An Ohio Wedding Had 83 Guests. More Than A Third, Including The Newlyweds, Got The Coronavirus.

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An Ohio couple who got married on Halloween were so concerned about the coronavirus pandemic that they slashed their guest list from 200 people to 83, set tables 6 feet apart, and provided hand sanitizer to guests, the bottles labeled "spread love not germs."

But 32 people, including newlyweds Anthony and Mikayla Bishop, still tested positive for COVID-19 after the super-spreader wedding, WLWT reported. Three of the couple's grandparents got sick — two so severely that they had to visit the hospital emergency room.

"I didn't think that almost half of our wedding guests were gonna get sick," Mikayla told WLWT, a TV news station in Cincinnati. "You're in the moment. You're having fun. You don't think about COVID anymore."

Mikayla said she realized while walking down the aisle the risk of the coronavirus spreading at her wedding. "My big moment honestly was right when the ceremony started and the doors opened and both my parents walked me down the aisle," she told WLWT. "The first thing I see is I see everyone's face. And that's when I realized, wow, nobody's wearing a mask."

The wedding on Oct. 31 took place as the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic surged across the country. Over the last seven days, Ohio has seen an average of 7,280 new cases per day, a 105% increase compared to two weeks ago. "Every county in Northeast Ohio is now literally on fire from this virus," Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/ohio-wedding-covid-superspreader

[jpak]

1. Stupid and selfish

Yup

[sfstaxprep]

2. Future IDIOTS Of America

"I didn't think that almost half of our wedding guests were gonna get sick," Mikayla told WLWT, a TV news station in Cincinnati. "You're in the moment. You're having fun. You don't think about COVID anymore."

They'll fit in just fine here.

[2naSalit]

3. Fucking idiots.

These are also the people who realize at the moment the bear has nailed them down and chewing on their skull that maybe they shouldn't have tried to put its cub in the back of the car.

[4Q2u2]

4. Was that on the gift Registry

Of course she is named Mikayla.
Then to go on TV and announce your stpuidy to authorities just says it all.

[maxsolomon]

5. My family had a huge May wedding impacted by CV 19

My niece and her (now) husband sucked it up and re-arranged the plans at the cost of 10s of 1000s of dollars - the venue would not refund their deposit.

I have no sympathy.

[llmart]

6. Is it just me or...

do they both like they're 15?

[maxsolomon]

7. Its you.

Young couples are young.

[TomSlick]

13. As the years go by, the people in wedding announcement photos get younger and younger.

I don't know what it is with these children getting married - it's surely not a matter of my perspective.

[brush]

8. God! It's so easy to put masks required on the invite.

Also, masks aren't expensive. Should've passed them out a the door. There are a lot of things to do to pull off a big wedding but in this time of covid, masks are the number one priority.

Not rocket science.

[FakeNoose]

9. Why didn't the ushers distribute masks to all the guests?

[left-of-center2012]

10. Why did no one tell them it was not a good idea?

[Boogiemack]

11. More Trumpism spawn. nt

[zackymilly]

12. I was at a wedding last week.

It was outside on a farm, and most of the people there were wearing masks, until the drinking got heavy, then the masks came off, people laughing, drinking and dancing all up in each others' faces. We didn't know most of the people, so we stayed away from them. It was around 8 pm when we left, and the couple still hadn't cut the cake, thrown the bouquet, etc. so they probably partied through the night. We slathered ourselves in hand sanitizer before we got in the car and showered when we got home. In a week or so we'll
learn if anyone got infected.