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

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Must have been low on tests on the 31st.

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There are probably fewer people tested on the weekends, and a lot of those results probably come in on Tuesday’s, so Tuesday’s have fewer new cases.

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There are probably fewer people tested on the weekends, and a lot of those results probably come in on Tuesday’s, so Tuesday’s have fewer new cases.

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I was thinking maybe the lab(s) run smaller staffs on the weekends so they can't process as many tests. Be interesting if the numbers over the next couple of days increase again or drop back to the 110-120 per day of last week.

Also, if you're bored and want to see just how silly this entire "Alabama needs a stay at home order" crap is, here are links to the actual restrictions in place for us and surrounding states.

Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
Tennessee

For the most part, change the name of the state and you can't tell the difference. Alabama's was enacted first on 3/20 then tightened on 3/27. Tennessee issued theirs on 3/30, Florida and Mississippi on 4/1, and Georgia on 4/2. Interestingly, Florida's specifically lists "Attending religious services conducted in churches, synagogues and houses of worship" as an essential service wereas Alabama's says no gatherings for any reason of 10 or more and no gatherings of any size where 6' distance cannot be maintained.

So, the next time someone says Alabama doesn't have a stay at home order, just laugh at them. We went under one before any state that touches our borders. We just didn't give it the magic name.

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the last #$&&*%#@$%ing thing I want to do is argue.

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prevatt33b

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1324 cases

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non-work related gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent six-foot 3 distance between persons, are prohibited.

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That leaves a lot of things still open and is a far cry from "stay at home except for essential activities."

I’m not going to pretend to know why these folks are on the subway, but there isn’t a good reason to be packed anywhere like this. The media continues to show almost barren streets in New York. This is the first time that I’ve seen this. The media needs to do their jobs and draw attention to the subway issue

As inconvenient as it would be, they need to look into shutting the subway down for a period.

There is plenty of coverage on it up here. You aren’t going to see it down south. I get MAX updates via google alert .

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DeBlasio has ordered the police to pull people off the train. How effective the policing I don’t know but they are working on it. I agree they need to find a better way but they have to get people to the hospitals and other places and maneuvering New York on surface streets when the majority don’t have cars is difficult.

1358 and 29 deaths in Mississippi . Site I go to only updates about once a day .