How coronavirus spread from East Lansing bar to the Grosse Pointes
Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press
Updated 2:37 p.m. ET June 27, 2020
All it took was one packed bar. An infected patron. And a wild party afterward.
This is the toxic combination that has led to a new wave of COVID-19 cases in the Grosse Pointe community, where at least 30 new cases in recent days have been tied to an outbreak at a popular East Lansing bar almost 100 miles away.
Harper's Restaurant & Brew Pub saw shoulder-to-shoulder crowds after reopening earlier this month, including some college students from the affluent Grosse Pointes who unknowingly got infected and brought the virus back home. According to multiple families who are now in quarantine, one of those students who visited Harper's came into contact with a friend who held a huge house party in Grosse Pointe Woods, where dozens of friends partied without masks and social distancing, they said.
People line up outside of Harper's in East Lansing on Monday evening, June 8. (Photo: Phil Friend)
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As of late Friday, the number of COVID-19 cases linked to Harper's brew pub had increased to 76, according to Ingham County health officials.
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2020/06/27/harpers-bar-east-lansing-coronavirus-grosse-pointe/3268551001/
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This place is less than a mile from my house. Those goddamned, irresponsible, idiotic owners should lose their liquor license. Every other place I've seen around town have been practicing strict social distancing policies--except this place. This is why I keep staying in as much as possible. This is a college town and young people think they're invincible. Seriously, I don't know why there are so many students still at MSU. All classes are online.
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