Alabama expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

STARTING TODAY MORE PEOPLE IN ALABAMA ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE AS OF TODAY THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS OPENING UP VACCINATIONS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER PLUS MORE FRONTLINE CRITICAL WORKERS THOSE INCLUDE PEOPLE LIKE TEACHERS MANUFACTURING WORKERS FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO CORRECTION OFFICERS AMONG OTHERS. ALSO MORE MASS VACCINATION SITES. PTHOSE ARE OPENING UP ACROSS THE STATE TO HANDLE THAT EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY POOL. THE HOOVER MET IS NOW IN IT’S FIFTH DAY OF OFFERING THE LIFE SAVING SHOTS. THAT’S WHERE WVTM 13’S JOHN PAPPY IS JOINING US LIVE THIS EVENING WITH AN UPDATE ON THE OPERATIONS THERE NOW JOHN DO WE KNOW HOW MANY SHOTS WERE ADMINISTERED AT THE LOCATION IN THE FIRST WEEK WELL BRIT, YEAH, BRITTANY YOU YOU BE LOOK EXCUSE ME. UAB TELLS ME THAT THEY INJECTED ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE WITH THE VACCINE HERE LAST WEEK AND THEY EXPECT THOSE NUMBERS TO CLIMB. WELL THIS VACCINATION SITE AT THE HOOVER MET STARTED LAST TUESDAY, SO THEY AVERAGE ABOUT 700 TO 800 DOSES A DAY SINCE THEY ARE OPENING EIGHT TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK. THEY EXPECT TO VACCINATE AT LEAST 4000 PEOPLE VOLUNTEERS TELLING ME THE FIRST DAY THERE WERE A FEW LOGISTICAL KINKS, BUT BY DAY TWO IT WAS RUNNING LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE MOST ALL WHO SHOWED UP TO GET THEIR SHOTS WERE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE VOLUNTEERS AND UAB STAFF THE DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS CAME AWAY WITH A FEELING OF PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE AND THE BATTLE TO DEFEAT THE PANDEMIC IT JUST FELT REALLY GOOD TO BE. A PART OF A PART OF THE VACCINATION EFFORTS AND KNOWING THAT WE’RE MAKING IT LIKE A STAFF CLOSER TO RETURNING TO SOME SORT OF NORMALCY SO THAT WAS REALLY THAT WAS PRETTY AWESOME AGAIN THE CREW HERE WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE VACCINE FOR ANOTHER HOUR COMING UP AT FIVE O’ WALK YOU THROUGH THE VACCINATION PROCESS HERE IN MORE DETAIL AND EXPLAIN WHILE VOLUNTEERING CAN DELIVER AN UNPROMISED LIKE LIFESAVING PERK LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM LIVE IN HERE EXCUSE ME JOHN PAPP TWVTN 13 AND JOHN THANK YOU UAB AND THE PATH CHECK FOUNDATION HAVE PARTNERED TO LAUNCH A GLOBAL INTERACTIVE COVID-19 VACCINATION DASHBOARD SO THIS TRACKS THE UPDATES THE QUANTITY OF VACCINES ADMINISTERED AS LOW AS ON THE STATE LEVEL AND THIS BREAKS DOWN THE BRAND ADMINISTERED TO IN THE POPULATION PERCENTAGES UPDATED EVERY FOUR HOURS WHEN THAT DATA IS AVAILABLE YOU MAYB SAYS THAT THEY’LL INCLUDE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DATA WHENEVER POSSIBLE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO INCLUDE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS AROUND THINGS SUCH AS HERD IMMUNITY AND BASED ON SUPPLY HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO GET POPULATIONS VACCINATED? YOU NEED TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT TO GET YOUR VACCINE. YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU’RE CHECKING OUT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN. THE TOP ONE IS TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ANYBODY STATEWIDE AND THE BOTTOM NUMBER YOU SEE H

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