These NFL teams are requiring fans to get vaccinated before entering their stadiums
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As cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 continue to surge across the U.S., some NFL teams are requiring fans to be vaccinated before entering their stadiums. The new regulations mean that thousands of football fans will now need more than an admission ticket to see their favorite gridiron stars.
The home turfs of the Seattle Seahawks, Las Vegas Raiders and New Orleans Saints were the first within the NFL to require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 from attendees over the age of 12. On Tuesday, the Buffalo Bills' Highmark Stadium, a 71,608-seat space, announced a similar requirement, making it the fourth NFL venue to do so.
The 2021 NFL season has officially begun with the coronavirus still in play. Professional football teams are following a vaccine policy that NBA and MLB teams already implemented earlier this year.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.