As Florida officials move to expel the hundreds of thousands of spring breakers, public-health specialists are nervously wondering what will happen once the party’s over
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Florida officials move to expel the hundreds of thousands of spring breakers who ignored calls for social distancing, public-health specialists are nervously wondering what will happen once the party’s over.
Justin Lessler, a professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, said the crush of swimsuit-clad students consuming large amounts of alcohol could create so-called “super-spreading events” that worsen the pandemic.“The students who are going and partying at spring break potentially are feeding into a world where they are stuck in their houses for weeks on end later on,” he said. “So I think they should keep that in mind.
On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered bars and nightclubs to close for 30 days and directed restaurants to cut their seating capacity by half. That same day he said that beaches could remain open but that groups of more than 10 people would not be allowed in one place. “Younger people have more social interactions. There’s more transmission amongst them. Most people are infectious before they are symptomatic.”Some local officials stepped in. Those in Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Naples and Clearwater moved to shut their beaches down.
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