Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected

[dixiegrrrrl]

It's been all downhill since the Scopes Trial, & now we come to this:

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."

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

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Why does this not surprise me?

[dem4decades]

2. And when they kill their parents they get the inheritance. A win win.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. Humans are a deeply flawed species

and probably deserves the extinction it may face if this keeps up.

[roamer65]

12. If an alien race landed and asked for advice from me this is what I would tell them.

Get rid of the humans.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. God. And these may be our future leaders in this country? Yikes. I think that since they're...

around with a deadly infectious agent, that perhaps they can be charged w/ recklessly endangering lives in the community?

[brush]

6. Nah. Anyone attending those parties won't live to get old. They are...

damn fools. Fools don't get old. They die in some way or another from their own poor judgment—such as attending covid parties.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Sadly, you're probably right in this ... kids acting idiotically. I wonder if their parents know...

and where were their guardians if off campus? More than likely not anyone around. Ridiculous and then they go to school and infect everyone else around them, at the dorms, the library, home w/ the rest of their families, work, etc. God, what a mess. I'm glad I don't have kids around anymore.

[Marcuse]

5. Roll Tide

[bdamomma]

7. I wouldn't admit them

to a ER. They are so stupid.

[jimfields33]

9. Where are the Instagram pictures

I bet there are plenty of them.

[TreasonousBastard]

8. Ahhh... it warms the heart. It seems like only yesterday they were eating Tide pods.

[sop]

11. The University of Alabama College Republicans Club no doubt.

[smirkymonkey]

13. Certainly living up to their reputation.

On the bright side, they are soon to become #1 in Covid-19 cases!