Wake co., NC resident who tested positive for COVID attended LEGO convention in Raleigh

[octoberlib]

A Wake County resident who tested positive for COVID-19 attended the BrickUniverse Lego Fan Convention at the Raleigh Convention Center on March 8 from 2-4 p.m.

The person was symptomatic.

"Because the crowd was so large and so mobile, we have no way to identify who came in close contact with this person during the Lego convention," said Dr. Jose Cabanas, the county's EMS Director/Medical Director who is overseeing public health operations today in the Emergency Operations Center. "We need the community's help to determine who was potentially at risk of exposure to the virus."


https://abc11.com/health/raleigh-lego-convention-attendees-potentially-exposed-to-covid-19/6015018/


I can't even....

[CatMor]

1. Hard to believe there is such a thing as a Lego Convention.

[captain queeg]

2. Hard to believe people can be so stupid

[OregonBlue]

3. Most people would assume they were coming down with a cold.

My grandson has had a sore throat for 4 days but no fever. Pretty sure it's just a cold. Still I'm checking him several times a day.

[octoberlib]

5. He'd been informed he was positive before the event.

[OregonBlue]

6. Oh my. What a selfish ahole!

[patphil]

4. They're building a LEGO Land about 5 miles from my house.

It's supposed to open on July 4th.
If it does open (50/50 on that one), it's going to bring 10-20 thousand people to Goshen, NY every day.
Perfect timing, right in the middle of a pandemic.
I think it should stay closed until the virus has run it's course.