West Hollywood leads Los Angeles county in new coronavirus infections
By Graham Gremore March 18, 2020 at 12:03pm · 13 comments
West Hollywood is currently leading Los Angeles County in the per capita number of coronavirus cases.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released a list of all the cities and areas in L.A. County with laboratory-confirmed cases. West Hollywood ranks #1 when it comes to the percentage of its population currently infected.
WeHoville reports:
The five confirmed cases in West Hollywood on Monday amounted to one per 7,371 residents. The eight cases confirmed on Tuesday by the L.A. County Department of Public Health means that one of every 4,607 West Hollywood residents has the COVID-19 virus.
At just 1.89-square-mile, West Hollywood is the seventeenth most densely populated city in the country, which helps explain the numbers.
On Monday, the West Hollywood City Council declared a 60-day state of emergency in response to coronavirus, restricting group activities and ordering all bars, clubs, gyms, theaters, bowling alleys, and arcades to immediately close. Restaurants are only allowed to offer takeout and delivery service.
The news comes around the same time the Winter Party Festival in Miami announced that several people who attended the circuit party have since tested positive for COVID-19.
"We know there are many places people could have been exposed before and after Winter Party as this virus has developed, but we wanted to make this information public as soon as possible," Rea Carey, executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, the organization behind the festival, said in a statement Monday.
While the event occurred prior to the mass-cancelations of public gatherings, the festival chose to move forward anyway despite heightened risks.
Be safe, everyone!
Related: LGBTQ people at heightened risk from coronavirus, warn advocacy groups
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chase_boston
the corona boner won´t kill you … the dew´s will : have you been good or bad … ?
reclaim the Scapegoat or be lost in fake is.rael & love is not pretending.
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Catholicslutbox
HIV + Corona.
These gays need to stop with their orgies.
Thank you, Bizarro Lois Lane!
armandov
I guess I'm not too surprised. Gay guys are so obsessed w/ Grndr and just can't get enough sex 24/7. I f you are hooking up w/numerous guys, at some point, you will have intimate contact w/ someone who has Coronavirus (and more).
It's cute when a new account comes in and forgets that talking about LGBT people in the 3rd person exposes the fact that it's a hetero troll.
mnorman
Please remember that a virus has no morals
mz.sam
HIV prevention = Prep. Covid-19 prevention = social distance sex.
CityguyUSA
I wouldn't bet my health on PreP.
kidco9
Not surprised, I've been reading, And The Band Played On (detailing the early days of AIDS), and am disappointed in our gay forefathers who didn't want to give up their bathhouses and random pick ups. Lock it down WeHo, the world is watching.
Gandalf The Grey
Kidco9, I've been thinking the exact same thing.
March 18, 2020 at 11:03pm
Then you're an idiot because your "gay forefathers" created a movement that challenged the authorities and got drugs to the market and much needed attention from people that didn't give a shit at the time.
Why am I not surprised. I wish I could say I feel sorry for them. But I feel sorry for the people they will inadvertently infect!
dhmonarch89
Yes- but don't they run you out of the area the day after your 35th b'day- 40th if your net worth exceeds $2 million???