Why are snowbirds getting vaccines before residents? Alabama mayor asks
Updated Jan 21, 2021;
Posted Jan 21, 2021
Baldwin County residents line up to receive the COVID vaccine at Daphne Civic Center Tuesday January 19, 2021. The vaccine is given while the person is in their vehicle and then they have to pull aside and wait 15 minutes before they can leave. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).
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Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon’s concerns about non-residents receiving the COVID-19 vaccine before Alabama residents is resonating among the snowbirds who visit the state’s coastal area each year.
Kenn Krouse, president of the Wisconsin Snowbird Club, said Thursday that he can understand the frustration of local residents waiting for a coronavirus vaccine. He said that there are not vaccination clinics set up in the coastal area, and that residents in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, along with the winter visitors who are of retirement age, must drive approximately one-hour a
Where are the snowbirds? Coronavirus, hurricane make difficult winter season for Alabama beaches
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
Posted Jan 17, 2021
Snowbird activity before COVID-19: Snowbirds pack the parking lot of the Erie Myer Adult Activity Center in Gulf Shores to benefit local fire departments. The brat fest, and other community fundraisers, have been canceled this year over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. (file photo).
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Nancy and Jeff Poferl consider themselves on the “younger side” of their Minnesota snowbird flock. They say they are “relatively healthy” and aren’t overly concerned about traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But before they headed south to the Alabama coast this month from their home in the St. Paul suburb of White Bear Lake, their family members had some questions.