Alabama students throwing COVID-19 parties

[Nevilledog]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/alabama-students-throwing-covid-parties-infected-officials/story?id=71552514



Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area as part of a disturbing contest to see who can catch the virus first, a city council member told ABC News on Wednesday.

Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students have been organizing "COVID parties" as a game to intentionally infect each other with the contagion that has killed more than 127,000 people in the United States. She said she recently learned of the behavior and informed the city council of the parties occurring in the city.

She said the organizers of the parties are purposely inviting guests who have COVID-19.

"They put money in a pot and they try to get COVID. Whoever gets COVID first gets the pot. It makes no sense," McKinstry said. "They're intentionally doing it."

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[Liberal In Texas]

1. And today's Darwin Award goes to....

Students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama!

[Eyeball_Kid]

10. Not Fair!

Earlier today, I gave the Darwin Award to Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who insisted that Fauci doesn't know what he's talking about, and that he'll make his own assessments about the virus. Patrick, as we know, is famous for minimizing what the virus can do, even while it's virtually taking over his state.

[niyad]

14. Do 't forget that dimwit Dan also said that older people should be willing to sacrifice their

lives for the sake of the economy. I notice that HE is NOT volunteering!

[Liberal In Texas]

17. In this day and age, the Darwin Award just has to have multiple winners! n/t

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. why attend school when their goal is stupidity and ignorance?

[kentuck]

3. Oh, hell yeah! Turn it up!

[waddirum]

12. What a great song

Such a good tune. The guitar and the keys together are so hot.

I also love the Dead’s “Alabama Get Away” and Neil Young’s “Alabama”.

My parents went to Auburn in the late 50s, so I have always been fond of the state even though I’ve never been there.

[dustyscamp]

35. XD

[snowybirdie]

4. But, hey

they sure can play football! Roll Tide!

[PSPS]

5. Note to the irresponsible parents: Your homeowners insurance won't cover your liability.

[LisaL]

6. How old are these students?

And if they are still in high school, where are the parents?

[JHB]

37. Tuscaloosa is home to the University of Alabama and several other colleges

It's a college town. One with a faction of extremely dumb students.

[Initech]

7. Sigh... I give up.

[agingdem]

8. Their game is a cross between Russian roulette

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and a tontine...I take it beer pong is out???

[Initech]

25. It's Russian Roulette but with shrapnel bullets.

And once you fire the gun, you don't know who you will hit, and you don't know what the fallout is going to be.

[PatSeg]

9. Apparently we have much bigger problems

than Donald Trump. They are the future?

[BeyondGeography]

11. Have a heart

They won’t be able to go to football games this fall and that’s all they were living for.

[SallyHemmings]

13. Roll Tide!

Thin the herd!

[regnaD kciN]

15. Can we call them "Darwin Parties" instead...?

[mokawanis]

16. They should spend a day

in a hospital or a morgue. See if that changes their attitude.

[LisaL]

19. Well, if they do get infected,

there is a chance some end up in both hospital and morgue.

[Elwood P Dowd]

18. Well, at least the cops are cracking down on campus drivers.

If you're caught driving below 30 mph with your windows down, they will hit you with large fines.

Why? To keep Alabama professors from throwing a diploma in your car.

Sorry, an old joke from a couple of SEC rival schools from back in the day.

[RT Atlanta]

20. Roll Tide...

surely, those idiots and their book learnin' with the 3 Rs (readin, 'riten & 'rithmetic) would've learned better than that given their Ala-damn-bama education....

sad and all I can say is 'i am prayin' for them and their stupidity that despite the likely sickness, none of those kids die or have permanent damage from this.

[NightWatcher]

21. Mothers will cry as they lower their caskets into the ground

but hey, owned those whatevers, right?

[Disaffected]

22. The Goober Brigade

rides again...

[dhill926]

23. what does the first one to die get....

[Nevilledog]

27. That's probably a side pot.

[DSandra]

24. Stupid that only Americans can think of

[lpbk2713]

26. Next on their bucket list ...

poking red hot nails in their ears.

[LastDemocratInSC]

28. Normal people have a survival instinct.

This is like having a contest of jumping off a roof to see who can break his legs first.

Tuscaloosa roulette.

[spinbaby]

29. Oh to be young and stupid

This sounds like almost as much fun as alcohol poisoning.

[maxsolomon]

30. Smells fake.

Like they're trolling all the adults.

OTOH, it is not out of the realm of the possible.

[jalan48]

31. The SEC is #1!

[OverBurn]

33. If it didn't affect innocent people, I'd say go for it, thin the herd.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

34. You may not get long-term immunity, dummies!

If that's the plan, anyway.

[Baclava]

36. Go herd Go! Go herd Go! Moo! Only 250 million more needed, call me when yur done