Alabama hospitals are gearing up for a surge in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving

Alabama healthcare providers are bracing for a post-holiday surge in coronavirus cases. Infections were already rising before Thanksgiving gatherings. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says symptoms of the coronavirus can appear anywhere from two to fourteen days after exposure. Healthcare providers voiced their concerns on APR over how family Thanksgiving gatherings could turn into COVID super spreader events. APR listeners heard suggestions including having one person in the kitchen serving dinner to limit possible exposure to the virus. Former state health official Dr. Don Williamson now heads the Alabama Hospital Association. He says most hospitals are expressing concern about staffing.