Dead last in vaccinations, Alabama is a sitting duck

Sitting Duck

Sitting Duck

This is an opinion cartoon.

Coronavirus

Dead last in vaccinations and proud of it, Alabama is a target rich environment for the COVID Delta variant.

Related: Whitmire: Alabama is dead last for COVID vaccinations. Kay Ivey seems OK with that

Kyle Whitmire lays it all out in his reference to Jaws:

... Chief Brody is waving his arms like a madman from the beach, but our public officials are acting like it’s safe to go back into the water.

But instead of a dorky mayor in a goofy blazer, we have Gov. Kay Ivey.

This week Alabama’s Chief Brody, UAB infectious disease expert Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, gave a warning about the big fish offshore. New coronavirus vaccinations have slowed close to a standstill. Test positivity is up. Hospitalizations are, too. The Delta variant is looking for a fat swimmer and we’re the biggest in the sea.

Related: Alabama: Unvaccinated and proud to be a problem for Joe Biden

Related: Alabama home to 1 of 5 unvaccinated clusters putting all of America at risk for COVID variants

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JD Crowe is the cartoonist for Alabama Media Group and AL.com. He won the RFK Human Rights Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2020. In 2018, he was awarded the Rex Babin Memorial Award for local and state cartoons by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Follow JD on Facebook, Twitter @Crowejam and Instagram @JDCrowepix.

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