Kansas News Service
Demand for COVID vaccines has declined across rural Kansas since late March. 62 counties skipped their vaccine allocations from the state this week.
Sixty-two Kansas Counties rejected their weekly allocations of COVID-19 vaccines from the state this week even though only roughly 34% of Kansans have received at least one shot.
Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 essentially starving off the virus because it runs out of vulnerable bodies more than 60 counties just turned down their weekly allotment of vaccine doses.
Not long ago, local health officials struggled to get enough doses for people clamoring for protection in a pandemic. Now they’re straining to get people willing to take their shots and sorting out how to make the most of doses given out to smaller groups.
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Abigail Censky, Kansas News Service
photo by: David Condos/Kansas News Service
Barton County Health Director Karen Winkelman is pictured recently at a drive-thru vaccine clinic in Great Bend.
Even as Kansas remains far from reaching the coveted public health standard of herd immunity against COVID-19 essentially starving off the virus because it runs out of vulnerable bodies more than 60 counties just turned down their weekly allotment of vaccine doses.
Not long ago, local health officials struggled to get enough doses for people clamoring for protection in a pandemic. Now they’re straining to get people willing to take their shots and sorting out how to make the most of doses given out to smaller groups.
(Photo courtesy of CVS Health)
For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have had to go to established testing sites to be tested for the coronavirus, a process that can be time-consuming in driving and wait times for both test and results. CVS Pharmacy, the retail arm of CVS Health, is looking to change that by making three over-the-counter testing options available in its physical and virtual stores.
Two deliver test results in 15 minutes.
The tests include the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test, the Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test and the Pixel by Labcorp PCR Test Home Collection Kit. All three tests have received FDA Emergency Use Authorization. They do not require a prescription, and can be used by those with or without symptoms.