Community leaders in Fire Island, New York, are speaking out after photos and videos showing mask-less beachgoers congregating en masse ― as well as one vacationer who claimed to have COVID-19 symptoms but flouted social distancing anyway ― went viral over the July 4th weekend.
Nooooo Fire Island gays! What are you doing?! Remember all them that got smacked down by Rona after that winter circuit party, y’all are just gonna drag that shit back to the city with you. pic.twitter.com/cYdC8AhQlYPlease, @NYGovCuomo, get help to Fire Island Pines immediately! This will result in countless, avoidable infections and deaths. Mandatory quarantines are a start! pic.twitter.com/vehDrWLIvGNeedless to say, the images drew widespread backlash from many Twitter users.
P.J. McAteer, the managing director of the Fire Island Pines commercial district, condemned the “troubling images and videos” in a statement to HuffPost and other media outlets Sunday. “I am terribly sorry this happened,” he said. “I would never go out there and righteously infect people.”
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