GREAT
GREAT WEATHER FOR TOMORROW. WHAT ABOUT THE+@ WEEKEND? WE'LL CHECK THAT COMING UP IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
TODAY IN NORTH CAROLINA,
VACCINE APPOINTMENTS OPENING UP
TO THE LARGEST GROUP YET.
GOVERNOR COOPER ANNOUNCING THAT
ALL FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
CALLED GROUP THREE CAN NOW SIGN
UP FOR THEIR SHOTS.
SO IT COMES AS THE STATE IS
EX+@PECTING A LARGER SUPPLY OF
THE VACCINE WHICH IS GOOD
NEWS .
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAYING SOME
MEMBERS OF GROUP FOR THOSE WITH
PREEXISTING CONDITIONS WILL
BECO+@ME ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCIE
AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON MARCH
TWENTY FOURTH SO WE KNOW THIS
IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO
PROCESS BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY
WON+@DERING WHO EXACTLY IS
ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE
STARTING TODAY?
WHO IS GROUP THREE BRAUDIS
SINCE THESE ARE FRONT LINE
ESSENTIAL WORKERS BASICALLY
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
ON THE JOB IN-PERSON NONSTOP
FOR THE LAST YEAR CAN'T+@ WORK R
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AS YOU KNOW TEACHERS HAVE
ALREADY STARTED+@ AS PART OF THS
GROUP.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
YOU GOT GROCERY STORE WORKERS,
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLERKS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
WORK IN THE BACK, ANYBODY ALONG
THE FOOD PRODUCTION PROCESS
CHAIN SUPPLY SUPPLY CHAIN.
WE'RE TALKING AS WELL.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES RESTAURANTS,
PROFESSORS, FOLKS ASSOCIATED
WITH EDUCATION CAN GET THEIR
VACCINE.
+@
WITH EDUCATION CAN GET THEIR VACCINE. FIRST RESPONDERS, LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT'S A HUGE
PORTION RIGHT THERE IN OF
ITSELF GOVERNMENT PERHAPS THE
LARGEST CATEGORY THEY HAVE.
THIS MEANS FOLKS THAT THE LOCAL
COURTS THIS MEANS POLITICIANS,
A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THEN
SOMEBODY SOMEBODY MIGHT NOT
THINK ABOUT BUT VETERINARIANS
AS WELL.
THAT'S JUST A GLIMMER.
THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT IT HAS THE
+@
THAT'S JUST A GLIMMER. THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT IT HAS THE LIST OF IT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS LITERALLY PAGES
AND PAGES LONG.
SO YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO CHECK
THAT OUT CAROL.
AND WE S+@HOULD SAY THIS EVEN IF
+@
THAT OUT CAROL. AND WE S+@HOULD SAY THIS EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THIS GROUP THAT DOES
NOT MEAN THAT YOUR SPECIFIC
COUNTY IS READY TO OPEN UP FOR
APPOINTMENTS JUST YET.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S
VERY COMPLICATED UNFORTUNATELY.
BUT WAKE UP BILLIE JEAN CHARLES
IS JOINING US LIVE IN UPTOWN.
SO BILLIE JEAN, YOU'RE BREAKING
IT DOWN FOR US FRONTLINE
WORKERS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY
WILL ACTUALLY NEED TO WAIT AT
LEAST ONE MORE DAY.
GOOD MORNING, CAROL.
THAT'S RIGHT.
SO MECKLENBURG COUNTY FRONT
LINE TO WORKERS IF YOU ARE
WAITING TO GET THAT VACCINATION
AP+@POINTMENTS, THOSE+@
APPOINTMENTS WILL OPEN TOMO+@RRW
BUT THEY WILL NOT START,
CAROLANN, UNTIL MARCH 10TH.
THAT IS THE ORIGINAL DATE
MECKLENBUR+@G COUNTY HEALTH
OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE BOOKED
UP UNTIL THEN IN NORTH CAROLINA
MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO
RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE
STARTING TODAY.
APPOINTMENTS ARE OPEN TO GROUP
THREE.
THESE ARE FOLKS THAT CANNOT BE
HOME TO DO THEIR JOB.
THAT'S A BIG GROUP THAT
INCLUDES PEOPLE IN THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY LIKE
AUSTIN, JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN
TALKING WITH PEOPLE AND FOR US
+@
AUSTIN, JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN TALKING WITH PEOPLE AND FOR US BEING A SMALL BUSINESS WE HAVE
ABOUT PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE
EMPLOYEES SO ONE OF US COULD
FILL THAT REALLY SHUTS DOWN THE
WHOLE OPERATION.
JEFFERSON IS OWNER AND HEAD
CHEF OF JEANIE MAE SOUTHERN
CUISINE, A ROCKVILLE BASED
RESTAURANT SPECIALIZING IN
SOUTHERN COOKING.
JEFFERSON SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED@
HIS BUSINESS AT THE S+@TART OF
THE PANDEMIC BUT HAS BEEN
LIMITED ON WHAT HE CAN OFFER
CUSTOMERS.
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO NOW IS
MAINLY CURBSIDE AND DELIVERY.
JEFFERSON SAYS HE PLANS ON
BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT AS SOON
AS ONE BECOMES AVAILABLE IN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
THE COUNTY IS GETTING 10000
+@DOSES OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S
VACCINE WHICH THEY'LL SPLIT
WITH NO AND ATRIUM HEALTH.
BOTH HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WILL
ALLOW ANYONE ELIGIBLE TO MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT ONE GROUP
FOUR WILL BE ELIGIBLE.+@
THOSE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE SHOT
AS SOON AS MARCH 24TH.
REPORTING IN UPTOWN.
BILLIE JEAN SONG WAKE UP
CHARLOTTE BILLIE JEAN, THANKS.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US
WHEN IT COMES TO OUR NUMBERS
HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA?
THE RECENT NUMBERS AS IT STANDS
AS OF THIS MORNING, 14 PERCENT
OF THE POPULATION HAS RECEIVED
THAT FIRST A DOSE OF THE COVID
VACCINE THAT'S UP FROM ELEVEN
POINT SEVEN PERCENT ONE WEEK
AGO.
SO IT'S SLOW, STEADY PROGRESS.
WE EXPECT THIS SPEED TO PICK UP
SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS AS WE'RE GETTING MORE
VACCINES AT TWO POINT TWO
PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HERE
IN NORTH CAROLINA FULLY
VACCINATED.
THEY'VE HAD BOTH OF THEIR SHOTS
AT THIS POINT THAT IS UP FROM
SIX POINT SEVEN ONE WEEK AGO
NO+@W HOW FAR DO WE HAVE TO GO
KEEP IN MIND IN ORDER TO GET TO
THAT HERD IMMUNITY THAT
YOU HEAR EXPERTS TALK ABOUT, WE
HAVE TO BE 60 TO 70 PERCENT ALL
VACCINATED.
SO WE HAVE GOT A LON+@G WAY TO O
BUT WE DO EXPECT THE SPEED OF
THIS PROCESS TO PICK UP
SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE NEXT MONTH
OR SO.
CAROLYN IN SOUTH CAROLINA
ROUGHLY HALF THE POP+@ULATION
WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
VACCINE NEXT WEEK.
STATE LEADERS ANNOUNCING SOUTH
CAROLINA MOVING INTO A NEW
PHASE STARTING MONDAY
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE OPEN FOR
ANYONE 55 OR OLDER FRONT LINE
WORKERS, TEACHERS AND PEOPLE
WITH HIGH RISK MEDICAL