re: Alabama Board Coronavirus Thread

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But to get us all back to as close to normal as possible, I think a 90% reduction with a simple inconvenience of wearing a mask in public, I can do that. I want sports, I want gatherings, etc. I think it's a small price to pay for reclaiming our society.

ETA: And if you have a valid medical reason for not wearing one, you're excused. That's understandable. What I don't get is the people saying "you're not going to tell me what to do!"

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Very well said. This is exactly how I feel.

The problem is that for every person with a legitimate reason for not wearing one or people that are tying to be extremely conscious there's a bunch of idiots who are "sure as hell not wearing a mask because it makes you look like a pussy and this is an overblown hoax anyway".

And, I imagine many of those are also proving they're "not a pussy" out at crowded bars and displaying that same confrontational attitude by rudely crowding the person in line they're behind at the supermarket or gas station etc etc etc . . .


Those are the people making this such a absurdly big issue.


I personally hate wearing that mask. I can't stand it. But it still seems to be a pretty small inconvenience in the big picture.

I think of my mom who is 79 telling me about trying go to the post office or grocery store in Escambia County and turning around to drive back home because she looks through the window and sees 20 people in there and none of them wearing masks and decides to try another day.

I don't want to be the person that's causing that extra worry for the people that really are at high risk.

Already reflected:

It's obvious it's a lag in reporting, but, still, this bumps the 7 day average up to 950 cases.

I think everyone looking at cases isn’t looking at the right thing. Percentage Positive, Hospitalizations, and Deaths should be the main numbers.

And I think the numbers are supporting an article I read about a month ago that the virus is becoming more contagious but weaker. I think the death numbers support that.

Exactly

Good point. If it helps even a little that’s better than the alternative. I don’t usually use a mask either but had to stop in at Belk and return an item this morning and did wear a mask due to the recent spike. It’s an el cheap o I use cutting grass but maybe better than nothing

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I think everyone looking at cases isn’t looking at the right thing. Percentage Positive, Hospitalizations, and Deaths should be the main numbers.

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Certainly hope the idea that it's becoming more contagious but less severe holds true.

That 25% positive is very high when supposedly around 5% is the number you're hoping to get.

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Certainly hope the idea that it's becoming more contagious but less severe holds true.

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UAB currently has the highest number of admitted Covid patients since this started, so maybe not.

Not sure what the state numbers look like as I just got a notification on UAB from a local news outlet.

I got a notification from a local news outlet too. Make sure you read the whole thing. Pensacola ICU beds.

No agenda there.

So it begins.

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“We’ve donated the entire supply . . . because we acknowledge and recognize the human suffering . . . and want to make sure nothing gets in the way of this getting to patients,” said O’Day. T

hough Remdesivir is not a coronavirus cure, in a study of 800 patients, the antiviral drug shortened the duration of hospital stay in users to 11 days on average, versus 15 days for COVID-19 patients who were not administered the drug.

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So nice of them to be concerned.

$70 million dollars later of US funding from taxpayers.

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The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries.

Gilead Sciences announced the price Monday for remdesivir, and said the price would be $3,120 for patients with private insurance. The amount that patients pay out of pocket depends on insurance, income and other factors.

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I mentioned this last month that this would happen. They donate it a lot to secure first use to help. Results got people to calm down and now it is time to profit from being first on the seen.

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“This is a high price for a drug that has not been shown to reduce mortality,” Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic said in an email. “Given the serious nature of the pandemic, I would prefer that the government take over production and distribute the drug for free. It was developed using significant taxpayer funding.”

Peter Maybarduk, a lawyer at the consumer group Public Citizen, called the price “an outrage.”

“Remdesivir should be in the public domain” because the drug received at least $70 million in public funding toward its development, he said.

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It would have been higher but a new cheaper alternative has hit the market and forced their price down by almost %50 of what they were wanting to charge.

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Last week, a study in the U.K. found that dexamethasone, a common steroid, increased survival in severely ill COVID-19 patients who needed help breathing.

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dexamethasone treatment led to a 35% reduction in death rate among patients on invasive mechanical ventilation and 20% for those receiving oxygen without invasive ventilation.

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The U.K. government has approved the use of dexamethasone — the first coronavirus drug that scientists says has been shown to save lives — and it costs just £5 ($6) per patient.

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Mobile looking at imposing a mask requirement

$50 fine for first offense and $100 for second

Most people here aren’t wearing masks so enforcing this would probably be an issue. There are some doctors and nurses among that group I’ve seen not wearing. When they’re not seeing patients of course.