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Scottsdale night club charged with failing to follow Covid protocols
Title (Dublin Core)
Scottsdale night club charged with failing to follow Covid protocols
Description (Dublin Core)
Popular night clubbing area "Old Town" in Scottsdale has been ordered to follow covid protocols when open to lower spread of the virus. Arizona has been fully open for some time now, including night clubs and bars. One popular night club in Old Town, Riot House, has been charged with a misdemeanor for failing to follow health protocols. Fully open close contact businesses like night clubs and bars have been pointed to as to why Arizona cases have spiked in recent weeks.
As a student at Arizona State, i personally frequented Old Town and Riot House as many students do, so to see criminal charges being brought against them caught my eye. Although it is unlikely the owners will face serious legal trouble, it is clear they placed profit over health. Places like Riot House and other nightclubs currently open during the pandemic likely served as super spreader hot spots. These hot spots also likely played a large role in why Arizona is currently a global covid hotspot. I personally know many friends and acquaintances who attended night clubs in Old Town and Mill Ave in the previous weeks who have now tested positive for the virus.
As a student at Arizona State, i personally frequented Old Town and Riot House as many students do, so to see criminal charges being brought against them caught my eye. Although it is unlikely the owners will face serious legal trouble, it is clear they placed profit over health. Places like Riot House and other nightclubs currently open during the pandemic likely served as super spreader hot spots. These hot spots also likely played a large role in why Arizona is currently a global covid hotspot. I personally know many friends and acquaintances who attended night clubs in Old Town and Mill Ave in the previous weeks who have now tested positive for the virus.
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Date (Dublin Core)
June 25, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
@azcentral
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Armaan Sharma
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST485
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
tweet
news article
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Twitter
azcentral
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Business & Industry
English
Social Distance
English
Conflict
English
Food & Drink
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
bar
nightclub
Scottsdale
mask
Riot House
Hot Spot
Arizona
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Scottsdale
nightclub
Collection (Dublin Core)
Law Enforcement
Service Industry
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/26/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/11/2020
10/06/2020
10/09/2021
03/25/2022
05/08/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
06/25/2020
This item was submitted on June 26, 2020 by Armaan Sharma using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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