MAUREEN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? ALICIA IN 2022 BEGAN, SOUTH CAROLINA REACHED A MILESTONE, ONE MILLION COVID CASES AND FOR SOME HERE IN ROCK HILL, THAT'S A CONCERN AND OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. FADING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS STILL LINED MAIN STREET IN ROCK HILL. AND THOUGH THE HOLIDAYS ARE THROUGH, IT JUST CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT. THERE'S ONE TOPIC THAT'S EVERGREEN, SO IT'S VERY NICE. JUST NOT TALK ABOUT IT. COVID NO MASK. NO VACCINE TOTALLY AGAINST IT. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY. IT MAY HAVE BEEN COLD, BUT THERE'S A REASON WHY MICHAEL ENIX WANTED TO TOUGH IT OUT FOR THE PICTURES. WE ARE TAKING PICTURES FROM MY 20TH BIRTHDAY BECAUSE LIFE'S TOO SHORT. HE SAYS. HIS DAD GOT COVID IN MARCH OF 2020. AT ONE POINT, THEY WEREN'T SURE HE'D MAKE IT. I MEAN, I SAW YOU KNOW HOW IT CAN GO. YOU KNOW, LIKE HE WAS FOUND ONE DAY AND THEN ON EASTER NIGHT. THEY'RE TOTALLY WENT, YOU KNOW? SO YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WENT TO THE EXTREME AND IT WAS HORRIBLE. AND NOW, ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER, COVID CASES IN ROCK CLIMBING. SETTING A NEW RECORD FOR COVID CASES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. BUT NOT EVERYONE'S WORRIED ABOUT IT. I STAYED UP IN CHARLOTTE WITH MY FRIENDS UP THERE AND I'M TALKING TO HER THAT THE PEOPLE UP IN CHARLOTTE SEEM TO TAKE IT A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY THAN THE PEOPLE DOWN HERE. I JUST REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT MEDICINE CAN HELP. UM DON'T REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW. IT COULD CHANGE ANYTHING, FOLKS ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER LIKE IT'S YOUR CHOICE AND NOT TO GET VACCINATED. I'M NOT GOING TO JUDGE YOU, FOR IT IS WHAT IT IS. I'M NOT REALLY GOING TO GET VACCINATED. BUT, UM. I KNOW THAT THERE'S NEW STREAMS COMING OUT, SAYING THERE'S A REASON WHY I THINK PART OF IT HAS BEEN POLITICIZED. PEOPLE CAN'T AGREE . I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH POLITICS IN A WAY. I MEAN, I DON'T GET INTO POLITICS, BUT I DO THINK IT HAS A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH POLITICS AND STUFF, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. SO RIGHT HERE IN YORK COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THAT HOLIDAY SURGERY. WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE. THEY SAY THEY'VE STACKED UP ON COVID TESTS AND EVEN COVID VACCINES, BUT IT STILL COULD BE A OF DAYS BEFORE