So who here went to the ballet coronavirus party?

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Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

I don't defend her at all. I think what she did was horrible. However, its not obvious she was sick at the party. Pre-symptomatic transmission isn't just possible, but some speculate you are MOST contagious in the days before you have symptoms.

But she'd already been tested BEFORE the party! She knew she was sick and knew that it was probably the corona.

This is incorrect. The party was Thursday, she tested Friday and got the results Monday.

Ok, I take your point but no one would get themselves tested if they had not already had cause to believe they had coronavirus. (Unless they were in a situation that required testing, which she wasn’t.) Even if she didn’t feel sick the night before (unlikely), to say “she got sick the day after the party” is inaccurate/misleading on the part of this journalist. She got a test the day after to confirm she had the virus.

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Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

I don't defend her at all. I think what she did was horrible. However, its not obvious she was sick at the party. Pre-symptomatic transmission isn't just possible, but some speculate you are MOST contagious in the days before you have symptoms.

But she'd already been tested BEFORE the party! She knew she was sick and knew that it was probably the corona.

This is incorrect. The party was Thursday, she tested Friday and got the results Monday.

Ok, I take your point but no one would get themselves tested if they had not already had cause to believe they had coronavirus. (Unless they were in a situation that required testing, which she wasn’t.) Even if she didn’t feel sick the night before (unlikely), to say “she got sick the day after the party” is inaccurate/misleading on the part of this journalist. She got a test the day after to confirm she had the virus.

Well I think it’s fair to say that ‘sick’ doesn’t equal ‘symptomatic’. Obviously she was infected, but she wasn’t symptomatic the night of the party. And pretty much everyone I know who spikes a fever these days tests immediately. There actually seems to be be another fever virus going around and lots of people are testing that day.

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Out of curiosity, who is in the in crowd?

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Anonymous wrote:Has no one mentioned that the "director" of the "summer camp" Chloe Kaplan had COVID early on and made a big dramatic stink on IG about how sick she was with it? Then goes and runs a summer camp for the rich women she sucks up to as her "business". She is a phony and a hypocrite.

YAS, PP. How has no one mentioned this? Thanks for keeping the thread alive!

https://georgetowner.com/articles/2020/04/08/a-covid-positive-parents-morning/

OMG She is insufferable. The whole lot deserves each other. Gag.

Such bad writing! Like a Carrie Bradshaw diary entry. Emotionally stunted and trying to be cute but not too cute.

Ugh. And in the article she talks about how she has her “most reliable and germ-free caregiver” come to babysit their (asymptatic) child while she and her husband are unwell with coronavirus. No mention whatsoever of concerns that the caregiver might get sick from them (or did I miss something?)

That was her trying to be cute that her child was asking to STOP playing IPad. Gag.

This is what I took away from that Georgetowner article.

1. Author did not care that caregiver could become sick with coronavirus.

2. Author had to brag her husband yelled from "three floors away." (I have a big house, everyone!)

3. She can interpret her husband's thoughts about how he felt a certain way about her having more symptoms than him?? She must be magic.

4. She is all about herself.

Sorry, posted in the wrong spot. To be fair, the "caregiver" is the iPad. She was trying to be cute but came across as unclear.

Ohh, if true that was absolutely unclear. How can you be sure? Does she know she comes across as insufferable?

"I take a bite of cereal. Nope, still can’t smell or taste. Ugh. I immediately report this aloud, rubbing it in by saying if I can’t taste a cocktail on my birthday I’ll be devastated".

She is completely insufferable, trust me.

What's funny is that she's deluded herself into thinking that she's been accepted and is a part of the "in crowd", but what she doesn't realize is that she's only ever been seen as the hired help and that's all they'll ever see her as.

And you say this with such certainty because, you, yourself, are the "in crowd" and you can't stand this woman. Is that it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Has no one mentioned that the "director" of the "summer camp" Chloe Kaplan had COVID early on and made a big dramatic stink on IG about how sick she was with it? Then goes and runs a summer camp for the rich women she sucks up to as her "business". She is a phony and a hypocrite.

YAS, PP. How has no one mentioned this? Thanks for keeping the thread alive!

https://georgetowner.com/articles/2020/04/08/a-covid-positive-parents-morning/

OMG She is insufferable. The whole lot deserves each other. Gag.

Such bad writing! Like a Carrie Bradshaw diary entry. Emotionally stunted and trying to be cute but not too cute.

Ugh. And in the article she talks about how she has her “most reliable and germ-free caregiver” come to babysit their (asymptatic) child while she and her husband are unwell with coronavirus. No mention whatsoever of concerns that the caregiver might get sick from them (or did I miss something?)

That was her trying to be cute that her child was asking to STOP playing IPad. Gag.

This is what I took away from that Georgetowner article.

1. Author did not care that caregiver could become sick with coronavirus.

2. Author had to brag her husband yelled from "three floors away." (I have a big house, everyone!)

3. She can interpret her husband's thoughts about how he felt a certain way about her having more symptoms than him?? She must be magic.

4. She is all about herself.

Sorry, posted in the wrong spot. To be fair, the "caregiver" is the iPad. She was trying to be cute but came across as unclear.

Ohh, if true that was absolutely unclear. How can you be sure? Does she know she comes across as insufferable?

"I take a bite of cereal. Nope, still can’t smell or taste. Ugh. I immediately report this aloud, rubbing it in by saying if I can’t taste a cocktail on my birthday I’ll be devastated".

