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Governor's order will extinguish Boston Lights early, disappointing many zoo visitors
By Ron Newman on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 5:46pm
Because Governor Baker's new business early closing order includes zoos, the Franklin Park Zoo is now forced to cancel and refund all 9 pm and 9:30 pm tickets for the final 10 days of Boston Lights: A Lantern Experience.
The zoo says:
Due to this new health and safety order, we must close the zoo at 9:30 p.m beginning on November 6. All ticket buyers for the 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. timeslots will be contacted via e-mail and will be refunded.
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We understand the disappointment this causes, especially for so many who were looking forward to attending Boston Lights. We are disappointed too. Unfortunately, we aren't able to extend Boston Lights or add capacity to the earlier timeslots. As part of the health and safety measures in place to combat COVID, we are required to manage strict capacity limits.
The state has so far given no explanation of any mechanism by which turning away late-night zoo visitors will reduce transmission of the Covid-19 virus.
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Comments
Great info
I would never have known that the virus only becomes a threat after 9:30 PM if it weren't for our brilliant governor. I've been needlessly wearing a mask at work all day when the virus was sleeping in!
What if we pretended that he
What if we pretended that he never said those words. And then, we realized that he actually never said or suggested such a thing.
When the speed limit sign says 55, that doesn't mean you will die as soon as you hit 56.
Arguing against something that wasn't the original position, because it is an easier argument to win, is the definition of straw man.
This could be
One of the worst posts in the 10 years that I have been “hip” to this site.
Your new handle should be changed to Milquetoast McGee.
Please don’t pass go and don’t collect $200–Go directly to jail you effing Chowda Head.
“Mistah Kurtz-he dead
A penny for the Old Guy”
Bad Man Orange
Strikes again.
Covid knows the time
It's more active at night.....or something.
More of the same
Those that take COVID seriously will continue to do so even without the evening curfew. Except now they won't get to enjoy the zoo at night either.
Those that think COVID is fake or not serious will continue to spread with impunity, irrespective of any order or proclamation from Baker or anyone else. They probably weren't going to the zoo anyway. (More fun to hang out with other maskless friends.)
How long before threat to euthanize zoo animals?
How long before these absurd lockdowns lead to budget cuts and the renewed threat to "put down" MA zoo animals? Don't laugh, this occurred under Baker's fellow lib predecessor. We've been told for months that open air activity is ok, now this nonsense? Enough already!
you're too dumb
to even understand what you posted. Did you wear your pretend badge and hassle voters?
I thought...
the whole thing was supposed to vanish on November 4th? Did you forget that part of your own conspiracy theory?
You absolute fool
It can't vanish until Fox News confirms who wins the election.
Duh!
coronavirus must have a great
coronavirus must have a great union to get hours that consistent.