385,000 went to Lollapalooza, but it wasn't a COVID superspreader event

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23. Watching the people who insisted this would be a catastrophe refuse to admit that it wasn't

is really sad and demoralizing.

You were wrong. The vaccines are remarkably effective.

There's been no Chicago surge or Chicagoland surge, and the incidence of infection was low. It's OK to be vaccinated outside in groups, including concerts, baseball games, and music festivals.

For goodness sake, it seems like some of you just enjoy the drama of the worst result. This was a good result. The plan to mitigate and reduce risk was well conceived and it worked. It's OK to admit you were wrong, and that your pessimism was unfounded, and that it's possible for us to get back to something like normal. It's OK for us to win on this one, for goodness sake.

Almost 400,000 attended. Most did the right thing and were vaccinated. We have evidence of 203 infections, some of which were brought there. That's .5%. It's OK to win. It's OK. We can be happy. Cheer the fuck up for once.