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@ChalkbeatTN bureau chief | formerly @Tennessean state politics | Bama native | Email tips + dog pictures to mbrown@chalkbeat.org

Aug 26, 2020, 5 tweets

FYI for those following Alabama college re-openings: Data shared by @nytimes today that suggests UAB has the worst outbreak appears to be really misleading.

There’s a small footnote, but a UA system official tells me the UAB 972 # includes health care workers at the hospital system (the largest/most complex in Alabama) since the beginning of the pandemic.

UAB the college reported 6 cases last week. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

(Of course, not great that any health care worker would contract it, but they are in high risk environments that do not compare to a college campus.)

Also the UA number is almost totally from the last week while the Auburn seems to be a total from the entire year.

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