So I had a super spreader event next to my house:
I’m going to preface this by saying that that was a distinct double entendre as you’ll see in a moment. Last week I was walking my dogs and two cars pull up to the house next-door to mine in Ventnor, New Jersey. From the cars emerge eight young gentleman and their luggage. Of course, not a mask in sight.
So they let themselves into the house, which has become a rental house most weeks of the summer, and get ensconced. A few hours later I’m out walking the dogs again, and they walk out of their house all friendly, waving, and come over and introduce themselves. I had taken three giant steps backwards but they didn’t get the hint. I had unfortunately walked outside without my mask because normally there’s no one there, my mistake. Anyway I was upwind of them and we had a very pleasant conversation the eight guys were from New York City and the suburbs and had initially wanted to go to Myrtle Beach but could not get accommodations. They asked me a few questions about the lay of the land so to speak in Atlantic City in the environs, invited me over for burgers and beer pong, which I thought was very nice actually and went about their business and I went about mine.
During the weekend I saw them in and out of the place again no masks, and doing what young guys do when they’re all together and There’s no parental supervision. Did I mention these guys are in their mid to late 20s? Anyway I pay them no mind, one of them said to me if we’re making too much noise let us know, to which I replied it’s not a problem I was young once too.
So Sunday morning, yesterday, I was awakened by one of the dogs early who was barking, and I felt like getting up anyway, I’m going downstairs letting him out, standing on the porch I watched a scene unfold: there was a car parked with its motor running in front of the house and within three minutes of my exiting my house, the door of the house next-door open three women dressed, shall we say, scantily and quite provocatively, emerged with an enormous Muscular gentleman who got into the driver seat, And whisked these young ladies away. Real pros.
So let’s do the math: Say for the sake of argument there’s just one person with a carrier in this house. That means that at least 12 people are now carriers of COVID-19 as well as possibly a few other pathologies, each of whom will be going back to his individual workplace or in the case of the ladies, several workplaces per day, and most likely shedding viral particles wherever they go. Forget exponential growth of this pandemic, consider scientific notation growth. Stephen King himself could not come up with a better scenario if he were to rewrite The Stand.
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