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December 21, 2020 5:37 PM By KIM CHANDLER and JAY REEVES
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Dr. Lynn Ridgeway, a pulmonologist, pulls up his sleeve as he receives one of the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines given to front line workers at Helen Keller Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in Sheffield, Ala. [Dan Busey /The TimesDaily via AP)
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A tray holds discarded doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as over 300 front line workers receive the first round at Helen Keller Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in Sheffield, Ala. [Dan Busey/The TimesDaily via AP)
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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, backed by State Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mary McIntyre, left, and State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris, right, speaks with the media after receiving her COVID-19 vaccine at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.
Baptist Health begins COVID-19 vaccinations for staff in Jacksonville
About 250 front-line health care staff at Jacksonville-based Baptist Health began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine Friday.
The voluntary vaccinations were offered first to physicians and other medical professionals in COVID-19 units, intensive care units and emergency centers.
Tujuana Dudley, nurse manager at a COVID-19 unit at Baptist Medical Center South, was the first in line. I know it’s my duty to receive the vaccine to keep those around me safe, said Dudley, who lost a family member recently to COVID-19. From the time the pandemic first arrived in March, we’ve seen firsthand how COVID-19 can impact patients, their families and our community.
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A pharmacology and chemistry expert from Priceville helped develop a monoclonal antibody treatment that shows promise in its ability to prevent those with mild cases of COVID-19 from developing complications and requiring hospitalization.
Carl Garner, vice president of global regulatory affairs for pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co., said it typically takes between 18 and 24 months to identify an antibody, conduct research and begin testing it on humans.
âWe did it in about two-and-a-half months,â Garner said. âThe reason why was not that we cut corners, or did anything that would put patients at risk. We put the full force of 145 years of expertise and hundreds of resources toward a single problem in a very focused way.â
Find Out What Hospitals in Alabama Received the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
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Alabama doctors become the first people in the state to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Walter Doty IV, MD, and Ravi Nallamothu, MD, received the first doses Tuesday morning at Southeast Health in Dothan. The doses were administered by Chris Holland, RN, Director of Surgical Services at Southeast Health.
The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed to 15 hospitals in Alabama. Frontline health workers will be the first to receive the vaccine.
Hospitals receiving vaccine are as follows:
Athens-Limestone Hospital in Athens
Cullman Regional Medical Center in Cullman
State talks vaccine security, releases location information Keeping the COVID vaccines safe and secure By Brittany Dionne | December 14, 2020 at 10:05 PM CST - Updated December 15 at 3:47 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) -
UPDATE: ADPH released information Tuesday about the hospital receiving vaccine:
Athens-Limestone Hospital, Athens; Baptist Medical Center South, Montgomery; Cullman Regional Medical Center, Cullman; DCH Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa; East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika; Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville; Lake Martin Community Hospital, Dadeville; Mobile Infirmary, Mobile; Providence Hospital, Mobile; Southeast Health, Dothan; Springhill Memorial Hospital, Mobile; Thomas Hospital, Fairhope; UAB Hospital, Birmingham; USA Health University Hospital, Mobile; USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Mobile.