Cruise passengers sail away from Galveston for the first time in 16 months The last time we were on a cruise was July of 2019, said Mike Dawson.
Dawson spoke with us from the cruise ship with his wife and friends. They’re on Carnival Vista, setting sail on a week s vacation to Honduras, Belize, and Mexico. We’re just ready to have fun and get away from cellphone service, said Dawson. It just seems like a [normal] cruise. Like we’re turning back the hands of time a couple of years.
This is the first Carnival cruise to leave the United States in more than a year. According to Carnival, all passengers must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine and/or receive an approved exemption. At least 95 percent of passengers are vaccinated.
University of Alabama to help in roll out of coronavirus vaccinations UA teaching research service (Source: wbrc) By Kelvin Reynolds | December 18, 2020 at 6:41 PM CST - Updated December 19 at 10:09 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The University of Alabama will play a big role in the national effort to ensure the coronavirus vaccine roll out goes smoothly.
The University will participate in the effort to ensure that communities of color are not left out when it comes to COVID19 vaccinations. Much of that effort will focus on several communities in the Alabama Black Belt and West Alabama.
Five faculty members from UA are part of a research team aimed at examining barriers that make it harder for people in under served communities to get help. They’ll work with people in those communities to develop strategies for a COVID vaccine delivery system. Work has already started into how some of those places have been impacted by the pandemic.