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Yorkie Mom

(16,420 posts)
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 08:05 PM Aug 2021

Horrifying. 39 pregnant moms in UAB ICU this month with COVID; 2 have died. Nearly all are

Horrifying. 39 pregnant moms in @uabmedicine ICU this month with COVID; 2 have died. Nearly all are having to deliver babies preterm "because the virus is doing so much damage to these women," says doc. @UABNewsurges pregnant ppl to get vaccine:




UAB: Univ of AL at Birmingham
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Horrifying. 39 pregnant moms in UAB ICU this month with COVID; 2 have died. Nearly all are (Original Post) Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 OP
Yay Alabama. We're Number ONE! trof Aug 2021 #1
I was born and raised there as well. Yorkie Mom Aug 2021 #2
Good to hear. (nt) Pinback Aug 2021 #10
Hang in there trof. panader0 Aug 2021 #3
There are worst places to live. spike jones Aug 2021 #9
Welp, They Shoulda Got The Vaccine Sooner COL Mustard Aug 2021 #4
Is UAB University of Alabama at Birmingham? ShazzieB Aug 2021 #5
Yes greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #7
Thank you. I clicked through four different windows - UAB,UAB,UAB,UAB - and still wasn't sure. RussellCattle Aug 2021 #8
The pro-life party with their deep care for the "unborn." greenjar_01 Aug 2021 #6
Our daughter delivered our first grandchild in July. phylny Aug 2021 #11

trof

(54,256 posts)
1. Yay Alabama. We're Number ONE!
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 08:09 PM
Aug 2021

I am SO fucking ashamed of this state.
I think we'll be leaving.
I was born and raised here.
I still love the state, but not the people.
Not any more.
shit

Yorkie Mom

(16,420 posts)
2. I was born and raised there as well.
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 08:12 PM
Aug 2021

Does it look like vaccinations are picking up around you?

This is from an AL reporter:

spike jones

(1,691 posts)
9. There are worst places to live.
Fri Aug 20, 2021, 10:31 PM
Aug 2021

I saw a guy on a Seattle street corner holding a sign, "Please help. I was raised in Idaho."

phylny

(8,393 posts)
11. Our daughter delivered our first grandchild in July.
Sat Aug 21, 2021, 06:16 AM
Aug 2021

She listened to her doctors and was vaccinated during her pregnancy. We are so grateful they are both well.

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