Is Provincetown our future? Count me skeptical. Here’s how conservative commentator Andrew Sullivan, who lives part-time in Provincetown, described the scene in a July 30 substack post that warned against applying what happened there in July to the rest of the nation: Apparently the CDC believes the entire country should pay the price for Bear Week. Perhaps they were engaging in activities most of us avoid. Is it not possible that the partygoers in Provincetown were engaging in activities that might have made the spread rather easy? "This finding (that 74% of Provincetown’s infections were among vaccinated people) is concerning and was a pivotal discovery leading to CDC's updated mask recommendation," CDC Director Dr. These purveyors of panic said vaccinated individuals in areas of high transmission - almost all of the U.S. The CDC does not have information on any underlying health conditions of those who were hospitalized or tested positive.īut it was this outbreak that caused the breathless doomsday cult at the CDC to throw the country into a tizzy last week when they reversed themselves on the need for vaccinated Americans to sometimes wear masks. That’s right, of the 469 mostly gay men infected during a week of revelry, five wound up in the hospital. The CDC reports that “handful” was literally five. Luckily, “only a handful” of those who tested positive were hospitalized, according to The Washington Post. Of the infected people, 301 were male and the median age was 42. On July 3, MA DPH had reported a 14-day average COVID-19 incidence of zero cases per 100,000 persons per day in residents of the town in Barnstable County by July 17, the 14-day average incidence increased to 177 cases per 100,000 persons per day in residents of the town (2). Another 127 unvaccinated adults tested positive.Īccording to the CDC: Persons with COVID-19 reported attending densely packed indoor and outdoor events at venues that included bars, restaurants, guest houses, and rental homes. But it’s worth noticing that Bear Week was held this summer in Provincetown, Massachusetts from July 10 through the 18th.Ĭontact tracing of so-called “breakthrough infections” of Covid infections in vaccinated individuals shot up to 364 people who were in Provincetown from July 3 through the 17th. I have nothing against bears or anyone else. Much goes on during Bear Week that could spread germs.
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Like heterosexuals, gays come in all shapes and sizes and large, hairy men call themselves “bears.” Yep, it’s a gathering of burly gay men who descend each summer on this Cape Cod enclave which is renowned for its eclectic shops and studios as well as its partying gay community.
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Google “Provincetown Bear Week.” I’ll wait. I have a little assignment for you before you read the rest of today’s post.