alabama is trending up. last week it was a pretty stark trend upwards, this week seems to be leveling out, but still upward.
tuscaloosa, in particular, saw a spike in new cases last week. of the total confirmed cases in tuscaloosa, over 30% were in the last week/week and a half (this was as of 6/5/20). that's fairly alarming...
until you consider the gross numbers. that total was around 750 (it's up to about 850 now). out of 200,000 (pop of tuscaloosa county), 750 had it confirmed. that's less than 1/2 of 1%. so is 850 now. and a significant portion of those cases (~40%) were in nursing homes, county jail and a mental institution, which were all hit within the last 2 weeks. so it's not really getting spread through the general population... yet.
i'm torn on the issue. the gross numbers are still so low it's ridiculous. but the trend is going up and at an alarming rate. where is the intersection in which i should be taking major precautions vs not worrying? i don't know. not to mention how many are going unconfirmed and spreading it. testing is still lacking both from a need and the general populations "want to" for lack of a better term. it's perplexing.