Clandestine parties in SP have a meeting point with vans and address released 1h before the party to evade inspection | Saint Paul

The events are held every weekend and, although prohibited by the authorities as prevention of Covid-19, they have gathered thousands of people and are pointed out as some of the main reasons for the increase in hospitalizations for the disease in the capital of São Paulo. .

A News investigated how the promoters of São Paulo nightlife act illegally, monitored how events are promoted, and this weekend found a lack of respect for pandemic control measures, such as crowds and the absence of the use of masks.

“A discotheque, a closed place, closed doors and windows, sometimes with air conditioning, which in a square meter has 3 or 4 people. All without masks, talking to each other, loudly, speaking very loudly, the possibility of the droplets spreading around the environment and reaching other people is much higher. This will give the transmission speed, the proximity of the people, ”says João Gabbardo, coordinator of the São Paulo Coronavirus Contingency Center.

With a hidden camera from inside the car, the reporters also searched military police at the door of a nightclub, all without masks, talking to party security guards, and who did nothing to prevent it from continuing. See below the scheme established by the promoters and the cheeky ones made by the report:

Parties published by social networks

Through social media, party goers, mostly young people, who seem undaunted by the risk of contracting the disease, post videos and photos of the night. In the stalls, a lot of overcrowding and nobody with a mask And it is not cheap to enter the parties.

Women can enter for free and only pay for what they consume. But, on average, men must pay at least R $ 400 to enter the party. Inside the club, there is no social distance and it is not mandatory to wear a mask, as the promoters admitted by phone:

News reporter: “How is the mask outline? Do you need to wear a mask inside?”
Promoter: “Nerd. Actually the mask scheme, you wear it in the parking lot, when you are buying the ticket, the ticket withdrawal, in short. And at the party you don’t have to ”

Another party organizer in São Paulo reveals that the parties gather about a thousand people and that there is no inspection:

Promoter: “It’s an early arrival. As the attractions are good, people arrive very early because there is also a limit on the party, right? A thousand people.”
News reporter: “Ah, okay … Up to 1,000 people then? Can’t you go beyond that?”
Promoter: “It can’t be a very stupid thing either, can it? Because otherwise people can’t move, have fun, nothing.”
News reporter: “And it’s safe? Are you supervised because you don’t need to wear a mask indoors, have you had any problems? “
Promoter: “Look. Of this kind of party we had two, three, and they were all great. People liked it … It was really great.”
News reporter: “Didn’t you have any problems then? Knock on the police door?
Promoter: “No, that’s why we didn’t include an address the day before … He does it in places without a lot of police traffic”

List of name and meeting point

During the past week, the News She contacted the promoters by phone, saying she was interested in the parties. In the calls, the promoters reveal that details about the ballad, such as where it will take place, are released on short notice, at most an hour before the house opens.

News reporter: “Do you already have the location? How do I know where to get organized now? “
Promoter: “So, in fact, the location and the address that we always send to people, through our mail, our number. Then do the following: this number that you called me, I’m going to save it here and you greet me, and then I’ll give you everything you have available with me, because, for now, I don’t have the address, I don’t know where this is going to happen “
News reporter: “Is that the scheme to get the truck or is it already giving the address directly from the place?”
Promoter: “It is the scheme of taking the truck, as all the parties are doing. You will get to where the address is, in a parking lot, they will remove your bracelet, you will get in the truck, you will leave your car, you will get in the truck and you will go to the party. At the end of the party, you take the van, you take your car and you go ”

Almost at the time of the party, a message is sent by the promoter, with the address of the meeting point. One of the parties that News monitored occurred in Vila Leopoldina, a neighborhood in the West Zone of São Paulo. On the way to the indicated parking lot, an audio from the promoter already indicated the size of the party

Promoter: “Get there early, that’s fine, because the list has grown”

In the parking lot, the flow of trucks increases before midnight. In common, people without masks and apparently unconcerned about the pandemic. A woman who starts coughing, but keeps going to the party.

The place of the party was 600 meters from the exit of the van. With a hidden camera, from inside the news wagon, military policemen are caught at the door of the nightclub, all without a mask, talking to the security guards, and they did nothing to prevent the party from continuing.

The direction of the space used for the party is that of a disco. GloboNews called the phone number on the Internet. The one who responded was a man who introduced himself as a former employee. During the conversation, he says that the nightclub no longer works, but confirmed that the place is used for clandestine parties every weekend.

Young people think ‘they will not die’

The coordinator of the São Paulo Coronavirus Contingency Center, João Gabbardo, said that young people may be collaborating for the spread of the disease and the increase in hospitalizations in São Paulo hospitals. Even asymptomatic, young people can take the virus home and infect those most at risk, such as parents and grandparents.

“The young man has a tendency to think that nothing will ever happen to him, that he will not be ill, that he will not die, that he does not see death on his horizon. But you have to understand that you have contact with other people, and that these people run the risk of suffering a more serious illness, often having to go to the hospital, ICU beds, and even eventually death, “he said. .

In November, the state of São Paulo turned on the Covid-19 warning signal again. The first came from private hospitals, which 10 days ago already indicated an increase in hospitalizations.

Last week, the state government admitted the growth in the state, determined that hospitals do not demobilize exclusive beds for patients with covid-19 and also suspended new elective surgery schedules.

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