Posted on 07/23/2021 2:50:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
On Thursday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey addressed concerns about the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the state and its low vaccination rate.
In the last two weeks, the state has seen over 9,900 cases of COVID-19. In Jefferson County alone, over 1,000 new cases have been reported.
Health officials and the governor herself site the low vaccination rate as a major hurdle in trying to combat the virus and the new, highly contagious Delta variant.
“Let’s be crystal clear about this issue. And media, I want you to start reporting the facts. The new cases of COVID are because of unvaccinated folks. Almost 100% of the new hospitalizations are with unvaccinated folks. And the deaths are certainly occurring with the unvaccinated folks. These folks are choosing a horrible lifestyle of self-inflicted pain,” Gov. Ivey said during an event for Landing in Birmingham Thursday.
When asked how the state can get more shots into the arms of residents, Ivey did not hold back her displeasure with the lack of success previous plans have had.
“I don’t know, you tell me. Folks are supposed to have common sense. But it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the vaccinated folks. It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down,” she said. “I’ve done all I know how to do. I can encourage you to do something but I can’t make you take care of yourself.
Ivey also repeated her statement on schools coming back during the pandemic, saying that it is up to the individual schools to make decisions on mask mandates.
Memories of Pete’s Famous Hot Dogs owner ‘Gus’ Koutroulakis keep Birmingham legend alive The Jefferson County Department of Health also addressed the rise in recent cases and vaccine hesitancy. County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson said that with the rise in cases and hospitalizations, a rise in deaths is almost certain.
“The tragic thing is that almost all of these deaths will have been prevented if only those people had been vaccinated,” Wilson said.
Ivey encouraged Alabamians to get vaccinated, calling it “the greatest weapon we have to fight COVID.” Although she said she has no plans to implement a mask mandate again in the state.
“I want folks to get vaccinated, that’s the cure. That prevents everything. Why would we want to mess around with this temporary stuff? We don’t need to encourage people to go halfway in curing this disease. Let’s get it done. We know what it takes to get it done, that’s to get a shot in the arm,” she said.
I say we round them up into camps until we agree on a Final Solution to the virus problem. [/s]
I suspect that the vaccinated are going to quickly become a problem. They could breed and spread new variations. Personally, I’d like to hang only with unvaccinated folks.
Is this the new CNN spokesperson? Follow the money trail. I bet it goes right to Pharma
Yeah and about the 42 elders in a nursing home tested positive for CV 19 and only 4 of them were NOT vaccinated.
Explain that you blithering idiots that trust the Feral Government to actually protect us from a virus with a vaccine that is not approved. Hell we cannot take an aspirin without out approval from our overlords.
This is the line in the sand and they will be coming for us anti-vax people.
It's a very different story in Britain. Sir Patrick Vallance (Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom) recently announced that 40% of Covid hospitalizations in the UK are people who *have been vaccinated*.
Maybe medical statistics work in a very different way in Alabama? Or the Governor is just lying?
Since the “India” variant didn’t start here and was brought here then we need to blame Biden. You know darn well Trump would be blamed for this and Biden has let at least 108,000 unvaccinated illegals into this country in less than 4 months. Time to blame him and the Dems!
Changed with the tide when it was convenient.
Its Bidens release of diseased illegal aliens into the heartland of America.
up for re election in 2022. Primary this b****. Closet Dem.
It seems to me that there are an increasing number of variants and breakthrough cases regardless if you are vaccinated or not.
Tell that to the people currently in the ICU intubated who have been fully “cured”.
Try to give me the needle, and you’ll get a pill in return.
Senator Ron Johnson said 84% of vaccinated in Israel are testing positive for Covid.
Israel mandated their citizens to take the experimental mRNA gene thereapy. This is even though the Phizer, Moderna, etc... will not tell the public what is in the shots. Remember they have no liability.
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My understanding, speaking with an individual prominent in the Alabama business community, is Kay Ivey is a puppet like Joe Biden. The handlers behind the scenes make the decisions. She is the mouthpiece.
the REAL un”vaccinated” are the politicians,
the officers of the Pfizer, etc.
they must be given the same injection they
demand others take.
in that instance, 96% of Covid cases were vaccinated people.
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