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County Exec Tells Lake of the Ozarks Partiers to Quarantine

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The move follows shocking photos of mask-less crowds frolicking in the water.

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Images of mask-less crowds frolicking at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri over the holiday raised hackles across the pandemic-scarred nation. Now, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is telling anyone who was there they should self-quarantine for two weeks or until they test negative for COVID-19—and he’s asking employers to question workers coming back from the three-day weekend. “This reckless behavior endangers countless people and risks setting us back substantially from the progress we have made in slowing the spread of COVID-19,” Page said in a statement on Monday. 

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