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posted by martyb on Thursday March 26 2020, @09:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the pride-goeth-before-a-fall dept.

A group of young adults held a coronavirus party in Kentucky to defy orders to socially distance. Now one of them has coronavirus:

At least one person in Kentucky is infected after taking part at a "coronavirus party" with a group of young adults [...]

The partygoers intentionally got together "thinking they were invincible" and purposely defying state guidance to practice social distancing, [...]

[...] the virus seems to be affecting young people in the United States more than it has in China. A report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that up to 20% of people hospitalized with coronavirus in the United States are between the ages of 20 and 44.

[...] "So far the demography definitely seems to be very different in the United States versus in other countries that saw this hit earlier,"

[...] In New York state, more than half of coronavirus cases -- 53% -- have been among young people between the ages of 18 and 49

From MSN:
Kentucky coronavirus party with group of young adults has left at least one person infected:

At least one person in Kentucky is infected after taking part at a "coronavirus party" with a group of young adults [...] The partygoers intentionally got together "thinking they were invincible" and purposely defying state guidance to practice social distancing [...] "This is one that makes me mad," the governor said. "We have to be much better than that."

And...From Slate:

A group of Kentucky partygoers recently attended a "coronavirus party." The event, which appears to be a pandemic-themed soiree, as you might imagine, was not a civic-minded effort to promote social distancing practices and best hand-washing practices, but a slap in the face to everyone else's collective efforts to not kill our parents and grandparents. The party mocked the virus, and the coronavirus gods were angry. One of the twentysomething attendees of the ill-advised gathering in the midst of a national emergency tested positive for the virus Tuesday.

Maybe I'm too old to get it, but it seems to me somewhat unwise to do this.


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by theluggage on Thursday March 26 2020, @12:17PM (3 children)

    by theluggage (1797) on Thursday March 26 2020, @12:17PM (#975822)

    Between "Corona parties" and people challenging each other to lick toilet seats in public restrooms, it looks like it will be a good year for the Darwin award shortlist, possibly better than the "tide pod challenge" from the last year or two.

    Unfortunately, the fatality rate of coronavirus is probably too low, especially amongst the young and healthy, to properly invoke the Darwin effect and - unlike eating tide pods - the result is an infection that can be passed on to non-morons who might be vulnerable.

    Response to finding a "corona party" should be to nail the door shut and throw in 14 days supply of Dasani water and vegan pot noodles, then they can all do their bit for herd immunity.

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday March 26 2020, @01:07PM (2 children)

    by driverless (4770) on Thursday March 26 2020, @01:07PM (#975843)

    Response to finding a "corona party" should be to nail the door shut and throw in 14 days supply of Dasani water and vegan pot noodles, then they can all do their bit for herd immunity.

    If you're going to give them bottled water at least choose one of the numerous labels with E.Coli or arsenic or something in it. An FDA label [fda.gov] like "Contains Excessive Arsenic" or "Contains Excessive Bacteria" on the bottled water, for example, is a sure giveaway.

    Yes, you're allowed to sell bottled water with arsenic or E.Coli in it, as long as it's labelled.

    Extra points if you can supply one labelled "Excessively Radioactive".

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday March 26 2020, @05:04PM (1 child)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 26 2020, @05:04PM (#975974) Journal
      There are mineral springs with healing radon gas in them. Only the best for our darlings. ;-)
      • (Score: 2) by driverless on Friday March 27 2020, @03:15AM

        by driverless (4770) on Friday March 27 2020, @03:15AM (#976198)

        The FDA requirements also talk about uranium in water...