'This reckless behavior endangers countless people and risks setting us back substantially from the progress we have made in slowing the spread of COVID-19,” County Executive Dr. Sam Page said in a statement.
that they would try not to let large groups gather and would try to enforce social distancing, but"we don't know who's in groups, who's in families, we expect them to do that on their own."
One person who attended the Saturday bash told the station that guests' temperatures were checked and there was sanitizer on hand."If you’re worried about getting sick, obviously, or you want to distance yourself, it’s pretty much to each their own,” Jodi Akins said.The Camden County sheriffthat it was a"record weekend" at Lake of the Ozarks, but a lack of social distancing is not a crime and his department had no authority to enforce it.
"We expect residents and visitors alike to exhibit personal responsibility at the lake," Sheriff Tony Helms said in a statement. I know many people safely enjoyed the Lake this weekend while taking the appropriate safety precautions. But too many did not. And given potential for asymptomatic spread, this behavior creates much more risk for the rest of us. ContactThe coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can be spread in crowds, and health experts have stressed that people should keep their distance from others in order to slow its spread.
As of Monday, there have been more than 12,100 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Missouri with 685 deaths attributed to the disease, according to the
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