Among the many unknowns of COVID-19 is what success looks like in combatting the threat, which could perhaps give Alabamians an all-clear to return to a sense of normalcy.
However, that may not come until there is a vaccine for the coronavirus, according to State Sen. David Sessions (R-Grand Bay).
During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5’s “The Jeff Poor Show,” Sessions stressed the severity of the deadly virus and reminded listeners that his Alabama Senate colleague State Sen. Randy Price (R-Opelika) was facing the challenges of the coronavirus.
“Fortunately, with this particular virus, it seems like the young and the healthy do pretty well,” he said. “You’ll have an occasional instance where they don’t, but mostly it is attacking the elderly, and it is really giving some people some hard time. I have had some friends that have had a pretty rough time, and actually, senate colleague who is basically fighting for his life on a ventilator right now over in Lee County — State Senator Randy Price. We want to make sure we remember him and keep him and his family in our prayers.”
“I think if we get these numbers way down to where you’re getting very few infections — of course, we’re going to have to follow CDC and those folks,” Sessions continued. “They’ll come up with a plan. I don’t know if it’ll be the correct plan, but we’re going to have to look for them to guide us. Unfortunately, it’s not going to be a magic thing out there until they come up with a vaccination or something that will work that will stop it in its tracks. We may be in for a long process — God Lord willing, our scientist and our doctors come up with something that works and is safe for people. Hopefully, that is getting close.”
The Mobile County state lawmaker urged listeners to maintain a level of caution for the time being.
“Until we get to where we are with the other strains of flu, we’re going to have to be cautious,” Sessions said. “A lot of this stuff we’re doing now is probably things we should have been doing for a long time — wash our hands more often, use some hand sanitizer if you have sniffles or coughs maybe wear a mask to protect people because there’s a lot of germs floating around in the air. At the same time, you kind of have to have immunity to some of these things. I’m no doctor. That answer is beyond me.”
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.
