December 16, 2021
THE DESANTIS FLU:
A Ton of People Came Back from Art Basel Miami Beach With Covid (Helen Holmes • 12/16/21, NY Observer)
The omicron variant of the coronavirus is ripping through New York City: on Thursday, Bill de Blasio's senior public health advisor Dr. Jay Varma tweeted that the percentage of NYC residents who tested positive for COVID-19 had doubled this week in just three days. There are innumerable factors that could be contributing to this surge, most of them structural and impossible to pin on individuals or the errant holiday party. But Art Basel Miami, which wrapped up on December 5th and was reported to be a return-to-business, NFT-laden bacchanal, seems likely to be a contributing element: New Yorkers flocked to the fair and its satellite events this year in droves, and Twitter is ablaze with anecdotes describing sick art fair attendees.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 16, 2021 5:40 PM