The Week contest: Vax anthem
This week's question: The Foo Fighters recently played to a capacity crowd of 20,000 vaccinated-only fans at New York's Madison Square Garden, the first concert at the iconic arena in more than a year. If the band were to rewrite a rock song and turn it into a pro-vaccination anthem, what should the track be titled?
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THE WINNER: "We Are Gonna Take It"
Charles R. Meek, San Angelo, Texas
SECOND PLACE: "Sweet Vial O' Mine"
Kelsey Richters, Lincoln, Nebraska
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THIRD PLACE: "Vax The Way (I Like It)"
Rebecca Vlam, Philadelphia
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Saved and Infused"
Diane Ross, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
"The Needle and the Damage Not Done"
Joel Nelson, Goleta, California
"Satis-vax-tion"
Joan Winquist, Scotts Valley, California
"We Will Inoc You"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
"In the Arm Tonight"
Marlo Warburton, Emeryville, California
"Good Inoculations"
Gary Evenson, McFarland, Wisconsin
"Johnson & Johnson B. Goode"
Jesse Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
"Say It Loud — I'm Vaxed and I'm Proud"
Chris Pender, Eugene, Oregon
"Don't Let Another One Bite the Dust"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Messenger RNA in a Bottle"
Jordana Mather, Chelsea, Massachusetts
"Comfortably Numb Arm"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"We're Jabbin'"
Larry Wittkop, Munster, Indiana
"For Those About to Vax (We Salute You)"
Dog Johnston, Erie, Pennsylvania
"You Really Shot Me"
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
"Baby Got Vax"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"Another Prick in the Arm"
Rebecca Burgan, Petaluma, California
"Highway to Health"
Marybeth Moskovitz, Washington, D.C.
"Keep Stayin' Alive"
Ginny Brinkley, Hawthorne, Florida
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