Hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders flock to Daytona Beach, Florida for Bike Week By Sophie Lewis Miami Beach mayor on spring break COVID risk
Hundreds of thousands of people are descending upon Daytona Beach, Florida this week for the city s annual motorcycle rally despite limits on indoor capacity and parking during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Daytona Beach Bike Week marks the city s 80th anniversary of the event, taking place from March 5-14. It s advertised as one of the largest motorcycle rallies in the world city officials say upwards of 300,000 people are expected to attend. Typically in the past, it was estimated between 400,000 – 500,000 for the ten days over this entire area, Janet Kersey, Executive Vice President and COO of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce told CBS News on Tuesday. This year, we know because of continued COVID concerns and the loss of income many have had over this past year it will be less. A reasonab
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Montgomery: A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would let the governor pick the state’s top public health official. The Senate Health Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday to advance the bill by Sen. Jim McClendon to the Senate floor. McClendon, an optometrist, said the change would make the position more accountable to elected leaders. But two other doctors on the committee argued it is wrong to interject politics into public health decisions. The state health officer, a position currently held by Dr. Scott Harris, is selected by the state public health committee, which consists of members appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. The bill does away with the position of state health officer and creates the Cabinet post of secretary of health, who would be appointed by the governor. The secretary would
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Alabama
Montgomery: A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would let the governor pick the state’s top public health official. The Senate Health Committee voted 8-3 on Wednesday to advance the bill by Sen. Jim McClendon to the Senate floor. McClendon, an optometrist, said the change would make the position more accountable to elected leaders. But two other doctors on the committee argued it is wrong to interject politics into public health decisions. The state health officer, a position currently held by Dr. Scott Harris, is selected by the state public health committee, which consists of members appointed by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. The bill does away with the position of state health officer and creates the Cabinet post of secretary of health, who would be appointed by the governor. The secretary would then appoint a chief medical officer. McClendon said the bill was not about Harris and his handling of
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Daytona Beach’s annual Bike Week has brought tens of thousands of motorcyclists to the city and its neighbors this weekend and few of them are wearing masks.