A swingers convention in New Orleans turned into a coronavirus superspreader event after 41 people who attended tested positive for COVID-19.
The convention, titled
'Naughty in N'Awlins' was held in New Orleans over five days at the start of
November. It reportedly attracted 300 people despite the ongoing pandemic for a
week of sex.
Naughty Events owner
Bob Hannaford said the November’s five-day Naughty in N’awlins had safety
protocols in place like mask-wearing, pre-testing, and contact tracing.
But in a blog post, he
expressed his regret at hosting the event after learning that at least 41
people had tested positive for the virus. He also said people 'gave up' on
social distancing and mask-wearing.
'When we contacted the
people that were positive, we asked them several questions to find more
potential positive cases and try to find out where the biggest risks took
place. In almost every case, they admitted to us that they were super diligent
on the first two days (Wed & Thurs) and then they relaxed a little on
Friday and then they said “F**k it, it’s our last day” and many admitted that
their lax effort on that final day is probably why they ended up positive,'
Hannaford wrote.
He said that he had
'no idea' how many people had actually contracted the virus because he only
knew of the ones who have come forward.
'You see, we have no
idea how many people got tested after our event, nor if anyone tested positive
and didn’t tell us.
'There could also be
people that are positive, but without symptoms, so they never got tested,'
Hannaford wrote.
'If I could go back in
time, I would not produce this event again. Even though most of the 41 positive
cases have mostly been asymptomatic or very mild cases.
'The reason I wouldn’t
is that I know of two people who had a tougher time and they were suffering.
One of them, a good friend of mine, was hospitalized in serious condition.
'If I thought for one
minute that he or anyone would end up in the hospital, I would certainly not
have had our event.
'It is the first
hospitalization I have heard about, but I know it isn’t really the first, it’s
just that no one is talking about this,' he wrote.
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