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ONE AREA DOCTOR’S ACCOUNT OF TREATING COVID-19 PATIENTSAS H GONE VIRAL. GUY: WVTM 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH JOINS US WITH AN EYE-OPENING ACCOUNT FROM THE FRONTLINES. IPCH DR. BRYTNEY COBIA AT GRANDVIEW MEDICAL CENTER POSTED ON FACEBOOK THAT SHE’S BEEN TREATING A LOT OF YOUNGER PATIENTS WITH COVID-19. AND SOME OF THOSE PATIENTS HAVE A REQUEST THAT SHE SAYS ISOO T LITTLE, TOO LATE. IN THE VIRAL SOCIAL MEDIA PO,ST THE GRANDVIEW MEDICAL CENTER DOCTOR SAYS JUST AS SHE’S ABOUT TO PUT A TUBE IN HER PATIENTS, SOME OF THEM SUDDENLY DECIDE THEY WANT THE VACCINE AFTER ALL. HER RESPONSE, I’M SORRY, BUT IT’S TOO LA. DR. BRYTNEY COBIA’S POST GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF DOCTORS ACROSS OUR AR. >> IT’S HEARTBREAKING WHEN YOU HAVE A PATNTIE HAS SOMETHING THAT IS A PREVENTABLE ILLNESS, BEGGING FOR SOMETHING, IT BREAKS YOUR HEART. YOU CAN’T GIVE IT TO THEM AT THAT POINT. GUY:- - CH:IP DR. COBIA’S SOCIAL MEDIA POST SAYS SOME PEOPLE PUT FOF THE VACCINE BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT TH E VIRUS WAS A HOAX OR AVOIDED IT FOR POLITICAL REASONS. SHE SAYS SOME PATIENTS JUST THOUGHT COVID-19 IS THE FLU. COBIA SAYS THEY’RE SADLY WRONG. >> I REALLY FEEL FOR THE CLINICIANS ON THE FRONTLINE. THE NURSES AND RESPIRATORY ERTHAPISTS THAT ARE STILL TAKING CARE OF THESE PATIENTS THAT ARE HEARING ABOUT HOW THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO BREATHE. CHIP: SOME PATIENTS DON’T SURVIVE THEIR BATTLE WITCOVID.H COBIA TELLS LOVED ONES THE BEST THING THEY CAN DO TO HONOR THEIR FAMILY MEMBER IS TO GET VACCINATED. THE PRESIDENT OF ALABAMA’S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION IS ALSO BEGGING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINEDAT >> THIS VACCINE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOP. IT IS A REMARKABLE SAFE VACCINE. IT ABSOLUTELY REDUCES HOSPITALIZATIONS. IT REDUCES DEATH. CHIP: DR. WILLIAMSON WENT ON TO SAY THE LIFE YOU SAVE COULD BE YOUR OWN, YOUR PARTS, GRANDPARENTS OR SIBLINGS. HE SAYS IF YOU’RE ON THE FENCE, TALK TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR. BRITTA:NY IT IS REALLY SCARY. WHEN YOU AREO S SICK AT THE HOSPITAL, IT IS TOO LATE FOR THE VACCINE. GUY: THAT’