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Alabama
Montgomery: The state health officer said Friday that he is cautiously optimistic about improving COVID-19 numbers but urged people to maintain precautions such as wearing masks and avoiding crowds. “This is the most optimistic we’ve been, I think, maybe since this all began,” Dr. Scott Harris said. Three major barometers of the pandemic’s severity – hospitalizations, daily new cases and coronavirus test percent positivity – have fallen to levels the state last saw in fall or summer. “We are not out of the woods, but we see how to get out of the woods. Please don’t stop doing the things that you are doing. This is not the time to ease up wearing your mask. It’s not the time to go be in large groups of people,” Harris said. The number of COVID-19 patients in Alabama hospitals Friday dipped below 1,000 for the f
Associated Press
Reginald Henry, 69, of Washington, D.C. receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at Howard University this month. Black pastors have been called upon in the nation s capital to persuade their parishioners to get the vaccine. Previous Next
Monday, February 22, 2021 1:00 am
Persuading Blacks to get vaccine
Pastors used to sway them to trust shots
ASHRAF KHALIL and HILARY POWELL | Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Stately and deliberate, with a distinctive white streak in his black hair, the Rev. Wallace Charles Smith started his Valentine s Day sermon at Shiloh Baptist Church by talking about love and vaccinations.
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