« There is no evidence at this point of a super spreader event. And there is no evidence of a substantial impact to Chicago’s epidemiology, » Dr. Allison Arwady said.
Health officials praised Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival as a success because proof of vaccination or a negative test was required for entry. Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady provided an update on the city’s COVID-19 cases at a news conference Thursday morning, exactly two weeks since the beginning of the four-day festival. Arwady said the CDPH is still investigating Lollapalooza-linked cases. The numbers provided in the update were broad and included people who attended the festival and tested positive, but the CDPH could not definitively say if each person was infected at Lollapalooza. Lollapalooza led to 203 COVID-19 cases, Chicago health officials said. « We’ve had no unexpected findings at this point, » Arwady said. « There is no evidence at this point of a super spreader event. And there is no evidence of a substantial impact to Chicago’s epidemiology.
