Thursday, April 30, 2009
UPDATED: Mayfest 2009 in Fort Worth is canceled due to swine flu
Updated 05:16 p.m., April 30, 2009
A notice has been posted on the Mayfest website stating that this year's festival has been canceled. Richard Zavala, Director of Parks and Community Department is quoted as saying, "The Tarrant County Health Department, in the interest of public health and safety, has declared that all outdoor public gatherings must be cancelled."
Click to enlarge the letter from Sandra K. Parker, M.D.: Tarrant County Local Health Authority Public Health Medical Director
UPDATE: According to Bud Kennedy at the FWST, there's a he-said / she-said going on between the Mayfest folk (Fort Worth) and the County over who pulled the trigger. Coincidentally, our friend and content partner Marisa Treviño from Latina Lista sent us the County's letter which could be the non-smoking gun (emphasis mine):
"Tarrant County Public Health recommends not holding organized events, like Mayfest or Cinco de Mayo celebrations, that are specifically designed to attract the attendance of Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) students, who as a group have been identified as an at-risk population."
So seems like it depends on just how strong that recommendation was.
Posted by Alex B. Updated by Mike O.
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Mike Orren says:
So are we closing the malls too? The restaurants? Church?
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Jeremy Dunck says:
Mike, don't be silly-- there's much less likely to be doob sharing and drunken kissing in Church.
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Pavel Lishin says:
I wonder if Swine Flu is kosher.
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Jason Rice says:
::closing the malls too?
There's one vote already
...sigh... and as usual, no one even thinks to close down the theaters any more. At one time the Master of the Revels's first course of action was to shutter the playhouses. Alas, no more.
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Jason Rice says:
::I wonder if Swine Flu is kosher.
Nope
::Litzman urges reporters to refer to virus as 'Mexican flu' rather than 'swine flu.'
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Mike Bullock says:
Why not shut down the airport?
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Pavel Lishin says:
Mike: hey, if WE get bacon lung, EVERYONE gets bacon lung!
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Alex Bentley says:
Listen, if <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/squeez-bacon.html"><em>this</em> pork by-product</a> can't kill you, then nothing will.
<img src="http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/squeez-bacon.jpg">
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Mike Bullock says:
^nom nom nom^
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Travis Bush says:
What a wreck this is!
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Erin Rice says:
I find it amusing that the Healthy Living Expo, scheduled for Saturday in Garland was canceled, as well.
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nina_chawla says:
this is ludacris!!! I should not be at work today then either.
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Ken Turetzky says:
I experienced my own encounter with the swine at Mayfest 2008.
I suspect, though, the Ham Bone Express is not quite the popular attraction at the moment:
<a href="http://www.turetzkysyndrome.com/2008/06/01/ham-bone-express-smokes-mayfest-field/">Ham Bone Express smokes Mayfest field</a>
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Pavel Lishin says:
Nina: no, this is Ludacris:
<img src="http://i43.tinypic.com/2re2rkm.jpg">
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Ken Turetzky says:
New on the blog:
<a href="http://www.turetzkysyndrome.com/2009/04/30/mayfest-pulls-plug-on-pig-flu-scare/">Mayfest pulls plug on pig flu scare</a>
Oh, how the sausage turns.
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Travis Bush says:
Ken...sounds like you need to upgrade your virus if you wanna compete.
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