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Reply According to the latest vaccine data from the Mayo Clinic​, only 29.4 percent of Alabamians, or about 1.4 million people, are fully vaccinated. (Scott Anderson/Patch) ACROSS ALABAMA — Alabama just about ranks dead last when it comes to getting people vaccinated against COVID-19. Only one state's vaccination record is worse. That honor goes to Mississippi. According to the latest vaccine data from the Mayo Clinic, only 29.4 percent of Alabamians, or about 1.4 million people, are fully vaccinated. About 36 percent of the state's population, or about 1.7 million, has received at least ...

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Jun 4, 2021 Dr. Michael Saag from the Infectious Disease Department at UAB Hospital answers questions about Coronavirus and the vaccines.

It will probably be into september before those data are out. by that time we'll know the dose, the safety. we'll know quite a bit about efficacy. that's when it will be released. a lot of questions i get, jake, are why do we need to vaccinate young people since they're not likely to get that sick and are not going to die? because they do transmit. they get infected and transmit. we dent know how long our immunity will last. especially for people who have the infection and think they're immune, that immunity wanes. it could be percolating in younger people, and coming back to the adults and es...

By David Smith May 21, 2021 Dr. Michael Saag from the Infectious Disease Department at UAB answers questions on Coronavirus and the vaccines.