The University of Alabama, seen as a test case for returning to in-person learning amid the pandemic, has reported nearly 1,000 coronavirus cases since reopening.
The school has published a COVID-19 dashboard which shows a total of 566 positives since last Wednesday when term started, in addition to 400 people who tested positive when arriving.
The city of Tuscaloosa, which is home to the university's main campus, announced Monday it would close bars and bar service at restaurants for the next two weeks.
The college has about 45,000 students across its Tuscaloosa, Huntsville, and Birmingham campuses, making it a key test case for returning to in-person classes.
Last week the University of Notre Dame in Indiana announced it was moving to online instruction after a coronavirus outbreak, as did the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michigan State.
President Stuart Bell said the University of Alabama was continuing to take steps to stem the spread, but would not say what it would take to move to online learning.
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
Or do you think BLM protesters have magic immunity to anti-social distancing practices? They don't. Masks may not work in public settings but one thing science has proven is social distancing actually works. So standing shoulder to shoulder in a protest is probably a dumbass idea if you want your grandparents to live. Especially if you're black or Hispanic since COVID-19 disproportionately kills those two groups more often than others (it has nothing to do with ethnicity or race and only to do with obesity, also by the science: Hispanic and Black people are more likely to be obese than other groups).
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
So is coronavirus highly-contagious or nah? Because in your pathetic little defense, you said that protestors are just as susceptible as everyone else, but then tried to defend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally as not a particularly big hotspot. So which is it?
Accept it and move on. The people in the photo are COVIDiots. You will not dispute this. Ask me how I know
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
In further news, covidiots probably killed tens of thousands of people, all over the world, with their Trump Derangement Syndrome over HCQ.
The Lancet issued a retraction on a lengthy publication in their journal that was anti-HCQ. Amazing that they'd retract this publication AFTER most of the anti-HCQ damage was done:
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
A Coeur d'Alene pastor, who opened his 1,200 member church in early May for in-person services that encouraged unmasked congregants to gather, has been recovering from COVID-19 at the Kootenai Health intensive care unit.
Paul Van Noy, the senior pastor at Candlelight Christian Fellowship, has spent the past two weeks in the ICU while his wife, Brenda Van Noy, recovered from her own bout with COVID-19 at home. Five other church staff have been infected, said Eric Reade, body ministry coordinator for the church.
Candlelight's stance on mask-wearing and social-distancing has not changed since Van Noys' diagnosis.
When asked whether masks are mandated to attend services in compliance with state law, Reade said, "No."
Church members' responses to the infections have varied, with many continuing to gather unmasked.
Last week, church members held a vigil for Van Noy outside of Kootenai Health, the Coeur d'Alene Press reported. Attendees were pictured gathering in close proximity without masks.
Brenda Van Noy has been active on social media throughout her illness, posting to her public Facebook a mixture of heath updates and conspiracy theories, many of which have been flagged by Facebook as untrue. These posts include, misinterpretations of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, references to the #Savethechildren movement, which has been linked to QAnon, and the assertion that "fact checkers didn't exist until the truth started to get out."
She also acknowledged she had underestimated the virus prior to contracting it, but did not respond to requests for comment.
During Paul Van Noy's absence from the pulpit, the church plans to bring in guest speakers, including Charlie Kirk, a controversial evangelist, Trump supporter, and founder and president of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit aimed at conservative youth activists that has been criticized for spreading misinformation.
Kirk is scheduled to speak with Rob McCoy, the Ventura, California pastor who was recently fined for holding indoor church services against COVID-19 restrictions.
The two are set to speak at an in-person church service on September 27th.
__________________ Chicken Boo, what's the matter with you? You don't act like the other chickens do. You wear a disguise to look like human guys, but you're not a man you're a Chicken Boo.
A growing number of people in and around the White House have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending an event announcing the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court last weekend.
President Donald Trump
First Lady Melania Trump
Senior Counselor, Hope Hicks
Republican Senator of Utah, Mike Lee
Republican Senator of North Carolina, Thom Tillis
Former-Senior White House Counselor, Kellyanne Conway
Trump Campaign Manager, Bill Stepien
Former-Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie
University of Notre Dame President, John Jenkins
Three journalists from the White House press corps
A White House press staffer
It is worth noting that beyond the relatively well known senators, members of the press, and White House officials who have tested positive, it is possible less well-known staff members and security officers could have been infected with coronavirus.
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