One good thing about Mondays is we get some updated data for everything.. and for the most part, at least in Canada, it looks pretty good. An average of 9 new cases a day over the last few days, here in B.C., though I suspect we’ll see that go up in a week or two. A little family cluster may make a small difference, but Brandi’s?
Those guys were operating with the same sort of license and permission as a pub or restaurant — many of which are open… as opposed to a nightclub, all of which are still closed, as they should be. But from a disease-transmission point-of-view, I’d have to think Brandi’s to be a higher risk than a typical nightclub, let alone a restaurant/pub. Not speaking from experience… but I’m pretty sure whatever guidelines should have been in place… were not being followed, though I’d be curious to see what an acceptably-socially-distanced lap-dance might look like.
Brandi’s is presently shut down, and is likely to remain that way… so we may never know. But I’m sure at least a few people who were there on those nights when they may have been exposed… are not too keen to come forward… and, as such, might themselves become patient zeroes of their own clusters. That “Honey, I’m going to be working late at the office” crowd… we shall see.
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I live next to the Number 5 Orange and they have been open for a few weeks, I hardly call there lineup and the usual drunken fights at 2am proper social distancing ????
The BC COVID dashboard suggests we had 2 cases today, implying the last 3 days were higher. Anyway, same final number.
If AI recall correctly, today’s numbers were
10 for Saturday, 14 for Sunday, 2 for Monday.
Brandi’s is also where Swedish Touch is. #themoreyouknow
Nightclubs are also open now as of last Friday in Vancouver. A friend tells me that a night club is likely more dangerous than strip bars if dance floors and/or “congregate at the bar” areas are open. I’m too old to go out so how would I know?
No one’s working late at the office. There’s no reprieve. No escape. Everyone is Jason Seiver from Growing Pains, seeing clients in his den and then into the kitchen to deal with home and family issues.
Oh, to be single. Oh wait! This is sweet!
Is it terrible to be laughing right now ? I’m laughing. Can’t help it.
I’ve been to Brandi’s a couple of times (years ago I might add). I was very shocked to hear it had been open at all during these times. Crikey ????
Guess some were getting bored of Zoom lap dances.
I haven’t been to Brandi’s for more than 10 years now, but when I was last there, it operated in the fashion of an upscale Montreal “exotic lounge”. There was an enforced dress code, a discriminating cover change ($20. at the time) and an understood code of conduct that did not tolerate shouting, whistling, etc. No stag parties, and inebriated guests were barred or removed. Lap dances were not on offer at all. That may have changed in the intervening years, but since the ownership hasn’t changed, I would not expect the operation to be radically different.
If course, we know that gatherings of any scale raise the threat level, but I suggest we hesitate on the shaudenfreuder triggered by the term strip bar.