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babylonsister

(171,073 posts)
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 08:57 AM Dec 2020

Santa and Mrs. Claus Expose Dozens of Kids to Coronavirus at Georgia Christmas Parade

https://www.thedailybeast.com/santa-and-mrs-claus-expose-dozens-of-kids-to-coronavirus-at-georgia-christmas-parade?ref=home

Santa and Mrs. Claus Expose Dozens of Kids to Coronavirus at Georgia Christmas Parade
TEST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
Jamie Ross, Reporter
Published Dec. 15, 2020 6:33AM ET


Santa and Mrs. Claus visited a rural Georgia community last Thursday to spread a little Christmas cheer. But they may have also spread something a bit less festive—the novel coronavirus. According to the local board of commissioners, the pair said they felt fine when they posed with roughly 50 children at the Christmas parade in the city of Ludowici. But, in the following days, they both tested positive for COVID-19. Long County Chairman Robert D. Parker wrote a message to the community on Facebook, saying: “I have personally known both ‘Santa’ and ‘Mrs. Claus’ my entire life and I can assure everyone that they would have never knowingly done anything to place any children in danger.” The kids who came into close contact with Santa have been told to stay home from school until after winter break.
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Santa and Mrs. Claus Expose Dozens of Kids to Coronavirus at Georgia Christmas Parade (Original Post) babylonsister Dec 2020 OP
The parents of those kids should not be given a free pass for endangering them. LonePirate Dec 2020 #1
The city & county should not have sponsored the event. CottonBear Dec 2020 #2
Sadly, kids don't pick their parents SallyHemmings Dec 2020 #3

LonePirate

(13,426 posts)
1. The parents of those kids should not be given a free pass for endangering them.
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:10 AM
Dec 2020

Mr. and Mrs. Claus definitely deserve their share of blame and scorn; but the parents are also responsible here.

CottonBear

(21,596 posts)
2. The city & county should not have sponsored the event.
Tue Dec 15, 2020, 09:27 AM
Dec 2020

Mr. & Mrs. Claus are dumbasses for being at the event.

Don’t get me started on the stupid, stupid parents.

Fuck.

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