Thread: Tuscaloosa done shot down

Originally Posted by funbun

One I never said we should have a complete world-wide shutdown. I said I support Alabama state Governor Ivey's decision to let each municipality to decide what is best. I've also said that the reason Tuscaloosa has undergone a 24 hr curfew is to preserve out health care system as we have so few beds available give the rural nature of our state.

Governor Ivey is conservative and Mayor Maddox is democrat, yet both their decision complement one another. We are agreeing here in Alabama, but outside people want to break things down into one size fits all solutions on either side, when neither is adequate.

And I find it interesting that you bring up politics, where as we're bringing up real life situations at hand based on our state and municipalities. Please don't put words in my mouth.

Point of fact is that I live in the county which is not under the Tuscaloosa city 24 hr curfew. The cities hardest hit in Alabama are taking the stiffest measures. Trust me, I am a conservative. The main purpose of conservative is to conserve. Life is what Thomas Jefferson listed first, and life gets priority above all. With out Life there is no liberty or pursuits of happiness.

Again it's our local limited medical care that is threat of being overwhelm when by the modest numbers of hospital beds here. That may not apply in your neck of the woods, but in Hunstville, Birmingham, & Tucaloosa, AL. It isn't threat of death, it's threat of overwhelming our healthcare system t the point were people who are dying of this or far worse diseases will not get the care they need. I've said that over and over here, yet you boil it down to liberal vs conservative?

You're out of touch, my friend. Do you life in Tuscaloosa or another area in the state of Alabama where this threat of overwhelmed health care is immement? If not then what are your really contributing here?

UAB in Birmingham was all ready at 75% surge capacity just because of normal flu season. Now this. They will not be able to handle even a 5% infection rate. People are projecting 20% on the low end. I haven't heard a single person here advocate world-wide shutdown.

You seem to forget that this thread is about the City of Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama's sister cities who are under similar threat of overwhelmed health care. We are not as worried about mass death unless the health care system cannot handle the surge.

I don't care about liberals or conservative or New York Times or the Washington Post. They have their own problems. I'm concered with ttuscaloosa and the state of Alabama. If people would concern themselves with their own neck of the woods we can get through this thing.

Maybe New York and DC should have a complete shut down. Maybe Alabama needs only a non-essential shut down. Maybe Mobile, AL, can keep running at full title. Maybe Tuscaloosa needs a 24 hr curfew. Let each state, city an municipality govern itself and decide how best to fight the beat this in their neck of the woods.

I'd reply if you'd ever stop editing the post.

Ok, let’s call this good.


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If you weren't talking to me or anyone else in the thread, then why post?

I'm done with the conversation.

Originally Posted by funbun

If you weren't talking to me or anyone else in the thread, then why post?

Because I thought it was an interesting article.

Originally Posted by rcfillingham

Ok, let’s call this good.

Covid 19 cases in the U.S. now exceed 200,000.
The number doubled in 5 days.
With increased testing, it was expected.
Social (Physical) distancing, stop large gatherings, stay home if you can, and WASH YOUR HANDS!
Here is an example of the Police trying to clear a beach 2 weeks ago - at 20X speed.
YouTube

I just wanna go fishing. Lol


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With the coronavirus pandemic shuttering businesses and forcing vast layoffs, many economists are expecting that the United States will suffer an economic shock that rivals the Great Depression.

Another grim piece of news came on Thursday, when the Labor Department reported that about 6.6 million people filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the figure for the past two weeks to nearly 10 million.

The scale and speed of such losses have no precedent. Until last month, the worst week for U.S. unemployment filings was 695,000, in 1982.

“What usually takes months or quarters to happen in a recession is happening in a matter of weeks,” said Michelle Meyer, chief U.S. economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Coronavirus Live Updates: Job Losses in America Soar, Part of Global Economic Collapse - The New York Times



MONTGOMERY, Ala. — More than 70,000 people filed a jobless claim to receive unemployment compensation last week, the Alabama Department of Labor says. That number is about eight-times the number of claims filed the week before when layoffs began hitting the state....

The number of people who filed a jobless claim last week is far more than at any point since at least 1987. The U.S. Department of Labor’s weekly unemployment claims data only goes back to 1987 for Alabama.

The Alabama Hospitality Association has estimated that some 225,000 hotel and restaurant workers will be laid off during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Economic Policy Institute’s conservative projections have estimated that nearly 200,000 people could lose their jobs in Alabama.

More than 70,000 people filed for unemployment in AL | rocketcitynow.com