was low-risk a few months ago may no longer be. Behavior that was already risky, like attending an indoor party, may be even more so.

"We need to double down," Dr. Rebecca Wurtz of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health told me. "Here's our chance to turn the corner, and we really need to seize it."

[Billy Hoyle]

we're having one of my wife's co-workers and her boyfriend over. They both WFH and limit their social activities and interactions. That's it.

We've had a small bubble of people we interact with in person since March.

[tower912]

On duty.   Already planned to order a pizza and bread sticks.   

I have never gone anywhere for a Super Bowl party.   Part of not being obsessed with football, I guess.

[Skatastrophy]

we're having one of my wife's co-workers and her boyfriend over. They both WFH and limit their social activities and interactions. That's it.

We've had a small bubble of people we interact with in person since March.

Nice of you to invite your wife's boyfriend

[Galway Eagle]

We're going to a neighbors that just tested negative. Two hepa air filters in their basement and ample room to distance with a group of 6 in accordance with the IL guidelines. I did have to stop my fiancé from accepting her parents invite to their house where there'd be her parents, the two of us, her 3 siblings, two other significant others, one new born, plus the parents and sister of the new born's mother. Sounded like a disaster waiting to happen even though 5 of them have had Covid already.

Nice of you to invite your wife's boyfriend

Definitely how I read that the first time lol

[GooooMarquette]

Nice of you to invite your wife's boyfriend

They must have a very 'evolved' relationship.

[Billy Hoyle]

Nice of you to invite your wife's boyfriend

just trying to be more woke!

[Warriors4ever]

Not into football, haven't gone to a Super Bowl  party in years, stopped by a neighbors once in a while.
It's one of my favorite times to go to the gym, late afternoon when parties have started. It's like having a private gym.
Having had one Moderna shot, I'm half tempted to make my first visit since last March, since no one will be there, but not tempted enough. Plus it's going to be bitterly cold.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Not into football, haven't gone to a Super Bowl  party in years, stopped by a neighbors once in a while.
It's one of my favorite times to go to the gym, late afternoon when parties have started. It's like having a private gym.
Having had one Moderna shot, I'm half tempted to make my first visit since last March, since no one will be there, but not tempted enough. Plus it's going to be bitterly cold.

You should speak to whoever runs the gym about turning the heat on.

[pbiflyer]

Not into football, haven't gone to a Super Bowl  party in years, stopped by a neighbors once in a while.
It's one of my favorite times to go to the gym, late afternoon when parties have started. It's like having a private gym.
Having had one Moderna shot, I'm half tempted to make my first visit since last March, since no one will be there, but not tempted enough. Plus it's going to be bitterly cold.

We used to go skiing in California on Super bowl Sunday. Slopes were empty.

[4everwarriors]

Don't give no chit 'bout know Stuper Bowl nohow, hey?

[BrewCity83]

We used to go skiing in California on Super bowl Sunday. Slopes were empty.

If not for the bitterly cold forecast Sunday, I'm guessing any slopes in Wisconsin would be as busy as usual.  Wisconsin has Super Bowl Apathy after the way the Packers were eliminated. 

[Billy Hoyle]

Not into football, haven't gone to a Super Bowl  party in years, stopped by a neighbors once in a while.
It's one of my favorite times to go to the gym, late afternoon when parties have started. It's like having a private gym.
Having had one Moderna shot, I'm half tempted to make my first visit since last March, since no one will be there, but not tempted enough. Plus it's going to be bitterly cold.

I did that at halftime of the Seahawks/Broncos blowout. Nobody there, it was great.

[GooooMarquette]

They sure seem to be taking the pandemic seriously in Tampa....

https://twitter.com/LuisSantana/status/1358375287780765699

[forgetful]

I'm actually pretty shocked by the number of people I know posting videos and photos from their large super bowl parties to social media.

[The Sultan]

After trending downward for a couple of weeks, we will know in a couple more if the SB had much impact.

[4everwarriors]

Eye dunno, those cardboard heads were sittin' damn close ta each udder wit know masks on @ Raymond James, hey?

[rocky_warrior]

I'm actually pretty shocked by the number of people I know posting videos and photos from their large super bowl parties to social media.

I'm not very "social", but I've been hearing the same thing.

[MU82]

Eye dunno, those cardboard heads were sittin' damn close ta each udder wit know masks on @ Raymond James, hey?

You are aware that people are talking about Super Bowl parties/gatherings, right? The same kind of events that led to thousands upon thousands of deaths and hospitalizations after Thanksgiving and Xmas/NYE.

[rocket surgeon]

Anybody planning to hold or go to a Super Bowl party?

We're not, and although we made that decision before this NYT article was published, it helps explain why ...

Coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged after almost every major holiday of the past year, including Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This weekend brings another major holiday, even if it's not an official one: Super Bowl Sunday. And there is reason to worry that it will turn into Superspreader Sunday.

Polls show that a significant number of people plan to attend parties. Two separate surveys — one by Seton Hall University and one by the National Retail Federation — found that nearly 30 percent of adults said they would attend a gathering at someone's home or watch the game at a restaurant or a bar.

If anything, this weekend may be more dangerous than most holidays. Super Bowl parties are usually indoors and can involve more households than a holiday meal. This year's game is also happening when contagious new variants of the virus have begun to spread.

There is precedent for sporting events leading to outbreaks. Health officials in Los Angeles believe that gatherings to watch playoff games last fall involving the Lakers (who won the N.B.A. title) and Dodgers (who won the World Series) accelerated the virus's surge in Southern California.

"Crowds of packed fans crammed into outdoor dining patios," The Los Angeles Times explained last week, noting that gatherings often included unmasked people "chanting, singing or shouting." The same story quotes Barbara Ferrer, the public health director of Los Angeles County: "Don't organize a party at home. Don't go to a Super Bowl party."

The next several weeks feel especially important. Cases have been falling sharply, and the pace of vaccination — though still maddeningly slow — is picking up. We have reached a potential turning point, when Covid-19 deaths could start declining and never again reach their earlier highs.

But the variants present a huge risk. Behavior that was low-risk a few months ago may no longer be. Behavior that was already risky, like attending an indoor party, may be even more so.

"We need to double down," Dr. Rebecca Wurtz of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health told me. "Here's our chance to turn the corner, and we really need to seize it."

the super bowl was not a super spreader!  just over 53 cases can be traced

this is why one needs to wait for the facts to come out before you get everyone all riled up.  it is super irresponsible to start a thread like this before we know anything.  could it have contributed to the spread of covid? maybe...but so could allowing tens of thousands of untested illegals into our country, putting them on buses and sending them throughout the country. 

     we need our media to be as cutting and diligent as they were during previous admin.  instead, they are just fawning and slobbering over this stiff "cardboard cutout" of a potus and the american people are going to suffer.  i thought we were going to get the "truth" even if it was difficult to speak. 

  umm, not from fox news so we good, eyn'a?

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/super-bowl-lv-was-not-a-covid-19-super-spreader-event-officials-say

[tower912]

Always entertaining, Rudy.

[The Sultan]

the super bowl was not a super spreader!  just over 53 cases can be traced

this is why one needs to wait for the facts to come out before you get everyone all riled up.  it is super irresponsible to start a thread like this before we know anything.  could it have contributed to the spread of covid? maybe...but so could allowing tens of thousands of untested illegals into our country, putting them on buses and sending them throughout the country. 

     we need our media to be as cutting and diligent as they were during previous admin.  instead, they are just fawning and slobbering over this stiff "cardboard cutout" of a potus and the american people are going to suffer.  i thought we were going to get the "truth" even if it was difficult to speak. 

  umm, not from fox news so we good, eyn'a?

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-hillsborough/super-bowl-lv-was-not-a-covid-19-super-spreader-event-officials-say

 
It is irresponsible to start a thread about something that MAY happen.  But it is completely responsible to continue to post about COVID treatments long after they've been proven ineffective.  Do I have that right?

[The Sultan]

     we need our media to be as cutting and diligent as they were during previous admin.  instead, they are just fawning and slobbering over this stiff "cardboard cutout" of a potus and the american people are going to suffer.  i thought we were going to get the "truth" even if it was difficult to speak.

Um....how are American people suffering?

**Hospitalizations and deaths going down
**Vaccine distribution problems have largely been solved and every adult who wants a vaccine will be vaccinated by the end of May
**Massive relief bill should prop up the economy and support those who most need the support until this is largely over.

Compare and contrast to the end of the previous administration where case rates, hospitalizations and deaths were continuing to rise, vaccines were being approved but had no clear distribution plan, and relief bills were stalled in Congress.

There is a reason why the Presidency and the Senate turned blue.  It wasn't the media.  It wasn't voter fraud.  (LOL)  It's because the administration mismanaged the pandemic and the Senate was seen as an impediment to getting people the relief they needed.

Americans are going to be suffering a lot less very soon.  And if Biden is nothing but a cardboard cutout, that's even more damning that he has been more effective than the living, breathing guy occupying the office for the last four years.

[SERocks]

And if Biden is nothing but a cardboard cutout, that's even more damning that he has been more effective than the living, breathing guy occupying the office for the last four years.

^^^This.

[🏀]

And if Biden is nothing but a cardboard cutout, that's even more damning that he has been more effective than the living, breathing guy occupying the office for the last four years.

Breathing.