Super Bowl parties a non-starter as COVID-19 surge continues
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/super-bowl-parties-a-non-starter-as-covid-19-surge-continues/ar-BB1drNt4?ocid=msedgntpHalloween, NBA Championship games, Thanksgiving, all these events that last just a few hours, have had a huge effect on the virus in California. Christmas, not quite so much because the hospitals were filling up and people started to get concerned. But now, the Superbowl and be as bad as any of the previous events. A few hours can double the number of people getting the virus and the effects will be seen within two weeks.
Cancel any Superbowl party you are hosting. Bail out of any Superbowl party you were planning on going to. Just watch it at home with family. That is no problem.
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine seems to be close. Likely to start in March. We are very close. Even without this vaccine, the two we have should protect the most vulnerable in the next two months. But we have to get through this next month.
We could lose an extra 50,000 lives, half the number who attend in person a typical Superbowl, if millions insist on watching it in large groups on TV. Thousands who could have received immunity in February or March will die instead. There are many other Superbowl in the coming years.