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A Tahoe-area father wants the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors to consider a tourist ban after the man’s young son ended up in the hospital with a coronavirus-related illness, fearing tourists are a part of the problem.
Ten-year-old Maeson Howard is reportedly "fighting for his life" at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, and doctors believe he may have multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C), which is a health condition the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes to be related to COVID-19.
The boy’s father, Corley, told The Tahoe Daily Tribune that this is the wrong time to put people on boats and in campgrounds, possibly bringing the virus with them to Lake Tahoe, however, visitors may not be the biggest problem.
Katherina Haug with the Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty told KCBS Radio that real estate in Lake Tahoe’s South Shore is booming during the pandemic.
"Suddenly being able to work from anywhere, I think, has allowed a lot of people the opportunity to migrate and be where they want to be, from a lifestyle standpoint," she said.
Corley Howard has been writing to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors with his concerns, and a message for visitors, a majority of whom come from the Bay Area: please stay home.