Las Vegas Has Become a COVID Superspreader

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The Las Vegas Strip is now a "hotspot" in more ways than one. Where before it was considered a top tourist destination, Las Vegas is gaining a new reputation as ground zero for COVID superspreader events.

According to the Harvard Global Health COVID-19 tracker, Nevada currently has the third-highest concentration of coronavirus cases in the nation. The vast majority of those cases are in Clark County, which houses Las Vegas—meaning the bulk of the state's 65,150 cases and 1,197 deaths have taken place within city limits.

A new study published by the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica looked at anonymized cell phone records of 26,000 individuals in Las Vegas and found that within four days' time, at least 8,000 of those cell phones had dispersed to all but one state in the continental U.S. Though the study didn't specifically track whether those travelers were infected with coronavirus, it stands to reason that the city's major outbreak combined with excessive travel could spell disaster for the rest of the nation.

In a recent interview with NPR hosts Ari Shapiro and Will Stone, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak maintained that the reopening of the Las Vegas Strip was rolled out safely. Yet NPR analysts concluded that the city might face a hospital shortage if it continues on its current path. "With testing still turning up lots of infections, Las Vegas is on shaky footing. Nevada's rate of new cases relative to its population rivals hard-hit Southern states," said Stone.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-beloved-tourist-destination-has-become-a-covid-superspreader/ar-BB18hEBW?li=BBnb7Kz

[RockRaven]

1. Boy, who could have seen that coming?

[Initech]

2. The one thing that happens in Vegas that won't stay in Vegas.

[Progressive dog]

3. I hope NYS can enforce the quarantine

orders against people returning from states like Nevada. One of my sons had planned a trip to Las Vegas with his family in late August. They cancelled those plans a month ago.

[dhol82]

4. Yeah, I'll be pissed if some yahoos bring it back to NYC.

We’re one of the six states that can do any travel at all.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Yes sir re,

brought to the Nation by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau as well as our Mayor and City Council.

As our Mayor said,it is a Hoax until someone she knew ended up at UMC and on a Ventilator.

Sad to say,Nevada is run by the Gaming Commission. And there members cut the Campaign checks.

[Sewa]

6. What happened to Doug Polk's recall of the LV mayor

I know the timing was bad to mount a recall

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Last I heard,he gave it up.

He went after Michele Fiore,and have not seen any Clip Boards on that nasty Rep from our Ward.

[Sewa]

8. Thanks for the update

That Michele Fiore is a real piece of work. Do people in LV buy that phony gun toting bs?

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Yes!!!!!!!!

And our Metro PD as well as the Firefighters love her antics.

From Dance Hall worker in Jersey to City Council in Vegas.