COVID-19 spread in Jefferson County at lowest level in almost a year Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021 Share Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021
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Show Transcript IMMUNITY. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR, JEFFERSON COUNTYS I AVERAGING 7.3 CASES RPE 100,000 PEOPLE BRINGING THE COUNTY INTO THE YELLOW WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY SPREAD YELLOW SOUNDS SAFE COMPARED TO THE TRIPLE RED. WE WERE IN BKAC IN JANUARY, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER TO HOW BACK TO HOW NERVOUS WE WERE LAST JULY WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE IN THE YELLOW, IT’S STILL A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF DISEASE. SHE POSTED JUST DR. SARAH MOYER YSSA ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE STILL NOT BEEN VACCINATED EVERYONE THAT IS HOSPITALIZED RIGHT NOW OR ON OUR DEATH CHART WAS NOT VACCINATED SO VACCINES ARE REALLY GOOD AT PREVENTING HPIOSTALIZATION AND DEATH RIGHT NOW 49% OF THE POPUTILAON REMAINS UNVACCINATED THE MAJORITY ARE UNDER 40. THERE’S AOT L OF PEOPLE THERE THAT COVID-19 CAN FIND A HOST FROM
Cardinal Stadium vaccination site begins offering second doses as turnout remains low Share Updated: 8:31 PM EDT May 3, 2021 Share Updated: 8:31 PM EDT May 3, 2021
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Show Transcript CAPACITY. WLKY’S DREW GARDNER HAS MORE ON WHAT’S BEING DONE TO HELP INCREASE THOSE NUMBERS. DREW: OF THE SECOND DOSES BEGIN GOING INTO ARMS HERE ARE CARDINAL STADIUM, OFFICIALS ARE STILL TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME IN FOR THEIR FIRST SHOT, AND NOW THEY HAVE CALLED IN REINFORCEMENTS. ON PLAYERS FROM THE LOUISVILLE MONDAY, XTREME WERE ON HAND TO WELCOME BACK THOSE GETTING THEIR SECOND DOSE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE. I JUST FEEL LIKE IT IS VITAL. IF I CAN DO WHAT I CAN TO HELP, WHO WOULD I BE IF I DIDN’T? DREW: TEAM PHYSICIAN JONATHAN NEWSOM HAS MADE GETTING HIS ATHLETES VACCINATED A PRIORITY. HE HOPES PEOPLE WHO SEE THEM GET THE SHOT WILL BE INSPIRED TO DO THE SAME. THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HELP US GET THROUGH SEASONS AND GET PEOPLE IN THE STANDS MORE