Originally Posted by
yosithezet
Any idea how many people have been tested in Alabama?
About 100 in total. I wouldn’t confuse lack of cases with lack of confirmations. How many residents have flown through Atlanta or other metros? Just 100? How many college kids traveled over the past few weeks? Just 100?
If you never come in contact with the virus you won’t get it. I think that is obvious, but why do you wonder about this? How would they theoretically get the virus?
AUB students and faculty and others in Alabama often use Atlanta as their gateway to fly. Just like ORD gets a lot of people originating there for trips to/from Indiana or Wisconsin, so do plenty of people in Alabama drive to ATL to fly In and out.
When it comes to rural medical centers in the parts of the the US that are wealthier than the rural South in the US, it seemed like many of the ones that were asked didn’t have any in-house ability to test in-house (or even with affiliated private labs in the same counties) for this even on Friday. Even in rather rural parts of the US, teachers and students have been abroad rather recently even in places that have been heavily hit by this coronavirus. One case I know about in rural WI has the substitute teacher under quarantine of sorts because they know of a visit to Italy but they weren’t able to get the substitute teacher tested fast enough .... due to the lack of testing kit availability.