Bride Wears Wedding Dress To Get COVID-19 Vaccine

BALTIMORE, MD — Since a Baltimore bride could not have her wedding reception because of the coronavirus, she decided to wear her gown to M&T Bank Stadium, where she got her COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend.

Many traditional weddings have been reimagined amid the coronavirus pandemic. Those getting married have in many cases postponed, held virtually or scaled back their ceremonies into "micro-weddings."

About 80 percent of couples canceled or delayed their weddings once the pandemic hit in 2020, the president of the Association of Bridal Consultants told The Washington Post.

While the governor lifted capacity restrictions in Maryland in March, most indoor businesses in Baltimore remain at 50 percent capacity as of April, based on the mayor's executive orders.

Sarah Studley of Baltimore had to cancel her reception, so the dress she planned to wear had been hanging in her closet, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, which shared pictures from her getting her vaccine in her wedding reception dress Sunday from the site.

Just like the wedding dress, spaces have been used in new ways during the pandemic.

The M&T Bank Stadium site first opened in February as a venue for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It operates as a mass vaccination site in a partnership that includes the University of Maryland Medical Center (which runs UMMC), Maryland Department of Health, Maryland National Guard, Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore Ravens.

Several stadiums around the state are transforming into mass vaccination sites, including Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis and Blue Crabs Stadium in Waldorf.

Starting Monday, all Marylanders 16 and older can get vaccinated.

See Also:

• All MD Residents 16 And Up Can Get COVID-19 Vaccine
• How M&T Bank Stadium Was Transformed Into A COVID Mass Vax Site
• M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Registration Opens