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re: OT: Alabama Coronavirus Thread (see link in OP for case numbers and death totals in AL)
Posted on 3/15/20 at 11:37 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Posted on 3/15/20 at 11:37 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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Posted on 3/16/20 at 7:13 am to Bobby OG Johnson
The White House National Security Council tweeted this this morning:
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Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE. There is no national lockdown. @CDCgov has and will continue to post the latest guidance on #COVID19. #coronavirus
Posted on 3/16/20 at 7:27 am to Roll Tide Ravens
Based on the number of cars on the road during my morning commute there doesn't appear to be too many businesses shut down in the Montgomery area.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 7:42 am to TideSaint
And now for a little humor at Tennessee's expense:
Posted on 3/16/20 at 7:42 am to TideSaint
There's fewer vehicles in school areas.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 8:47 am to TideSaint
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Based on the number of cars on the road during my morning commute there doesn't appear to be too many businesses shut down in the Montgomery area.
Traffic was a LOT lighter in Bham this morning. Schools being closed is likely the biggest reason for that. I think it'll get lighter and lighter as the week goes on though. We're moving to working from home over the next day or two, so won't be there until Wednesday or Thursday.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:01 am to The Spleen
So I just found out I work in the same building, one the same floor and on the same hallway as the state's 1st confirmed case of the virus. The bathrooms I use are directly across the hall from this person's office.
ETA: Just took a shite in said bathroom.
ETA: Just took a shite in said bathroom.
This post was edited on 3/16/20 at 10:08 am
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:14 am to TideSaint
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Just took a shite in said bathroom
RIP in Peace, TideSaint. So who takes over as moderator after this? Can I have your season tickets?
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:20 am to paperwasp
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RIP in Peace, TideSaint.
I went to South Korea in November. I've been living with this virus for months. All of us have.
Look at the cruise ship data that was just released. This is just like the flu. Nothing more.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:27 am to TideSaint
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I've been living with this virus for months. All of us have.
I've had the same conversation with friends. We've noticed that many people recall having had a strange illness around the holidays, with negative tests for (the typical) flu.
I personally find it hard to believe that what's being reported are the first actual cases in the entire country, when it's been known to exist since, what, October?
Does make you wonder.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:30 am to paperwasp
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We've noticed that many people recall having had a strange illness around the holidays, with negative tests for (the typical) flu.
My wife was one of them. She felt like shite for a few days and tested negative for the flu and strep. None of my 3 kids, or me, felt bad at all.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:43 am to paperwasp
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We've noticed that many people recall having had a strange illness around the holidays, with negative tests for (the typical) flu.
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.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 10:58 am to The Spleen
Been wondering that myself. I had a coworker who developed a really bad cough early in January and he had been to Chicago visiting family for Christmas. It lasted for about a month and no doctor could tell him what it was because he tested negative for everything.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:03 am to The Spleen
Well, have you guys read the whole conspiracy theory that the virus actually originated here in the States, probably at USAMRIID at Ft. Detrick? The story goes that it was an engineered virus and either accidentally or deliberately was transported to Wuhan with the US team for the military world games in that area and was unleashed on the world at the seafood market in Wuhan. There's a study by a virologist from Taiwan that supposedly studied the virus and found 5 separate haplotypes (variants) of it and the only country where he found all 5 haplotypes was the US which would point to the US being the origin.
Like I said, it's a very deep conspiracy theory with just enough factual information to make it possible and slightly plausible, but it's interesting at least.
Like I said, it's a very deep conspiracy theory with just enough factual information to make it possible and slightly plausible, but it's interesting at least.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:12 am to phil4bama
Conspiracy elements aside, it is factual that in January, the chair of Harvard University's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology was arrested by the FBI for lying about a lucrative contract he signed with China's Wuhan University of Technology.
NPR: Acclaimed Harvard Scientist Is Arrested, Accused Of Lying About Ties To China
NPR: Acclaimed Harvard Scientist Is Arrested, Accused Of Lying About Ties To China
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In an affidavit unsealed Tuesday, FBI Special Agent Robert Plumb said Lieber, who led a Harvard research group focusing on nanoscience, had established a research lab at the Wuhan university — apparently unbeknownst to Harvard.
"Lieber was also awarded more than $1.5 million by WUT and the Chinese government to establish a research lab and conduct research at WUT."
Posted on 3/16/20 at 11:21 am to phil4bama
Also likely propaganda by the Chinese government to put off blame
Posted on 3/16/20 at 12:44 pm to 1BamaRTR
Working from home for at least today; likely the next two weeks.
Posted on 3/16/20 at 1:05 pm to UsingUpAllTheLetters
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Working from home for at least today; likely the next two weeks.
The freaking United States Air Force just shut down. I've been told to get the frick out of Dodge.
This post was edited on 3/16/20 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 3/16/20 at 1:31 pm to TideSaint
that's fantasticPosted on 3/16/20 at 1:34 pm to Captain Crown
Up to 28 cases in Alabama.
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