Missouri’s COVID Surge Started in Tourist Town of Branson

Registration COVID-19 strain in Missouri springs from Branson, a popular tourist town whose visitors ’policy is to sell more tickets and take precautionary measures, put thousands at risk.

“It’s crazy and without a mask mandate,” the man said in response to the city’s tourist information line on Thursday.

At the time of arrival and departure of the crowd, the infection rate in and around Branson County was 19.3 percent. In a day, 54 new cases are registered in a population of 57,000 people, which is 10 times more than the average per capita. More than two-thirds of the population, including those with very good tourism education, have not been vaccinated.