# I'm pitting spring breakers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858 "2020-03-20T02:12:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/61 "2020-03-23T20:29:34Z")

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> [@elbows](#):
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> Pleas explain, exactly, how taking every precaution is ‘making things worse’.

I’m betting that’s precisely what the toilet paper hoarders are saying, lol. That said, I agree with the whole not attending large groups of people thing.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/62 "2020-03-24T01:53:47Z")

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Well, who knew that [ignoring sound medical advice would have such a consequence](https://www.yahoo.com/news/group-florida-college-students-traveling-175400130.html)?

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> A group of Florida college students traveling together on spring break have tested positive for the novel coronavirus

And it’s not just millennials (or is it Gen Z) stupidly ignoring the social distancing/avoid crowding guidance. [From Salt Lake City airport](https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2020-03-23/romney-chides-mormons-at-airport-who-greeted-missionaries):

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> Hours after hundreds of people welcoming missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints crowded together in an airport parking garage, authorities Monday announced new rules to prevent it from happening again during the coronavirus crisis.
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> The people who showed up Sunday at the Salt Lake City Airport and stood shoulder-to-shoulder, some hugging arriving loved ones, should have heeded warnings to keep their distance to help prevent the spread of the virus, said critics of the gathering including U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, Utah’s governor and lieutenant governor and the church itself.

_More at the links for each story._

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