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"Valley Fever Sickens Attendees Of Kern County Music Festival"

"California health officials are urging people who attended the Kern County music festival Lightning in a Bottle to seek medical care if they are experiencing respiratory symptoms or a fever.

Authorities have identified five patients with valley fever who attended the six-day event, which was held May 22-27 at Buena Vista Lake, near Bakersfield. Three people have been hospitalized.

More than 20,000 people attended the festival.

One attendee, on a Reddit r/LightningInaBottle thread, said a festival companion had been hospitalized for two weeks with “severe” valley fever."

Susanne Rust reports for the Los Angeles Times July 30, 2024.

Source: LA Times, 07/31/2024