California closed down its 4,765 bars and the NBA suspended its season. The CDC recommends canceling all events with 50 or more people. But many heavily-trafficked areas in national parks, like visitor centers, are still welcoming people.
So park rangers and other employees are inevitably exposed to the potential of coronavirus infection — during a time when top U.S. epidemiologists say it’s unknown how many Americans are infected, but the number is certainly “many times” higher than reported infections.
Only on Sunday did the National Park Service make its first closures of crowded places, shutting down the likes of tourist-packed Alcatraz Island and Muir Woods National Monument. Closure of the Statue of Liberty followed Monday morning. However, most visitor centers are operating normally, as of March 16. Read more…
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Source : Park rangers are still exposed as coronavirus spreads
