FOR months health authorities around the world have been encouraging people to remain monogamous during the COVID-19 pandemic to limit the spread of the virus.
The value of such sage advice has been highlighted this week after attendees at the Naughty N'Awlins swingers event learned the hard way.
The partner-swapping party in New Orleans, touted as the "most popular lifestyle and swinger convention in the country since 1998", saw 41 lusty participants catch the virus - no data was available for any other conditions that may also have been shared.
Event organiser, Bob Hannaford, said he had worked with a virologist to implement a number of measures including temperature checks, a mandatory mask requirement, and encouraging guests to get pre-tested for the virus.
Prior to the event Hannaford told Nola.com that he had "created the safest possible event".
However, after news of the positive cases emerged he admitted, "I wouldn't do it again if I knew then, what I know now".
With at least one attendee being admitted to hospital, Hannaford said, "It weighs on me, and it will continue to weigh on me until everyone is 100% better".
He added that he had grappled with whether it was "moral or ethical" to host the event in the weeks leading up to it.
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