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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 0:26:48 GMT
"A wedding reception in Millinocket, Maine, led to 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. One woman who did not attend the event died on Friday after being infected with COVID-19 after coming in close contact with a guest, the Portland Press Herald reported. Sixty-five people went to the August 7 reception, which was largely indoors, Maine's CDC director Nirav Shah said in a press conference on August 20. The venue, "Big Moose Inn," exceeded the state's limit on indoor gatherings, which is 50 people, Shah said. The median age of infected people among the outbreak is 42, but there's a wide range from four years old to 78, Shah said on Thursday. Most of them reported symptoms about 4 days after the reception, but roughly 13% were asymptomatic, he added. It's not the first time a celebration of sorts ended led to a somber if not lethal outcome. In May, a birthday party in California made national headlines when it infected at least 5 people, several of whom became seriously ill, a spokesperson for the Pasadena Public Health Department told Business Insider at the time. The outbreak started with a single person who attended the party without a face mask, while coughing into the air and joking about having COVID-19, officials said. "She was joking with people at the birthday party," Lisa Derderian, a spokeswoman for Pasadena, told CNN at the time. "She said I may have Covid-19, and lo and behold, she did." In Millinocket, nearly half ā 23 ā of the reported cases linked to the wedding are among people who didn't attend, according to the Press Herald. But efforts to contract-trace, or identify those who've come into contact with infected people, are still underway, Maine's CDC said. In general, contract tracing in the US isn't going well, The New York Times reported last month. In many scenarios, the virus is running rampant ahead of investigators' efforts. In others, delays to getting test results in turn delays infected people from staying home." www.businessinsider.com/a-wedding-reception-spread-coronavirus-to-53-people-killing-one-2020-8But, as the recent polling has shown us, likely just another "acceptable" death.
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AllieC
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Post by AllieC on Aug 24, 2020 0:33:37 GMT
WTF, it is unfathomable that there are still gatherings of this size (even the legal 50) going on.
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Post by epeanymous on Aug 24, 2020 0:34:49 GMT
I know that weddings are a big deal and important to people, but imagine having your wedding be the cause of death?
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Post by peabay on Aug 24, 2020 1:01:18 GMT
That is such a sad story.
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Post by bianca42 on Aug 24, 2020 1:10:29 GMT
This is sad. DH and I were officially uninvited from a Halloween wedding today and we were both happy that we donāt have to decline. I do feel horrible for the bride and groom missing out on their dream wedding, but they said they couldnāt live with themselves if if turned into an outbreak.
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Post by grammanisi on Aug 24, 2020 2:00:56 GMT
I know that weddings are a big deal and important to people, but imagine having your wedding be the cause of death? I can't imagine. Our niece cancelled her wedding the end of March and her younger sister cancelled her graduation party in June.
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Post by theroadlesstraveledp on Aug 24, 2020 2:05:09 GMT
What happened is so sad. My cousin cancelled his wedding in October. I feel bad for them, but I understand. I also donāt want to fly to WA with a mask on right now..
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Aug 24, 2020 2:05:28 GMT
I would love to talk to that woman to see how she feels now. I would feel so guilty being the cause but I doubt she does.
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Post by sassyangel on Aug 24, 2020 2:40:57 GMT
WTF, it is unfathomable that there are still gatherings of this size (even the legal 50) going on. I drove past a large church today with the parking lot full and not a sign of a mask anywhere. Our numbers are Victoria bad (population wise) and people are still going about like itās January here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 3:01:45 GMT
Both my nieces have graduation parties next month. I am beyond disgusted at my siblings, one of whom works in a ER.
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Post by kluski on Aug 24, 2020 3:02:30 GMT
We have a wedding in October. Dh and I were just discussing this over the weekend. I know my cousin will be sad possibly angry but I just canāt do it. Weāre not going.
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Post by Really Red on Aug 24, 2020 3:12:46 GMT
WTF is wrong with people? I've had two zoom weddings and (sadly) one zoom funeral in the past couple months. It was a little sad being all by myself for all 3, but at least I participated. This is just for a short period of time!! If you have to get married, do it and postpone the reception. FFS.
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Post by Jennifer C on Aug 24, 2020 3:23:38 GMT
I have a cousin that should be having her Quinceanera on Oct 10th. They sent out the invitations in April. Today, her parents sent out a card that said sorry, we will celebrate when it is safe for everyone.
Jennifer
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 3:55:52 GMT
WTF is wrong with people? I've had two zoom weddings and (sadly) one zoom funeral in the past couple months. It was a little sad being all by myself for all 3, but at least I participated. This is just for a short period of time!! If you have to get married, do it and postpone the reception. FFS.This is what so many in my area are doing. Go ahead and get married. The party can wait. People will be very ready to party at the drop of a hat when this is past.
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Post by tentoes on Aug 24, 2020 5:09:06 GMT
My grandson got married in May. They cut their guest list from 125 down to about 10. We had it in the church, so with the pastor and the photographer, and sound person, there were 15 people there--with the bride and groom. It was a lovely wedding--not at all what the bride had envisioned for her wedding, but they are happily married, and as far as I know, none of us got sick from being there! Their church congregation did have a drive-by wedding reception for them about a week after the wedding. I guess I should also note that of the 10 people in attendance, 8 of us lived in the same house!!
eta: Yes, they are going to have a "reception" next year for their first anniversary.
