the rally should have been cancelled, but honestly, how far do you go, it is an event a lot of ppl depend on and without support of some type its their livelihood. the bars and entertainment for this rally is all a lot of ppl do the whole year, it is huge. they make more in those 2 weeks than a lot of people make all year long. and their employees count on this to survive. (not a lot to do there the rest of the year....lol) its the same as any tourist area, the beach areas count on the summer tourists to survive the rest of the year. but to close all tourist areas down is death to the economy and to those areas and businesses, which in a lot of places are still "mom and pop" type stores or services, not big corporate entities.. I dunno. I saw where it originated from a tattoo studio where one of the artists was infected, I agree he should have been made to stay home, should have taken that upon himself, but at the same time without unemployment or help and faced with making more money in 2 weeks than hes gonna make all year, its only human nature to take care of yourself and family first..... the " you gotta do what you gotta do" method of thinking..... im by no means justifying it, just kinda playing devils advocate, sorta...something has to be done if this is going to be controlled on any level, all the govt, infighting is not going to get any better as long as its able to be used for political gain on both sides.