Florida's COVID-19 surge hasn't stopped visitors from partying in Miami Beach, which Mayor Dan Gelber calls "the epicenter of the epicenter."
Florida's record-setting spike in COVID-19 cases hasn't stopped visitors from partying in Miami Beach, which its mayor, Dan Gelber, calls"the epicenter of the epicenter."
Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, a resident of Miami Beach and a former commissioner of Miami Beach, told USA TODAY that she was on South Beach's iconic Ocean Drive on Monday night as the area started to fill with revelers. "It's a public safety issue not just with the risk of coronavirus infection but with getting shot and stabbed and sexually assaulted all at the same time," Novak said. "The latter of incidents I referenced have been going on for years."
"By multiples, the largest group of cases is the 18-to-34 age category in Miami-Dade," he said, noting that those people are likely infecting family members of other age groups in the area. "That group is the most likely to be ignoring the social-distance instructions and are also the ones most likely [to get COVID-19] through whatever parties they're having.
But the issue of stopping private parties goes beyond the boats. Gelber said it has been tough to enforce social distancing at private parties.
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