White Party, an annual circuit party held in Palm Springs, California, the organizer, Jeffrey Sanger, decided to move the festivities to Jalisco, Mexico.Gay partygoers from around the world descended on the small coastal state for the New Year’s Eve bash.
Stars from Ru Paul’s Drag race made appearances, and even some doctors and nurses, fresh off their first COVID-19 vaccine doses, got in on the action.
The social media backlash was swift. Mexico, at that time, had one of the highest mortality rates – measured as deaths to cases – in the world.
Others pointed out that the influx of tourists could strain existing hospital resources. Above all, the partygoers seemed to embody the arrogance, privilege and excess of people who prioritized a.