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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,900 posts)
Tue May 5, 2020, 03:00 PM May 2020

The Georgia town of Albany, a coronavirus epicenter, isn't ready to reopen.

There's still too much grief, uncertainty.

ALBANY, Ga. — For Elaine Williams, coronavirus couldn’t be more personal.

She watched her son take his last breath April 3 over a cellphone screen, two days after he tested positive at a hospital two hours away from home. Five days later, she buried 38-year-old Kenya Williams at a memorial service with only six chairs allowed — one for herself and five for immediate family.

Every day her phone rings with news of another friend, another neighbor, another community pillar dying from COVID-19, the disease delivered by the virus. And late last month, Williams learned she too tested positive, though she had no major symptoms.

“It is all so disturbing to me," said Williams, 61. “Every time I look on TV and see those numbers, I'm like, 'My baby is in that number.'"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-georgia-town-of-albany-a-coronavirus-epicenter-isnt-ready-to-reopen-theres-still-too-much-grief-uncertainty/ar-BB13C2hM?li=BBnb7Kz
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The Georgia town of Albany, a coronavirus epicenter, isn't ready to reopen. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
K&R! SheltieLover May 2020 #1
Albany was hit early and hard. brer cat May 2020 #2
Excellent article. Albany is a neighboring town, just down the road. crickets May 2020 #3

brer cat

(24,558 posts)
2. Albany was hit early and hard.
Tue May 5, 2020, 06:55 PM
May 2020

Many families had multiple deaths. My heart goes out to them at this terrible time.

crickets

(25,962 posts)
3. Excellent article. Albany is a neighboring town, just down the road.
Tue May 5, 2020, 07:23 PM
May 2020

Their experience with COVID has been brutal to watch, and I applaud how the community is handling this.

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