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‘Do the right thing’: Alabama’s top health officer concerned about Mobile Mardi Gras risk Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Facebook Share Mardi Gras Day in Mobile represents a concern for Alabama’s leading public health officer who implored revelers on Friday to “do the right thing” and avoid large crowds. Dr. Scott Harris, the state’s health officer, said he sees a large gathering for Mardi Gras having the potential of causing a COVID-19 super spreader event one year after the 2020 Carnival activities in New Orleans were blamed for creating an early coronavirus hot s...

Alabama’s problematic COVID-19 vaccine program leads to a rise of vaccine tourism Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 The first COVID-19 vaccines given in central Alabama at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. The vaccine rollout in Alabama has been criticized for being too slow and unorganized. The state ranks near dead last in the U.S. when it comes to the distribution rate of the vaccine. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com Facebook Share Her husband, William, then called up a friend of his who lives in Pascagoula, Mississippi. “He’s 87 years old and he to...