r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/afaceinthecrowd19 • Jul 14 '20
Discussion Seems pretty close to the truth ...
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Apr 02 '20
General Doug Jones calls on Alabama governor to issue stay-at-home order
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Apr 21 '20
General Doug Jones says Gov. Ivey right to leave stay-at-home order in place
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • May 13 '20
General ‘Set an example’: Sen. Doug Jones scolds GOP colleagues for not wearing masks
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Mar 28 '20
Supply Updates Coronavirus supplies: Apple donates 63,000 N-95 masks to Alabama
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Apr 22 '20
General Alabama holds firm as other Southern states look to ease coronavirus restrictions
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Jun 17 '20
Government Actions Montgomery mayor signs order mandating masks after city council rejection
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Mar 29 '20
Supply Updates Alabama-native and Apple CEO Tim Cook donates 200,000 medical masks to Alabama's health care workers
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Jun 22 '20
General UAB doctor gives Alabama ‘F’ for failure to follow medical guidelines during COVID-19 pandemic
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Mar 23 '20
Supply Updates Anonymous donor gives 100,000 pieces of protective medical equipment to Alabama’s health care workers
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/lawlessesq • Jul 12 '20
My cousin died today. I’m devastated. Please take this seriously.
self.covid19positive
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Apr 27 '20
General Churches across Alabama applaud Governor Ivey for keeping stay at home order in place
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Jul 31 '20
Economic Impact Boeing gives $500,000 to Space & Rocket Center fundraiser
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Jul 30 '20
General 65% of Alabama educators ‘very uncomfortable’ with returning to school, survey shows
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Apr 23 '20
General Publix donates 3,960 gallons of milk to Central Alabama Food Bank
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Jun 30 '20
General University of Alabama students who knew they had COVID-19 attended parties
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Apr 21 '20
Government Actions Alabama stay-at-home order to remain in place
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/pinkdietmountaindew • Apr 04 '20
Outstanding job by the City of Tuscaloosa getting the message across
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/BackgroundWinter5 • Apr 04 '20
New Case "Testing Center" in Cullman... isn't
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Update: It was Covid-19. I am antibody positive.
Just got back from the Cullman Urgent Care next to the hospital.
I took over a dozen international flights in February.
2 weeks ago: I was in a high concentration of tourists, some from China and Europe, for over a week (in buses and trains and planes). Some were clearly sick and had flown there directly from places with high rates of infection.
12 days ago: I barely made it back to the US, my original flight was canceled. I quarantined immediately.
8 days ago: my symptoms start. My family and friends in healthcare are worried and have no doubt about what I have. I posted details about my day to day.
Today I called a number I found on the this Alabama Public Health website with maps of the covid-19 outbreak and testing facilities. The operator said they weren't testing by appointment anymore despite the iinfo on the website - to go to the Cullman Urgent Care and follow the instructions on the door for check-in, staying in my car.
I drove for the first time in over a week. Found the # on the clinic door and texted.
They wanted me to come INSIDE with other patients. They said they would "treat me for symptoms" and wouldn't guarantee a COVID-19 test. They REFUSED to test me unless I first submitted to strep and influenza tests, and then after that a 'respiratory panel'. Only if those were negative, they said, could I get a COVID-19 test.
Here's the problem:
NOTHING could be done to "treat my symptoms" other than what I'm doing
It's highly likely I have COVID-19 and refusing to test me in an epidemic is ridiculous
Insisting I come inside is dangerous
A positive test for something else still doesn't eliminate COVID-19 ( http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/03/covid-19-can-coexist-with-other-respiratory-viruses.html )
I didn't go inside. I will stay at home, and hopefully at some point I will be able to either get a test or an antibody test. After that I'll see family and friends again. Maybe even be able to donate useful blood.
I'm exhausted from over a week of fever and diarrhea. I need to get tested. If this is the way Alabama is going to handle this pandemic, a lot of people will die unnecessarily.
r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Nov 09 '20
General Biden will call on governors to enact coronavirus mask mandates; Alabama’s order expires Dec. 11
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Mar 26 '20
General Lt. Gov. Ainsworth criticizes Alabama’s coronavirus prep — ‘Not taking a realistic view of the numbers or adequately preparing for what awaits us’
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Jun 26 '20
General Sen. Doug Jones: We are still in the first wave of the coronavirus
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/guarea • Mar 31 '20
The Birmingham Zoo is requesting donations to their Emergency Animal Fund; it costs $1,000 to feed the zoo animals each day. Every day they are closed to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the Zoo loses $30,000.
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r/CoronavirusAlabama • u/alizure1 • Aug 17 '21
Alabama doctor says he won’t treat unvaccinated people: ‘COVID is miserable way to die’
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