Tuscaloosa students held parties, bet on who got coronavirus first

[Mary Wilson]

Updated 7:31 AM; Today 7:22 AM

By The Associated Press

Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said.

Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with the new coronavirus, news outlets reported.

McKinstry said party organizers purposely invited guests who tested positive for COVID-19. She said the students put money in a pot and whoever got COVID first would get the cash.

... “We did some research. Not only do the doctors’ offices confirm it but the state confirmed they also had the same information,” Smith said.

https://www.al.com/news/2020/07/tus...parties-bet-on-who-got-coronavirus-first.html

 

[Emily]

They are inducing infection in themselves much like researchers do to innocent laboratory animals. A young man died from doing this in another state. I think this is why health care workers have such a hard time, (not by their own choice). The amount of virus is overwhelming. It's not natural to seek disease like this and some will have unnatural responses for their age. Only the news media profits since they'll have another compelling story about a young person dying or needing amputations.