Folks 75 and up now able to receive COVID vaccine in Jefferson County
First day for 75+ to get COVID vaccine By Alan Collins | January 18, 2021 at 7:38 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 7:38 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Folks 75 years old and older got their first chance Monday to get a COVID-19 vaccination in Jefferson County.
It started at 9:00 a.m. and wrapped up at 4:00 p.m. Monday. About 1,400 folks received shots at two locations - the Jefferson County Department of Health and Gardendale High School.
People told WBRC it went fairly smoothly. You had to make an appointment, you were given a time period to arrive, and it took most just about an hour to get in, get the shot, wait about 15 minutes for possible side effects, and then you were out.
Ebony Anglers
When the five women making up the Ebony Anglers appear at a competitive fishing event wielding their rods and reels, there’s cause for conversation. Not just because the team including founder Gia Peebles, Lesleigh Mausi, Glenda Turner, Bobbiette Palmer, and Tiana Davis are competing in a sport populated primarily by white men in boats. But because they re dominating it.
Peebles organized the team over the summer of 2020 after visiting a local fishing tournament and realizing no women of color were participating. Peebles, a lifetime competitive athlete with a background in softball, knew her friend Mausi’s father was a professional angler and invited her to join. Turner, Palmer, and Davis followed. At their very first tournament in July 2020, the Carteret Community College Foundation’s Spanish Mackerel and Dolphin Tournament, the Ebony Anglers took first place with a 48-pound king mackerel.