Doctors in Birmingham plead for public help to ‘keep people alive until the vaccine is here’
Updated Dec 11, 2020;
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With intensive care units filling fast and COVID-19 case numbers surging across the state, doctors and public health workers in Birmingham asked Alabamians to take the virus seriously and be as cautious as possible and limit the size of Christmas celebrations.
“I want to make a plea to the community,” said Dr. Mark Wilson, Jefferson County health officer, in an online press conference Friday with doctors from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. “We’re in the holiday season. We understand that sacrifice is needed for success.
The Birmingham Times
A five-member public safety task force made up of lawyers, former law enforcement and community leaders on Thursday released its first report with recommendations to âreform and reimagineâ Birmingham police department policies and procedures.
The task force, formed in July during a heightened period of civil unrest that swept the country and also parts of downtown Birmingham, was given 90 days to provide a roadmap for ways the city can improve public safety.Â
Among the recommendations in the 86-page âReform and Reimagine Birmingham Public Safetyâ report released during a virtual press conference from City Hall were:
Publish all BPD Birmingham Police Department policies
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Vaccines are expected to arrive next week and be administered quickly thereafter.
Vaccines are expected to arrive next week and be administered quickly thereafter. The University of Alabama at Birmingham will receive 10,725 initial doses of the Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 vaccine next week. The initial single doses will be administered to front line UAB Hospital personnel and clinical staff, Emergency Medical Services teams from the seven-county region, and other hospitals within Jefferson County.
“We are in the midst of our darkest time locally here in this pandemic, and the opportunity to begin administering vaccines is a needed ray of hope,” said Sarah Nafziger, M.D., vice president of Clinical Support Services and professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Neurology. “We are grateful to the Alabama Department of Public Health for providing us these vaccines and entrusting us to deliver them to those at the greatest risk those currently in the health care s
Due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, traditional holiday parties may look a little different this year. UAB provides six creative alternatives for the 2020 holiday season. Written by: Matt Windsor Media contact: Brianna H.