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Folks that are letting us down. >> reporter: over the weekend a sharp rise in covid patients from 35 to 48, far less than it sees back in january. but these patients are much younger. >> i think there are a number of reasons people are hesitant to get vaccinated here there ias lot of mistrust of government mandates, of guidance that comes down from on high. >> reporter: here and across the south, that mistrust runs deep. tennessee-based conservative radio host phil valentine didn't think he needed the vaccine, but the now has changed course after getting covid and ending up at the hospital in ...

COVID-19 patient discharged from hospital after 187 days Sarah Polus © Istock inside a hospital A man who was hospitalized with COVID-19 was released Friday after more than 6 months, AL.com reports. Ricky Hamm, 50, was the longest-staying COVID-19 patient at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala. "When it first started, we just thought we'd be here a couple of weeks and it won't be that long," his wife Shannon Hamm said of his hospitalization. "But it turned into a long ordeal." Hamm called finally being discharged "surreal" as he walked out of the hospital with the help of a...