How the small ski town of Sun Valley, Idaho became a COVID-19 hot spot

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How the small ski town of Sun Valley, Idaho became a COVID-19 hot spot
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At first, the local hospital was hearing reports of some townspeople losing taste and smell—but the skiers still arriving had no idea. More than 100 people from the ski summit have now tested positive for the virus.

First known U.S. cases appeared in the Pacific Northwest before spreading throughout the country, including to Sun Valley, Idaho.In early March, the ski town of Sun Valley, Idaho, was ending its peak season, welcoming visitors from across the United States and Europe. Then COVID-19 spread across the community like wildfire, and Sun Valley's visitors brought it home with them. Within weeks, the county of 22,000 had one of the highest infection rates in the nation.

"It still really wasn't talked about much here. I think Seattle had just started to blow up," she told ABC News."Everybody thought, you know, we thought we were isolated enough to be immune. Which is exactly the opposite, as we have so many people coming in and out of town." "It was just... it was crazy and it was fun and I'm sure it was just germ heaven," she said."We grab and sit down at the table and one of us said, 'Maybe we should wipe it down.' But it was mayhem and it was, it probably wasn't a realistic idea," Bacca remembered.

"After 10 days we could count 30 people, 40 people, 45 people in our immediate network" who were also infected, Zarkos said. Mark Toliver, a retired FedEx IT specialist, and his wife, Stephanie Harris, a wellness advocate, flew home to Pompano Beach, Florida.At first, she just thought he was tired and suffering from jet lag. Then he got worse.

When Mark Toliver came down with COVID-19, his wife Stephanie Harris advocated for him to receive a test and care."When I had the conversation with the epidemiologist after I told her where I had been, and she confirmed that she felt that it was most likely Sun Valley, and by that point we had been getting reports that people were ill, and some had tested positive," Harris said.

When Mark Toliver came down with COVID-19, his wife Stephanie Harris advocated for him to receive a test and care.Out of 600 brotherhood skiers,126 eventually got sick, and at least four lost their lives.

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