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Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected: Officials
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Alabama students throwing 'COVID parties' to see who gets infected: Officials
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As covid cases explode across the U.S., especially in the southern and western portions of the country, young people in Tuscaloosa, Alabama are doing something unthinkable. They are hosting covid parties. While authorities thought this was a rumor upon first being notified, further investigation showed it was really happening. Unlike previous generations who held "chicken pox parties" in an effort to expose their children to the disease while they were young and less likely to suffer complications (prior to a vaccine being available) the covid parties do not appear to have any purpose other than entertainment. People are hosting parties and inviting people known to have the disease. Everyone then puts money in a pot and the first person to come down with covid gets the pot.
covid party, money, entertainment, outbreak
with video
HST 580
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article
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ABC News
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COVID party
money
entertainment
outbreak
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07/02/2020
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07/21/2020
9/30/2020
10/06/2020
08/02/2022
10/08/2024
Date Created (Dublin Core)
07/01/2020
This item was submitted on July 2, 2020 by Chris Twing using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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