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

LINK ]Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count (NYTimes)

New York 37,258 385
New Jersey 4,402 62
California 3,183 67
Washington 2,585 130
Florida 2,349 27
Michigan 2,287 43
Louisiana 2,253 65
Illinois 1,875 21
Massachusetts 1,838 15
Pennsylvania 1,690 16
Georgia 1,525 48
Texas 1,138 12
Colorado 1,086 19
Connecticut 875 19
Tennessee 806 3
Ohio 706 11
Indiana 645 17
North Carolina 638 1
Wisconsin 623 7
Maryland 581 4
Arizona 508 8
Nevada 506 10
Mississippi 487 6
Alabama 449 1
South Carolina 424 7
Virginia 391 10
Missouri 377 8
Utah 347 1
Minnesota 346 2
Arkansas 308 2
Oregon 266 10
District of Columbia 231 3
Kentucky 198 5
Iowa 180 1
Oklahoma 164 5
Maine 142 0
New Hampshire 137 1
Kansas 136 3
Rhode Island 132 0
Idaho 123 0
Vermont 123 8
Delaware 119 0
New Mexico 112 1
Hawaii 95 1
Nebraska 84 0
Montana 71 0
Puerto Rico 64 2
Alaska 59 0
North Dakota 52 0
West Virginia 52 0
Wyoming 49 0
Guam 45 1
South Dakota 41 1
Virgin Islands 17 0

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My gosh, we will hit 700 before Saturday night

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Just 0.014% of the population of the state of Alabama. We're all gonna die!!

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I linked that bastion of conservative beliefs, The Washington Times.

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From the opening of the Wiki page on the Washington Times:

The Washington Times was founded on May 17, 1982, by Unification movement leader Sun Myung Moon and owned until 2010 by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate founded by Moon. It is currently owned by Operations Holdings, which is owned by the Unification movement.[4][5]

Throughout its history, The Washington Times has been known for its conservative political stance.[6][7][8][9] It has published many columns which reject the scientific consensuses on climate change,[10][11][12] on ozone depletion,[13] on the harmful effects of second-hand smoke,[14][15] and which have spread misinformation regarding the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak.[16] It has drawn controversy for publishing racist content, including commentary and conspiracy theories about U.S. President Barack Obama,[17][18] supporting neo-Confederate historical revisionism,[19] and promoting Islamophobia.[20]

Yep, the Washington Times apparently is crazy and evil, yep.

By the way, i should have lumped FoxNews in with any other similar extreme Right-wing propaganda tool, as well as any news of any kind on facebook. Avoid it all. Much of it is actually created and distributed by Russian government operatives, i.e. the modern Cold War in which they are winning.

Governor Ivey and the state school superintendent will announce at 4pm CDT whether schools will reopen this school year or not.

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At least some of them. My cousin's wife got her positive test result yesterday after having had to retake it thanks to DCH.

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Praying for her and your family.

Thank you. They have 2 kids under 5 which are the big concern. The dumb part of all this is she was pretty much back on her feet by the time she found out she was actually positive. Thankfully they were already treating her as if she was, but now my cousin and the boys have to hold their breaths and monitor themselves for the next two weeks.

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No way they open up this school year unless they push back into summer. Even so I doubt that

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Kinda what I'm thinking. Hopefully they'll get some more e-learning set up, and have a system where kids with no computer in their homes can borrow one from their school. Our school system have been saying for 2 weeks now they were getting something set up, though none of it would be mandatory. I'm working too much right now to give my kids the structure they need. Been letting them sleep until 11. Father of the year right here.

Glad to hear she is ok and hope the rest of the family stays healthy. Dealing with Social Distancing and quarantines can drive you up the wall.

I have allergies, the flu (second day of having a wonderfully high fever), rotator cuff on my left shoulder is screwed up and having to deal with folks over the phone instead of in person (I hate doing things over the phone). I’m going crazy and my fuse is at an all time low.