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In this segment, a viewer asks WVTM 13's Ian Reitz how symptoms related to the omicron variant compare to delta and earlier variants of the virus? ....
Women in Central Alabama more quick to get vaccinated than men Share Updated: 12:34 PM CDT Apr 11, 2021 Share Updated: 12:34 PM CDT Apr 11, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript GOVERNOR IVEY SAYS SHE’LL KEEP WEARING A MASK AROUND OTHERS AND IS URGING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. SHE’S ALSO ASKING PEOPLE TO RESPECT BUSINESSES REQUIRING CUSTOMERS TO WEAR MASKS. FOUR MONTHS INTO THE VACCINATION GETTING A BETTER IDEA OF WHO IS LINING UP. WVTM 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH EXPLAINS A COMMON TREND DOCTORS ARE SEEING. CHIP NEARLY 2 MILLION DOSES OF : THE COVID-19 VACCINE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SINCE THE VACCINE FIRST ARRIVED IN ALABAMA IN MID-DECEMBER. DOCTORS SAY THEY’RE NOW STARTING TO NOTICE AN INTERESTING TREND IN WHO IS GETTING VACCINATED. WOMEN HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE EAGER, AT LEAST AT OUR SITES, TO TAKE THIS VACCINE THAN MEN. ABOUT 60% OF OUR DOSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO WOMEN. WHY IS THAT? I DON’T KNOW. CHIP IT COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE : S ....
Alabama governor facing pressure on both sides of mask debate Share Updated: 6:08 PM CST Mar 3, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 6:08 PM CST Mar 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript you know, while if you look at our overall big picture for covid right now, we are so much better than we were two months ago. Hospitalizations are down. New cases, new cases are down. Um, so So that s fantastic. Vaccine is rolling out all those fantastic things. But guess what? We are not out of the woods yet. We are not there yet. And just looking at the data, you know, this is not driven by emotion or feeling. Let s just be scientific. Let s look at the data and what the data suggest is we are not out of the woods yet. It s not time to do away with the mask mandate we need to continue masking in social situations. We still have the covid variants out there that have proven to be much more contagious. Um, and you know, wh ....
UAB gave a report Friday on how its vaccination clinics are going so far. But some people say they’ve had issues getting the shot at the new Parker High School location. ....
Vaccine supply continues to be an issue, and one UAB doctor said there is no guarantee that second shots will be available for those who received their first shots at one of their clinics. ....