currently 210 identified coronavirus cases in Florida"COVID-19 is a threat as much here as anywhere," Bryan reports Gelber saying in the Sunday conference. "We simply cannot endure these kinds of gatherings and crowds. Our measures are intended to send a clear message that Spring Break is canceled ..."Some spring breakers are finding the new coronavirus restrictions hard to grapple with.
"It's extremely upsetting because most students only get one spring break," 21-year-old Gabby Porter, who was in Miami for spring break, told Business Insider of the restrictions. "I am a senior and booked this trip months ago. Unfortunately, coronavirus is really serious and I understand the restrictions, it's just really sad."
Porter was spring breaking in Miami from March 7 to March 13, before the restrictions were enacted, but she still felt the effects of coronavirus. She said her group did everything they wanted until early Wednesday.— one of Miami's infamous nightclubs — Wednesday night, but had watched the presidential address and decided "not to go to be safe, which sucked," she said. On Thursday, LIV announced its temporary closure, Porter added, "which was a close call for us.
But others are a little more lax. "It's so weird, we didn't think it was going to get this bad," a 22-year-old college student visiting Miami Beach. "At least I'm still in warm weather though, so whatever, I'll just hang out in the hotel and flex. I'm staying for the rest of my trip." Are you on spring break right now, or have you had any spring break plans cancelled suddenly because of the coronavirus? Email this reporter at hhoffower@businessinsider.com to share your story.Travelers worldwide are cancelling trips over coronavirus fears — but millennials are snapping up cheap flights despite the risks, and it says a lot about who they are as a generation
Make tipping mandatory and they'll all go home.
Darwinism at its finest right here
Who *are* these people!?
Exactly what NYGovCuomo said... they would just move from city to city... that’s why he made the tristate plan
Need more time freedom ..RT Oprah
Wtf! This is dangerous
Wait, college kids aren't still actually planning on going on spring break are they? They're not right? Right?
Just close the damn beaches.
HOW ABOUT BANNING ALL OF THEM, DUH!