Anniston is 52% black and 44% non-Hispanic white, so it will tend to lean Democrat. Oxford, which borders Anniston is 81% white and 13% black. I think the closing of Fort McClellan about twenty years ago caused some demographic shifts in population percentages. Anniston has lost about 5,000 in population since the fort closed.
I don’t think there are any real medical facilities at the FEMA installation, probably just a bunch of housing left over from its army fort days. We’ll probably hear more about it the next few days.
In a conference call with reporters, HHS administrator Tom Bowman said potential evacuees would come from among passengers now quarantined at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., or Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. He said that under the quarantine arrangement at those bases, evacuees couldn’t remain on site once they tested positive for the virus.
Kane said the evacuees will be housed in a CDP dormitory “to protect health, and at the same time, keep hospital beds open for people who actually need them,” such as people with serious cases of the flu.
A good, informative article.
Passengers from coronavirus-quarantined ship to be housed at Anniston FEMA center
So, they're bringing them from bases in California and Texas because those infected can't remain at those bases. Hmmm. And they'll be quarantined at the FEMA facility in a dormitory, probably one of the dorms normally used by people who are constantly coming and going at the facility for various sorts of training.
The more I learn, the weirder it sounds.
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