Thousands pack water park in Wuhan, China, the once-epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic

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Source: thehill

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New images show thousands of people crammed shoulder-to-shoulder at a massive pool party over the weekend in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus is thought to have first emerged late last year. Large crowds packed the Wuhan Playa Maya Water Park for an electronic music festival on Saturday, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Party goers can be seen standing and swimming in close quarters to one another without the usual mask and social-distancing measures meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus as they watched the performance. The images stand in stark contrast to the strict lockdown that was once imposed on the central Hubei province city in January when the coronavirus outbreak first began spiraling out of control, which locked down Wuhan’s 11 million residents.

All public transport was suspended and movement outside homes was restricted. The lockdown was lifted in April, around the time the virus began tearing through western Europe and the U.S. There have been no new domestically transmitted cases officially reported in Hubei province, where Wuhan is the capital, since May according to AFP. More than 68,000 cases have been confirmed in Hubei province with more than 4,500 deaths.

But some have cast doubt on the actual number of coronavirus cases and deaths in China due to the authoritarian nature of the country. China has tallied more than 84,000 cases with a total of 4,634 deaths.



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[IronLionZion]

1. Then Trump can have big rallies again

he's been doing the airplane hangar campaign events with plenty of unmasked supporters packed in close and breathing deep.

Wuhan claims no new cases since May. And the whole country of China had fewer cases than Miami.

[DENVERPOPS]

3. I, for one,

wouldn't trust ANY and ALL numbers coming out of China, Russia, India, etc etc etc

Even the ones here in America are being questioned by scientists.........

No testing, no new cases! And even the death numbers are being "doctored" in countless states........

[Initech]

4. Any country with a fascist leader (US, UK, India, China, Russia) is most likely fudging the numbers.

And we may not know the true total of the devastation for years.

[IronLionZion]

8. Those countries have the highest numbers

US, Brazil, India, Russia have the most COVID cases, so you think the real numbers are much higher?

That's really scary stuff. Especially for Americans where the virus is probably everywhere now being spread by idiots.

[Initech]

9. Judging from Brazil's numbers they could probably overtake us.

And their president is just as big of an idiot, if not bigger than Trump. And he's got COVID. As bad as things are here, it seems Brazil is worse than us and they really don't care.

[iluvtennis]

2. Well you can count on one thing door, if there is any rise in cases Wuhan will be locked down

again, no questions asked. And in a pandemic that's the way it should be.

[Crowman2009]

5. Never liked this concept of these "packed pool" parties.

They do this in Vegas frequently. Nothing spells fun like being packed like sardines with people who are probably pissing, vomiting and possibly shitting in the pool. I've seen city park pools less crowded than this.

[pandr32]

7. Yup, I wouldn't get in if you paid me!

The amount of disinfectant that is likely in that pool (because of what you described) would cause breathing problems and burn the skin and eyes. I can't swim in public pools at all because the chlorine is far too intense.
Regardless of the guaranteed use of disinfectants in that pool--the virus is bound to show its persistent head again. Give it two weeks.

[Dave Starsky]

11. That just looks completely gross to me.

Like a staph infection soup. Blecch.

[Baclava]

6. yep , it's a party alright

Party at Ground Zero

[tirebiter]

10. Deejay Mai Li Der

Makin’ things wett.