COVID 1 year anniversary: Chapter 2 – Where is all the toilet paper? Alabamians are wearing masks Updated Mar 14, 2021; Facebook Share Hope for short-lived changes die during the pandemic summer as COVID cases and hospitalizations grow. As the summer progresses, Alabama becomes a hotbed for coronavirus spread, so much so that the Centers for Disease Control sends a team to the state. And, as thoughts turn to fall, questions about schools and sports continue. USA Health medical students, faculty and staff participated in White Coats for Black Lives events Wednesday, June 10, at Children’s & Women’s Hospital and University Hospital. The events were organized by members of the USA College of Medicine chapter of the Student National Medical Association.