Un-Fcking-Believable. According to CNN [1], “COVID Parties” are raging in parts of Alabama!
Some young people in Alabama are throwing Covid-19 parties, [2] a disturbing competition where people who have coronavirus [3] attend and the first person to get infected receives a payout, local officials said.
The parties are being held in Tuscaloosa, and infected people are urged to attend so others can intentionally contract the virus, City Council member Sonya McKinstry told CNN. She said she heard about the trend from fire officials. [4]
“We thought that was kind of a rumors at first. We did some research, not only do the doctors’ offices confirm it, but the state confirmed they also had the same information,” she said.
And let’s just say right off the top, there is likely a reason this is happening in Alabama, a state stuffed with MAGAs, people who listened to Trump say it’s all a hoax.
The first person confirmed by a doctor to have coronavirus after the exposure wins the money made off the ticket sales, she said. Over the past few weeks, there have been several parties in the city and surrounding areas, and probably more that officials don’t know about,
Young people apparently believe that just because they are unlikely to die (but no guarantees), it means the disease is totally innocuous. It is not. Studies have confirmed that even in young people the disease can cause lung damage with lasting lifetime impacts. Additionally, each person infected at these parties is someone who can infect someone who is more likely to die.
This nation is headed straight into the gutter.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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