Myrtle Beach Packed as July 4th Weekend Kicks Off, COVID-19 Cases Rise

Large crowds are gathering on the sand in Myrtle Beach, SC for the holiday weekend despite rising COVID-19 cases.

7/3/2020 11:33 AM PTFolks in South Carolina are flocking to the sand in Myrtle Beach for the holiday weekend, throwing social distancing and stay-at-home advice to the wind ... the wind blowin' the COVID.

Check it out ... the beach is packed as Fourth of July weekend kicks off, and people don't seem to be physically distancing ... in or out of the water. As for face masks ... hard to tell if people are covering up, but with beachgoers setting up shop right next to others as far as the eye can see, ya gotta think they aren't taking that precaution either.Several other major cities and states across the country have gone back to shutdown mode to slow the spread, but it looks like Myrtle Beach ain't about that.

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