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This is Boston also falling down drunk all weekend long. Florida nightlife is going wild and college students refuse to stop the party even as the Delta variant of the coronavirus rips through the state Reed Alexander Jul 31, 2021, 2:13 PM In Florida, some students are vowing that, even as the Delta variant of the coronavirus surges, the party just won't stop. Robert Daly/Getty Images The state of Florida is saturated with the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus.Meanwhile, colleges across the state are preparing to open their doors for the fall semester.Undergrads at schools statewide told Insider that their plans to keep partying aren't slowing down. Business Insider: A daily selection of curated stories Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On a recent Saturday night in July, the vibrations of EDM music pulsating from bars and nightclubs along Atlantic Avenue drifted into the palm fronds and sliced through the humid Florida air. In the heart of Palm Beach County, a throng of 20-somethings snaked down the block outside The Office, a local nightlife venue in Delray Beach, poised to elbow their way toward the crowded bar and order rounds of shots. Across the road at Taverna Opa, another late-night party scene, a DJ spun some tracks to a crowd of dozens as belly dancers stood on top of wooden tables and swerved through the air. During the worst surges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Florida hotspots like these have counted on the loyalty of one oftentimes carefree constituency: local college students who, come Saturday night, are ready to get lit. "I don't think I can really name a whole lot of people that don't go out," Nicole Prescott, 23, a drama student at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, told Insider. She's noticed that masks have been a rarity throughout the spring and summer on the few occasions she's gone out with friends since receiving her Pfizer shots. "Being so lax about protocols and just letting people go through life however they want with COVID is really dangerous," she added. FOR YOU REAL ESTATE The billionaire who is still rebuilding the World Trade Center might not live to see it finished Across Florida, the highly-transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging. As of July 30, a record high of more than 21,000 new COVID cases was reported in the state, versus just over 2,400 one month before, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And on a CDC map which designates counties as red zones if they've experienced high levels of community spread, all of Florida is illustrated in crimson. More than half of the adult population has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Nevertheless, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed an executive order in May which ended all mask mandates local governments in the state had imposed on their residents. In September, he rolled back restrictions on restaurants' operating capacity, months before vaccines were available. On Friday, DeSantis issued another executive order, this one prohibiting schools from requiring mask-wearing in the classroom, even after the CDC recommended this week that K-12 students and staff do exactly the opposite. 'They're just going out and not caring at all'Insider interviewed seven undergrads from five universities throughout the state: the University of Miami, the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida State University in Tallahassee, Palm Beach State College, and Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. In spite of the virus' growing threat, the consensus from these students was that the party is far from over.