COVID-19 still complicates college football game day, nowhere more than in the South, where vaccination rates lag and hospitalizations have spiked
With the Texas Longhorns hosting the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for their season opener Saturday, it didn’t matter to Orlando Candelaria that hospitals across the state are packed with COVID-19 patients, that just 47% of Texas residents are vaccinated and that the governor, who’s recovering from COVID-19, has banned mask mandates.
Candelaria is acutely aware of the risks: A medical assistant, he got vaccinated after surviving a bout of COVID-19 last year. He said he planned to wear a mask inside the stadium’s enclosed hallways, bathrooms and concession areas, but that with temperatures outside expected to climb to 100 degrees, it would be difficult to wear a mask among outdoor crowds, he said.
Along the nearby pedestrian boulevard, between barbecue stands, an enormous inflated longhorn and a mechanical bull, there was a new feature: a COVID-19 vaccination site. Amid pre-game updates, an announcer could be heard reminding fans via outdoor speakers that, “Masks are strongly recommended for unvaccinated individuals.”
Moreman said she might wear a bandanna inside the stadium. But she wasn’t too worried: She had already tested positive for COVID-19 and become sick two weeks ago during sorority recruitment — and has since tested negative.Advertisement Larry Molt, an associate professor and director of Auburn’s Neuroprocesses Research Laboratory, said he and other tailgaters had replaced their traditional barbecue potluck with wrapped sandwiches and eliminated the frozen drink machine they used to make “Tiger-ritas.”But Molt, who was vaccinated and planned to wear a mask inside the stadium, still wasn’t sure if it was safe.
The University of Texas at Austin hosted its season opener Saturday complete with a midway outside the stadium. It’s also important to the school’s bottom line after last year’s abbreviated season, said Victor Matheson, a sports economist at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. In the South, he said, “People are going to go out to the games whether COVID is raging or not. That’s not good for public health, but it’s good for Texas and Alabama’s bottom line.”
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