Scottsboro, Alabama - March 17, 2020 - Special Call City Council Meeting, Citizen Presentation About Business in lieu of SARS-CoV-2 Disease - Mayor Questioned About Testing for SARS-CoV-2 - County Health Officer

Scottsboro City Hall, photo by G. Morgan

Hot Topic - Restaurant Businesses Hurting- Citizen Presentation

Local Government closes in reaction to the SARS-CoV-2 disease, but no sufficient testing of citizens in the community. Mayor asked questions, walks off. 

By the way, the local health officer is Dr. Karen Landers of Colbert County, it took one call to the local health department to make this discovery, apparently politicians and local officials were dumbfounded in attempting to discover who was the Health Officer for this area. 2017 update -   http://alabamapublichealth.gov/ebola/media.html 

 current listing:   http://alabamapublichealth.gov/publications/assets/countycontacts.pdf

Mayor tells restaurant manager no one has the disease. When he was asked the question after meeting adjourned, how many have been tested, he could not answer. How many citizens have SARS-CoV-2 disease in our community, no one knows because the testing has not been performed. Waste of resources, Mayor commented, video below.

Up until 6 days ago Alabama had no one which tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 disease, only 20 had been tested in the entire state. Bury your heads politicians, you may run, but you can't hide from the truth nor your incompetence. It appears local politicians feel helpless, and want someone else to do the job for them, whether it be state or federal, you have a responsibility to the citizens of this community to insure adequate testing for the SARS-CoV-2 disease is accomplished. There should be a massive effort on the city, county, legislative delegation and federal elected representatives to insure adequate SARS-CoV-2 testing is accomplished. At this point assumptions are being made without definitive knowledge of the communities health as to this pandemic - SHAME ON YOU!

Why does testing matter? 4 Reasons Alabama lags behind on SARS-CoV-2 testing - ". . . A lack of testing could break Alabama’s hospital system."   https://www.al.com/coronavirus/2020/03/4-reasons-alabama-lags-behind-on-coronavirus-testing.html

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VIDEOS

Citizen Presentation - Geno's Manger Cyndi Stephens Tells of Current Effects on Restaurant Business

It took one call to the County Health Department to discover who the local health officer is - Dr. Karen Lambert of Colbert County. Aid to local businesses will not be acquired without comprehensive testing in order to understand the extent of the disease. Is the only reason any Scottsboro politician is concerned, a loss of tax revenue?

Mayor on the spot about testing for SARS-CoV-2 in the community