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Post by kim68 on Aug 24, 2020 5:33:11 GMT
We chose not to attend my nieces Wedding on Friday. There were 185 people that attended the INDOOR reception. In the photos that they have posted so far not a single person has a mask on. Iām just shocked how many people there were.
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Post by peasapie on Aug 24, 2020 7:41:40 GMT
Astonishing this person was coughing and wasnāt wearing a mask. I wonder if the venue will be held responsible in some way.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Aug 24, 2020 7:54:17 GMT
My niece is having her wedding next month, after it had been postponed from June. The wedding itself will ā onlyā have 50 attending outdoors. The reception, though will be a large crowd, at someoneās house, with food, drinking, and dancing. Needless to say, I sent my regrets. This is in Colorado. And sheās an RN.
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Post by craftykitten on Aug 24, 2020 8:10:06 GMT
Oh how awful.
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Post by michellegb on Aug 24, 2020 8:47:12 GMT
This isa perfect example of what can happen with the worst possible results. Yet so many people STILL refuse to see it. There is no respect for this virus and science. It's infuriating that people are willing / eager even to play roulette with other people's lives, never mind their own. We are doomed as a society.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Aug 24, 2020 11:59:49 GMT
WTF, it is unfathomable that there are still gatherings of this size (even the legal 50) going on. Exactly! But people are *booooooorrrrrrrreddddddd!* with this pandemic already. And heck, now she can add a memorial section to her wedding album. /s Meanwhile, i go to work masked up, come home, only do essential shopping in store if I can't do it online. Haven't traveled, haven't gone out for fun. My kids haven't been in school or with anyone but the household members since mid March. But I'm sure wedding chick thought her special day was more important than the lives of everyone around her. So they got sick? So the person died? But did you see her Insta?! OMGee!! Totes worth the death for those pics!š /s
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Post by peppermintpatty on Aug 24, 2020 12:25:03 GMT
We chose not to attend my nieces Wedding on Friday. There were 185 people that attended the INDOOR reception. In the photos that they have posted so far not a single person has a mask on. Iām just shocked how many people there were. Family or not, I would have reported that.
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Post by mikklynn on Aug 24, 2020 12:44:44 GMT
Both my nieces have graduation parties next month. I am beyond disgusted at my siblings, one of whom works in a ER. That really scares me. We depend on our health care workers to do the right thing, to keep DH safe. He has no choice but to get in-person medical care at times. He has been to the ER 6 times since COVID appeared. (He is better).
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 24, 2020 12:53:41 GMT
That is crazy that nearly half of the people at the reception got the virus.
I think there are a lot of reasons why people go on with their plans like this, but ultimately it is thinking "It won't happen to me". Making stories like this public is important, but I don't doubt that the couple that got married feel badly about their choice now.
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Post by christine58 on Aug 24, 2020 12:56:01 GMT
That is crazy that nearly half of the people at the reception got the virus. I think there are a lot of reasons why people go on with their plans like this, but ultimately it is thinking "It won't happen to me". Making stories like this public is important, but I don't doubt that the couple that got married feel badly about their choice now. Actually thatās not what the article says. It says nearly half who were not at the reception got the virus. So people from the reception spread it to others outside of whoever was in attendance. And the person who died, was not at the reception.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 24, 2020 13:01:43 GMT
That is crazy that nearly half of the people at the reception got the virus. I think there are a lot of reasons why people go on with their plans like this, but ultimately it is thinking "It won't happen to me". Making stories like this public is important, but I don't doubt that the couple that got married feel badly about their choice now. Actually thatās not what the article says. It says nearly half who were not at the reception got the virus. So people from the reception spread it to others outside of whoever was in attendance. And the person who died, was not at the reception. The article says that 53 people who were linked to the wedding were infected, with 23 of those not being at the wedding. So, that means that 30 of the 65 guests were infected.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 13:04:07 GMT
I really feel for the one that died. She did the right thing and not go ( for whatever reason) and yet some idiot must have been at that wedding to end up infecting her and it cost her, her life. How awfully sad and avoidable.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 13:06:31 GMT
Actually thatās not what the article says. It says nearly half who were not at the reception got the virus. So people from the reception spread it to others outside of whoever was in attendance. And the person who died, was not at the reception. The article says that 53 people who were linked to the wedding were infected, with 23 of those not being at the wedding. So, that means that 30 of the 65 guests were infected. And one can guarantee that those 30 have now infected at least 30 others and quite possible more.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 24, 2020 13:21:21 GMT
The article says that 53 people who were linked to the wedding were infected, with 23 of those not being at the wedding. So, that means that 30 of the 65 guests were infected. And one can guarantee that those 30 have now infected at least 30 others and quite possible more. Yes. That is where the 23 (and counting, I am sure) who were infected from guests come from.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 13:25:24 GMT
And one can guarantee that those 30 have now infected at least 30 others and quite possible more. Yes. That is where the 23 (and counting, I am sure) who were infected from guests come from. Oh there will definitely be more when symptoms appear or test results are received. Not everyone comes out with symptoms as early as three days after the event. That is why one needs to isolate for 14 days after contact. I wonder if the rest are now isolating themselves.
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