Miami Beach under state of emergency as Florida reaches 2M COVID cases

March 20 (UPI) — The city of Miami Beach declared a state of emergency Saturday over concern about spring break crowds spreading COVID-19 Saturday and the Idaho legislature moved to a recess due to an outbreak among lawmakers. Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber announced an 8 p.m. curfew for the South Beach entertainment district during a Saturday-afternoon news conference and said shore-bound traffic on the city’s causeways would be shuttered. Both measures will be in effect for at least 72 hours, but officials may extend the state of emergency. “As we hit the peak of the peak of spring break, we are quite simply overwhelmed,” City Manager Raul Aguila said, who also said that on Friday night “you couldn’t see pavement and you couldn’t see grass” due to crowding in the area. Nick Note: Its pretty apparent mankind cannot bunch up. These crowd events are where the spreading is originating from. Get vaccinated but do not let your guard down. Theaters, concerts, sporting events and crowds should be avoided. If you are in a mixed environment (vaccinated and unvaccinated) where your ugly mask. The good news is among family and friends who are vaccinated (and are not going to risky environments ) you are probably safe. We are watching the genetic mutations (variants) closely. So far none of them in wide circulation pose a significant threat to vaccinated individuals. That will change and we will have to get a booster shot. Think of it as the yearly flue vaccine….