Alabama plans full attendance (100K) for football in 6 months. Regular school in the fall.

[underpants]

Alabama Crimson Tide plans for full-capacity college football games at Bryant-Denny Stadium in fall

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30986517/alabama-crimson-tide-plans-full-capacity-college-football-games-bryant-denny-stadium-fall

Alabama is moving ahead with plans to host full-capacity college football games at Bryant-Denny Stadium this coming season, athletic director Greg Byrne announced Monday.

Byrne tweeted a short statement after news earlier in the day that the school would be returning to in-person instruction without restrictions on classroom capacity in the fall. Byrne said they will continue to monitor medical guidelines "as we have all along."

According to data from the New York Times, Alabama has among the lowest vaccinations rates in the country with 13% of people receiving one shot.

Bryant-Denny Stadium, which boasts a capacity of 100,077, is scheduled to host seven football games next season starting with the home opener on Sept. 11 against Mercer.

[Hoyt]

1. Not for it, but proof of vaccine regimen should be mandatory, maybe rapid test too.

[Initech]

2. No vaccine, no entry.

That is what it should be.

[underpants]

3. Not going to fly

They want their football.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. Why is Alabamas football stadium 🏟 the opposite of a porcupine.

Because a porcupine has all of its pricks on the outside.

[underpants]

5. Bazinga!

[gratuitous]

6. Now that we have some national leadership, it's possible

As long as the former guy was in the Oval Office, the nation was being held hostage to his out of control ego, which demanded all credit for any positive developments to to him, and anything negative had to be blamed on someone else.

[beaglelover]

7. I would expect this to be the norm in the fall. You don't think we'll be over this by then???

I do.

[BannonsLiver]

18. Not over

But we could see dramatically lower daily case numbers by then assuming the vaccine rollout continues to accelerate and the new variants don’t end up being resistant to the vaccine. I’m hopeful but I’ve also learned that this virus can dash any hope you have in an instant.

[roamer65]

8. 18 and below won't be vaccinated.

The freshman class will bring the virus along with them. Same goes for public and private secondary education.

Then it will spread to adult anti-vaxxers and the unvaccinated.

That will be the third wave I am predicting.

[liskddksil]

9. Pfizer is allowed for 16 and up, so all college age should be vaccinated by August nt

[roamer65]

10. Maybe.

What about the ones who refuse it and the vaccinated who are asymptomatic carriers?

Piling 100K in a venue like a football stadium this fall is insanity.

But hey, it’s AL anyway...so go for it.

[liskddksil]

11. I don't think anyone can say for sure at this point what the situation will be come September. Odds

are that critical mass of vaccinations is reached this summer even with some holdouts, so I wouldn't bet against things being pretty normal by then.

[roamer65]

12. There never will be pre-SARS-CoV-2 normal again.

This virus is becoming endemic and will continue to mutate.

Let’s see if I am right in one year. But my money is on the virus joining the list of endemic human corona viruses.

[liskddksil]

15. Yes, it will always be around hopefully reduced to the level of threat of a cold

that we might need booster shots for each year. I do believe, like it or not, that political pressure in both parties will be too much for any continued restrictions at the State level at the point of all adults being able to readily receive the vaccine by end of summer.

[WA-03 Democrat]

16. I think if we had

Real testing setup (enough for the population) from the beginning the data curve would have pointed that it is already endemic in our country. It’s not going away...ever.

I look forward to our new syringed overlords.

[roamer65]

17. I agree.

[Jose Garcia]

13. Every adult who wants a vaccine will have had it by that point

[roamer65]

14. I think about 35 percent are going to refuse to take it.

That plus schools reopening for in person learning is enough for a third, but smaller wave.

Just like fall 1919 to winter 1920.

Sometime in 2022 we will hit 1,000,000 dead.

[WarGamer]

19. It's doable... IMHO

Require Vaccine Passports at the gate and require masks...

Roll Tide!!!!!!