Sen. Doug Jones
Sen. Doug Jones is a distinguished senior fellow with American Progress, focusing his work on issues of racial justice and equality, voting rights, and law enforcement reform.
A celebrated prosecutor who brought long-overdue justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Sen. Jones has built his career on fighting impossible battles. In 2017, he shocked the political establishment by winning a special election to fill a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama the first Democrat to do so in 25 years in the state. On Capitol Hill, he quickly built a reputation as a well-regarded and effective legislator, passing more than two dozen bipartisan bills into law in just three years. He also established the annual tradition of a bipartisan reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” in the Senate chamber and has been an outspoken Southern voice in support of racial justice and equity.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Vaccination rates vary widely across Kansas and Missouri as officials work to persuade more people to get the coronavirus shots. Stat
Vaccination rates vary widely across Kansas and Missouri as officials work to persuade more people to get the coronavirus shots.
Statistics on the vaccination campaign show some communities making good progress distributing the shots while other, often rural areas, lag behind. In Kansas, a 26-percentage point gap exists between the county with the highest vaccination rate and the lowest. In Missouri, that gap is 33 percentage points. Health officials say the places with higher vaccination rates will have fewer cases of the virus.
Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, said the uneven vaccination rates could lead to pockets of higher infections and hospitalizations.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Vaccination rates vary widely across Kansas and Missouri as officials work to persuade more people to get the coronavirus shots.
Statistics on the vaccination campaign show some communities making good progress distributing the shots while other, often rural areas, lag behind. In Kansas, a 26-percentage point gap exists between the county with the highest vaccination rate and the lowest. In Missouri, that gap is 33 percentage points. Health officials say the places with higher vaccination rates will have fewer cases of the virus.
Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, said the uneven vaccination rates could lead to pockets of higher infections and hospitalizations.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Vaccination rates vary widely across Kansas and Missouri as officials work to persuade more people to get the coronavirus shots.
Statistics on the vaccination campaign show some communities making good progress distributing the shots while other, often rural areas, lag behind.
In Kansas, a 26-percentage point gap exists between the county with the highest vaccination rate and the lowest.
In Missouri, that gap is 33 percentage points. Health officials say the places with higher vaccination rates will have fewer cases of the virus.
Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, said the uneven vaccination rates could lead to pockets of higher infections and hospitalizations.