Alabama Students Throw ‘COVID Parties’ To See Who Gets Infected
On Wednesday, Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry shared that students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, have been throwing “COVID parties” with cash rewards to intentionally infect each other with the coronavirus!
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While speaking with ABC News, McKinstry explained that several of the students who have been recently diagnosed with Coronavirus have been attending parties in the city and surrounding area. McKinstry said organizers of the parties purposely invited guests who have the virus. “They put money in a pot and they try to get COVID. Whoever gets COVID first gets the pot. It makes no sense,” McKinstry told the outlet. “They’re intentionally doing it.”
The strange behavior by students was also confirmed by Tuscaloosa Fire Chief Randy Smith according to local NBC affiliate WVTM 13.
“We thought that was kind of a rumor at first,” Smith told the council members. “We did some research. Not only do the doctors’ offices confirm it but the state confirmed they also had the same information.”
McKinstry said these reckless parties make her “furious, Furious to the fact that something that is so serious and deadly is being taken for granted. Not only is it irresponsible, but you could contract the virus and take it home to your parents or grandparents,” she added.
Despite that, she told ABC News: “We’re trying to break up any parties that we know of.” Arrol Sheehan, spokesperson for the Alabama Department of Public Health, said that a violation of the heath order — which states that people who test positive have to be “quarantined to their place of residence for a period of 14 days” — is a misdemeanor and fines for each violation can be up to $500.
“Suspected violations of the home quarantine order should be reported to law enforcement and the local health department,” she told ABC.
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