Young People Are Throwing Coronavirus Parties With A Payout When One Gets Infected, Official Says

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Thu, 07/02/2020 - 2:19pm

Some young people in Alabama are throwing Covid-19 parties, a disturbing competition where people who have coronavirus attend and the first person to get infected receives a payout, local officials said.

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