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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:29 AM Aug 2021

Gov. Ivey urges Alabama football fans to get vaccinated

Source: Miami Herald

AUGUST 22, 2021

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) is urging college football fans to get vaccinated before heading to stadiums this season. “If everybody would just get the vaccine we wouldn't have a problem. Simply get the shot, then go enjoy your football game,” Ivey told reporters after participating in an event with college mascots on the steps of the Alabama Capitol.

Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama’s state health officer, said the state Department of Public has issued guidance on sporting events including recommending spacing and emphasizing the importance of vaccinations. “Outdoor events are safer in general than indoor event, but having hundreds of thousands of people getting together during a pandemic is going to result in some disease transmission," Harris said. “We hope people are vaccinated enough that that can be minimized.”

College football kicks off in a few weeks, raising concerns that crowded stadiums could help spread the coronavirus. Asked about those concerns this week, the Republican governor said the remedy is for more people to get vaccinated.

Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama’s state health officer, said the state Department of Public has issued guidance on sporting events including recommending spacing and emphasizing the importance of vaccinations. “Outdoor events are safer in general than indoor event, but having hundreds of thousands of people getting together during a pandemic is going to result in some disease transmission," Harris said. “We hope people are vaccinated enough that that can be minimized.”

Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article253669073.html



Alabama has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S. with 34.6% of the population fully vaccinated. The state has seen a recent surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths that medical officials have attributed to the highly contagious delta variant and the state's low vaccination rate.
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Gov. Ivey urges Alabama football fans to get vaccinated (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 OP
MAGA reactions to Gov. Ivey's urge durablend Aug 2021 #1
RINO rpannier Aug 2021 #13
Ivey makes it sound so easy (which it is) Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2021 #2
Just guessing Traildogbob Aug 2021 #3
Sabin said everyone but one on the team is vaccinated, including him haele Aug 2021 #5
That is great. Kudos to them Traildogbob Aug 2021 #7
SEC WA-03 Democrat Aug 2021 #4
Roll Tide! IronLionZion Aug 2021 #6
Kick dalton99a Aug 2021 #8
To Christina Tidmore rpannier Aug 2021 #14
Could they set up vaccination "pop-up" kiosks all around the outside of the stadium? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2021 #9
Nah...those dumb ass knuckle draggers would rather be Valentined than Vaxed Bengus81 Aug 2021 #10
Anybody, teachers and staff, Cryptoad Aug 2021 #11
Good luck with that. paleotn Aug 2021 #12

durablend

(7,416 posts)
1. MAGA reactions to Gov. Ivey's urge
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:31 AM
Aug 2021

"FAKE NEWS!!!!"
"She's just a LIBRUL!!!!!!"
"TURNCOAT"
"The virus is just a HOAX so shut up!!!"
"I'll get the vaccine over my dead body!!!! (which may happen)

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,921 posts)
2. Ivey makes it sound so easy (which it is)
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:50 AM
Aug 2021


but these mule-headed dumb asses would likely jump into a flaming volcano before doing something the Dems/Libs think is a good idea.

Fuck 'em all....I am so sick and tired of their stubbornness and intransigence.

Traildogbob

(8,571 posts)
3. Just guessing
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:04 PM
Aug 2021

She did not hear MAGAs boo Trump for mentioning shots in KKKlansville Bama last night. Teams outside of Bama, Florida, and Texas should not allow traveling fans. Wanna piss off some Bama MAGAs? NCAA rules state if you have to cancel a game because too many players have covid, you forfeit the game. Bama again ranked number one, but any loss in National standings is devastating. How cool will it be that trump rally MAGAs cause Bama to be eliminated from post season. FreeDumb!!!! Yee haw! Do not allow a single MAGA rally attendee a second of hospital space. Fuck em. Die! And hurry up before football starts.

haele

(12,581 posts)
5. Sabin said everyone but one on the team is vaccinated, including him
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:45 PM
Aug 2021

And team staff. He told them it's about performance - a play your best to win issue, not personal preference issue.
And I'll bet that unless there's a health reason, the one holdout is not going to be on the playing roster and is being tested before each practice.

Haele

Traildogbob

(8,571 posts)
7. That is great. Kudos to them
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 01:26 PM
Aug 2021

Just keep their fans in state. Same with Florida and Texas. When Sabin tells ya to do it, players shut up and do it. Beginning in September, college and pro games may push out health care Nationwide to collapse. Maybe Sabin should have been asking instead of IVY. Think I may have seen him do it some. Lots of people will die by Christmas. O’Rielly and the Baby Jesus will be outraged at this war on Christmas. Horse wormer will be a number one gift.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
8. Kick
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 01:50 PM
Aug 2021
https://www.al.com/news/2021/08/unvaccinated-father-of-3-dies-of-covid-in-alabama-hospital-nobody-should-go-through-this-widow-says.html
Unvaccinated father of 3 dies of COVID in Alabama hospital: ‘Nobody should go through this,’ widow says
Updated: Aug. 21, 2021, 9:50 p.m.

Healthy and in their 30s, Christina and Josh Tidmore figured they were low-risk for COVID-19. With conflicting viewpoints about whether to get vaccinated against the virus filling their social media feeds and social circles, they decided to wait.

On July 20, Josh came home from work with a slight cough initially thought to be sinus trouble. On Aug. 11, he died of COVID-19 at a north Alabama hospital as Christina Tidmore witnessed a doctor and her team frantically try to resuscitate her husband.

“She would say, ‘I need a pulse. ‘I would hear, ‘no pulse,’ “Christina Tidmore said through tears. “They were trying so hard.”

“Nobody should go through this. He was only 36 and I’m 35 and we have three kids.”

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
10. Nah...those dumb ass knuckle draggers would rather be Valentined than Vaxed
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 02:04 PM
Aug 2021

DIE FUCKERS DIE!!! Your really owning the Libs in 2021!!!

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