Frustration grows as Virginia s vaccine rollout continues to lag behind All we hear is be patient. We re losing patience.
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RICHMOND, Va. From Henrico up to Stafford, Virginia residents over the age of 75 keep reaching out to CBS 6, upset about why they still cannot get a COVID-19 vaccine or even an appointment. The sense of immediacy doesn t seem to be there for our age bracket right now, Ted Hoagland, who lives in Henrico, said. All we hear is be patient, Hoagland said. We re losing patience because we are very concerned about our demographic and our health.
Epidemiologist: More contagious COVID-19 variant will be more common in Virginia Weâll be seeing it in more places.
There are certain settings in which the new variant of COVID-19, known as B.1.1.7, could increase your risk of contracting the coronavirus, according to a health expert with the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts. Rebekah Butterfield, Richmond and Henrico Health Districts Epidemiologist, said the B.1.1.7 variant was believed to be more contagious based on observation of how often health experts are seeing the virus strain in the population. But just how much more contagious, was still left to be determined.
Should you now wear two masks? Let s ask a doctor.
Depending on the kind of mask you have, health experts say wearing two isn t out of the question.
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RICHMOND, Va. With a new, possibly more contagious, variant of the COVID-19 virus likely spreading, you may be wondering whether it s effective to wear two masks.
Rebekah Butterfield, an Epidemiologist with the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts, said there are several factors at play when it comes to the effectiveness of a mask, but depending on the kind of mask you re wearing doubling up isn t out of the question.
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. Frustration and anger are the two primary emotions Chesterfield resident Kathy Heath feels right now. I ve been trying to get information for my parents so that they may be vaccinated, Heath said.
She lives in Midlothian and thought her parents, who are in their late 70s and have underlying health conditions, would be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine under phase 1b.
But, every time she calls the Chesterfield Health District to sign them up she can t get an answer. Getting an answer to a call on that hotline is next to impossible, Heath said. I ve been on hold for 2.5 hours on more than one occasion.
Mass vaccination events aiming to reach shots per day goal
Mass vaccination events aiming to reach shots per day goal
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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. A mass vaccination clinic at the Richmond Raceway began operating Tuesday as most of the Metro Richmond-area moved into portions of Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine roll out. It s our first day doing a mass vaccination event where we re targeting 1B. We still have a lot of 1A coming in, but we have opened it up to 1B, said Sara Noble, the clinical nurse manager with the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts who was in charge of the event.