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re: OT: Alabama Coronavirus Thread (see link in OP for case numbers and death totals in AL)
Posted on 3/17/20 at 9:31 am to Bobby OG Johnson
Posted on 3/17/20 at 9:31 am to Bobby OG Johnson
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Oak Mountain Middle student tests positive for COVID-19.
Small correction that ultimately doesn't really matter, but the kid is a student at Oak Mt Intermediate School. He has a sibling that goes to Oak Mt Elementary School. All of those Oak Mt schools are clustered pretty close together though, so it's likely been spread to all of them.
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:17 am to The Spleen
Up to 36 cases in Alabama.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 10:27 am to pvilleguru
ADPH has started to only update their numbers twice a day.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:11 am to pvilleguru
Why are people doing this?
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:16 am to paperwasp
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:17 am to paperwasp
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Why are people doing this?
Stupidity and selfishness mostly. My guess is a lot of them want confirmation they are not positive for it so they have justification for ignoring the quarantine recommendations. A lot are probably just curious. A small number may actually need the test.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:44 am to The Spleen
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Posted on 3/17/20 at 11:59 am to Bobby OG Johnson
Dare County here in NC which is the Outer Banks has just officially shut down the county. Checkpoints in place not allowing entry. Even residents who are trying to return have to apply for a permit. No cases there yet but probably going to see more of this.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 1:41 pm to The Spleen
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Stupidity and selfishness mostly. My guess is a lot of them want confirmation they are not positive for it so they have justification for ignoring the quarantine recommendations. A lot are probably just curious. A small number may actually need the test.
It is impossible to put into words how embarrassed I am about the behavior of my country right now. Hoarding TP like there are no more pine trees in Alabama, buying up ammo like it's time for the Wolverines to reunite, and now lines and lines of perfectly healthy people using up test kits that might be needed on someone with real symptoms.
Heaven forbid an illness like Ebola ever took off here.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 1:46 pm to The Spleen
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Yep. A doctor friend of mine said his office had multiple instances of people coming in for flu like symptoms, but tested negative for it. They were baffled at the time, and he's now concerned this virus is more entrenched here than we know.
I'm absolutely certain it has been too. I work EMS and we've been transporting 'flu like' cases for a while now.
One thing though, I find that encouraging rather than concerning. If it's been widespread since December or earlier and people haven't been stacking up in the morgue then it isn't as deadly even to at risk populations as currently believed.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 1:46 pm to The Spleen
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Stupidity and selfishness mostly. My guess is a lot of them want confirmation they are not positive for it so they have justification for ignoring the quarantine recommendations. A lot are probably just curious. A small number may actually need the test.
It's about to get even worse.
Y'all see that pollen piling up on your vehicles? How many dumb bastards are going to start sniffling due to their yearly allergies and think they have this virus?
A metric frickton. And they'll all overrun the testing centers and hospitals.
People are so, so stupid.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 1:50 pm to TideSaint
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It's about to get even worse.
Y'all see that pollen piling up on your vehicles? How many dumb bastards are going to start sniffling due to their yearly allergies and think they have this virus?
A metric frickton. And they'll all overrun the testing centers and hospitals.
People are so, so stupid.
Had that very discussion at shift change this morning. Every hypochondriac in the state is going to get their seasonal allergy outbreak and be calling 911 claiming they got the beer bug.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:07 pm to JustGetItRight
My understanding is that the Assurance Labs testing has the capacity to test 500 people per day. Thousands showed up this morning.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:08 pm to TideSaint
Columbus AFB still flying over here Saint. Maybe bc it is a training base??
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:19 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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My understanding is that the Assurance Labs testing has the capacity to test 500 people per day. Thousands showed up this morning.
I have heard that as well, but I also heard the city shut down the testing site because traffic trying to get into it was blocking traffic to and from the hospital right next door. I work just around the corner and traffic was pretty bad around 11 this morning. Birmingham Police definitely blocked access to it initially, then about 30 minutes later it was completely shut down.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:25 pm to The Spleen
Florida just announced they are ordering the bars to close at 5pm and remain shut for 30 days.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 2:35 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
FYI, all of those measures (see below) adopted in Jefferson County yesterday now apply to Blount, St. Clair, Walker, Shelby, and Tuscaloosa Counties.
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- NO gatherings of more than 25 people in Jefferson County.
- Restaurants, bars and breweries CANNOT have onsite dining in Jefferson County. Only drive thru, curbside, or takeout service.
- All private schools in Jefferson County must close.
- All daycares or and preschools in Jefferson County must close.
- All senior citizens buildings in Jefferson County must close, but can serve food to seniors via curbside pickup.
- All nursing homes in Jefferson County may not have visitors, other than in end-of-life situations.
This post was edited on 3/17/20 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 3/17/20 at 3:33 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Up to 39 cases.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 4:45 pm to phil4bama
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Florida just announced they are ordering the bars to close at 5pm and remain shut for 30 days.
Our Governor put in an executive order today doing the same. All bars to be closed and restaurants no dining in.
Duke Univ just added over a dozen cases and new ones in my county as well.
Posted on 3/17/20 at 5:06 pm to TideSaint
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Y'all see that pollen piling up on your vehicles? How many dumb bastards are going to start sniffling due to their yearly allergies and think they have this virus?
My allergies are making me miserable. If the Corona can make it through my sinuses, then, I for one, would welcome the sweet embrace of death.
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