‘I’ve done all I know how to do’: Alabama governor frustrated with state’s low vaccination rate

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey mentioned Thursday the individuals who have not obtained the COVID-19 vaccine are risking demise needlessly and are “letting us down.” When requested what it is going to take to get individuals vaccinated within the state, Ivey fired again in frustration over the state’s vaccination price, which is now the bottom within the nation.”I do not know. You inform me,” Ivey mentioned. “People presupposed to have widespread sense. However it is time to begin blaming the unvaccinated of us, not the common of us. It is the unvaccinated of us which might be letting us down.”Jefferson County Well being Officer Dr. Mark Wilson mentioned the coronavirus, together with the extremely contagious delta variant, is spreading so quickly that he believes public locations ought to rethink a return to requiring masks. Wilson mentioned research have proven the delta variant can unfold between individuals in lower than a minute. The overwhelming majority of counties in Alabama are thought of to be at excessive danger for the sickness. One Birmingham physician’s account of treating COVID-19 sufferers has gone viral. Dr. Brytney Cobia lately shared on Fb that a few of her sufferers contaminated with the lethal illness have requested for the vaccine. “One of many final issues they do earlier than they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine,” Cobia wrote. “I maintain their hand and inform them that I am sorry, however it’s too late.” High Biden administration well being officers and a few White Home officers are holding preliminary conversations on revising masks suggestions for vaccinated People because the delta variant spreads all through the U.S., in keeping with a number of sources accustomed to discussions.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey mentioned Thursday the individuals who have not obtained the COVID-19 vaccine are risking demise needlessly and are “letting us down.”

When requested what it is going to take to get individuals vaccinated within the state, Ivey fired again in frustration over the state’s vaccination price, which is now the bottom within the nation.

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“I do not know. You inform me,” Ivey mentioned. “People presupposed to have widespread sense. However it is time to begin blaming the unvaccinated of us, not the common of us. It is the unvaccinated of us which might be letting us down.”

Jefferson County Well being Officer Dr. Mark Wilson mentioned the coronavirus, together with the extremely contagious delta variant, is spreading so quickly that he believes public locations ought to rethink a return to requiring masks. Wilson mentioned research have proven the delta variant can spread between people in less than a minute.

The overwhelming majority of counties in Alabama are thought of to be at excessive danger for the sickness.

One Birmingham physician’s account of treating COVID-19 patients has gone viral. Dr. Brytney Cobia lately shared on Fb that a few of her sufferers contaminated with the lethal illness have requested for the vaccine.

“One of many final issues they do earlier than they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine,” Cobia wrote. “I maintain their hand and inform them that I am sorry, however it’s too late.”

High Biden administration well being officers and a few White Home officers are holding preliminary conversations on revising masks suggestions for vaccinated People because the delta variant spreads all through the U.S., in keeping with a number of sources accustomed to discussions.

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