She is completely insufferable, trust me.

What's funny is that she's deluded herself into thinking that she's been accepted and is a part of the "in crowd", but what she doesn't realize is that she's only ever been seen as the hired help and that's all they'll ever see her as.

And you say this with such certainty because, you, yourself, are the "in crowd" and you can't stand this woman. Is that it?

This whole thread is like Gossip Girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

Wow, it's by the same dance journalist who reported Kent's positive. That article is not at all what I was asking for in my quoted post!!!! Haha, blah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has no one mentioned that the "director" of the "summer camp" Chloe Kaplan had COVID early on and made a big dramatic stink on IG about how sick she was with it? Then goes and runs a summer camp for the rich women she sucks up to as her "business". She is a phony and a hypocrite.

YAS, PP. How has no one mentioned this? Thanks for keeping the thread alive!

https://georgetowner.com/articles/2020/04/08/a-covid-positive-parents-morning/

OMG She is insufferable. The whole lot deserves each other. Gag.

Such bad writing! Like a Carrie Bradshaw diary entry. Emotionally stunted and trying to be cute but not too cute.

Ugh. And in the article she talks about how she has her “most reliable and germ-free caregiver” come to babysit their (asymptatic) child while she and her husband are unwell with coronavirus. No mention whatsoever of concerns that the caregiver might get sick from them (or did I miss something?)

That was her trying to be cute that her child was asking to STOP playing IPad. Gag.

This is what I took away from that Georgetowner article.

1. Author did not care that caregiver could become sick with coronavirus.

2. Author had to brag her husband yelled from "three floors away." (I have a big house, everyone!)

3. She can interpret her husband's thoughts about how he felt a certain way about her having more symptoms than him?? She must be magic.

4. She is all about herself.

Sorry, posted in the wrong spot. To be fair, the "caregiver" is the iPad. She was trying to be cute but came across as unclear.

Ohh, if true that was absolutely unclear. How can you be sure? Does she know she comes across as insufferable?

"I take a bite of cereal. Nope, still can’t smell or taste. Ugh. I immediately report this aloud, rubbing it in by saying if I can’t taste a cocktail on my birthday I’ll be devastated".

She is completely insufferable, trust me.

What's funny is that she's deluded herself into thinking that she's been accepted and is a part of the "in crowd", but what she doesn't realize is that she's only ever been seen as the hired help and that's all they'll ever see her as.

And you say this with such certainty because, you, yourself, are the "in crowd" and you can't stand this woman. Is that it?

This whole thread is like Gossip Girl

xoxo

[Anonymous]

Are we still talking about this? So boring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

I don't defend her at all. I think what she did was horrible. However, its not obvious she was sick at the party. Pre-symptomatic transmission isn't just possible, but some speculate you are MOST contagious in the days before you have symptoms.

But she'd already been tested BEFORE the party! She knew she was sick and knew that it was probably the corona.

This is incorrect. The party was Thursday, she tested Friday and got the results Monday.

Ok, I take your point but no one would get themselves tested if they had not already had cause to believe they had coronavirus. (Unless they were in a situation that required testing, which she wasn’t.) Even if she didn’t feel sick the night before (unlikely), to say “she got sick the day after the party” is inaccurate/misleading on the part of this journalist. She got a test the day after to confirm she had the virus.

Well I think it’s fair to say that ‘sick’ doesn’t equal ‘symptomatic’. Obviously she was infected, but she wasn’t symptomatic the night of the party. And pretty much everyone I know who spikes a fever these days tests immediately. There actually seems to be be another fever virus going around and lots of people are testing that day.

Indeed, we can only speculate as to whether Ashley Bronczek was symptomatic on the night of the gala/dinner party, but the point is that the way the journalist wrote “she got sick the day after the party” is very misleading. It doesn’t take a genius to realize that she was the spreader, yet the way the article is written implies that she was a victim of the spread that happened at the gala.
I’ve not heard of this “other fever that seems to be going around—and it doesn’t support your argument that she was asymptomatic, either...whether she suspected she had coronavirus or that she could also have “some other fever” and got tested to find out the cause, she would therefore have had enough symptoms to warrant a concern that it could be coronavirus, and to isolate herself. And it still doesn’t excuse having a dinner party which was unwise and against the dc regulations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we still talking about this? So boring.

Yes Ashley, we're still talking about it.

You wanted to be a socialite & DC famous, well his comes with the territory.

Btw, I like how you tried to get Jeff to lock this thread in Website Feedback, lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every single person at that party should be suing for negligence.

They didn't have to go. Don't people have any responsibility for themselves? Everyone there knew we are in the middle of a pandemic!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are we still talking about this? So boring.

Yes Ashley, we're still talking about it.

You wanted to be a socialite & DC famous, well his comes with the territory.

Btw, I like how you tried to get Jeff to lock this thread in Website Feedback, lol.

Thanks, I’m not Ashley. I just think you’re pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Why is everyone so convinced she was sick and tested before the party? It’s really not that hard to believe she tested the day after the party. Go back and read the article. There are no “facts.” It’s a pathetic article based on rumors and speculation. What a lame journalist.

[Anonymous]

Guys I’m over this. These are mom’s, they’re people. They’re not perfect. They make mistakes. I’m not perfect and I make
mistakes.

[Anonymous]

I was pretty shocked that both Ashley and her business partner flew to Florida to vacation *when DC was under stay at home/essential travel only** and then posted about it on instagram like it was fine???