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"A four-day music festival in Grant Park that city health officials inspected and determined was unlikely to be a superspreader event after an incognito visit by the public health commissioner. Entry processes included gateworkers checking vaccination credentials, polling attendees about vaccination status, and public-health staff taking tallies; officials estimated about a 90% vaccination rate among attendees, though there were also reports of fake vaccination cards. The event took place amid a recent rise in local COVID-19 cases and concerns about the delta variant." - Aimee Levitt