re: OT: Alabama Coronavirus Thread (see link in OP for case numbers and death totals in AL)

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barring any more extenuating circumstances or health risks.

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Like the previous announcements about schools re-opening, all of these orders are set to expire (May 15th in AL) and are not indefinite or infinitely in the future. They are resuming operations after quarantine expires.
The rule is that they're re-opening, the exception is if there's new info. The course is that they're re-opening unless there's a deviation from that course.

If anyone attends or works at any of these universities that have announced re-openings will go back. There would have to be a new announcement that they aren't re-opening.

Schools are opening unless there is something new. Ie UGA yesterday.

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The plan remains “fluid,” Morehead said in the email, as it will develop in accordance with additional COVID-19 developments and guidance from Georgia public health officials.

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As well as Ole Miss.

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The rolling seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in North Carolina hit a new high Wednesday, with 390 cases per day over the last week. The rolling average for virus-related hospitalizations also hit a new high at 480, while the rolling average for virus deaths dropped slightly to 16 per day.

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Outside of Charlotte the main issues here in the state have been the nursing homes and prisons.

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Assess the risk for you and your family and make your decisions based on them. If your decision is to wear a mask whenever you go outside, awesome. Everyone's situation is going to be different and that's okay. There's no need to get angry, upset or confrontational because someone else doesn't share your feelings on how THEY should be handling their risk assessment decision making.

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I would add - we do not need our self-serving govt to mandate and enforce compulsory mask wearing for law-abiding citizens.

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The United States of America's population is equivalent to 4.25% of the total world's population.

Yet in our little corner of the globe, we now represent about 1/3 of the entire coronavirus cases being reported worldwide.

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Probably has something to do with shite ton of testing we’ve done. I mean if you’re looking at total population and cases, you also have to look at total tests

If you took account total world population, you’re including a lot of countries that have done almost no testing. And also don’t have a lot of travel in and out of the country like the US so it’s going to be harder for the virus to even get there.

I would also like to add that the NY cluster (and nearby states) along with Michigan make up about 20% of the US population but have almost 70% of the deaths in the country. The rest of the country isn’t as bad off.

A couple of other notes on vaccines and treatments: remdesivir is not a magic bullet. The study measured days spent in the hospital and remdesivir reduced the average stay from 15 days to 11. The report I heard said their initial study goal was reduced mortality (of course) but that number wasn't working out so well so they opted for hospital stay which was much more favorable. Having said that, we are learning as we go and a lot of things can and will work better as we learn what they will and will not do and when they work and when they don't. Tamiflu is a perfect example. It doesn't do anything for you after the 1st 48 hours, so if you don't start treatment early in the flu, it won't help. Remdesivir may be the same way, we just don't know yet. What we seem to have learned from this study is if you are critically ill and ventilated and the prognosis isn't good, remdesivir probably won't change that.

Multiple vaccines from multiple companies using different methods are being developed. I mentioned how some of the bigger players are going ahead with production at risk. It turns out that the government has put financial guarantees in place of paying for X number of vaccines if a viable product is produced AND is chipping in monies for some of the R&D costs. So it's not a complete roll of the dice. The good news is how many are under development. We really need multiple successful vaccines to really defeat this thing so let's hope we get some winners and fast.

And here's a pretty good article about an oral broad spectrum antiviral being developed at UNC Chapel Hill in collaboration with Vanderbilt and Emory. The early data looks really promising. Keep your fingers crossed, this could be the viral equivalent to penicillin. EIDD-2801

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I would also like to add that the NY cluster (and nearby states) along with Michigan make up about 20% of the US population but have almost 70% of the deaths in the country. The rest of the country isn’t as bad off.

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Chances are we stay out of work a few more weeks someone is going to finally figure out this whole thing was just a figment of someone's imagination.

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Chances are we stay out of work a few more weeks someone is going to finally figure out this whole thing was just a figment of someone's imagination.

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That is about as likely as some posters figuring out it isn’t the end of the world and lie can indeed return without resulting in the eradication of the species.

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Remdesivir is a drug that came from UAB. It gave the stock market a boost yesterday. They will start testing it in combination with other drugs, but doctors believe it will save lives.

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Even Dr. Doom Fauci was encouraging

LINK ]42% of Alabama’s new coronavirus cases come from 1 county (AL.com)

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Remdesivir is a drug that came from UAB. It gave the stock market a boost yesterday. They will start testing it in combination with other drugs, but doctors believe it will save lives.

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Everything I've read says that they have abandoned any claims of it saving lives, but it does decrease recovery time by 31% in hospitalized patients, which is why it got approved.