KCUR 89.3 Jan Sanderson has been helping her neighbors find vaccination shots because many of them are unable to navigate the web or the different ways to find appointments.
Missouri officials are taking decisive steps to expand eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines despite evidence suggesting that some older Missourians may be getting left behind.
This week, as the state makes half a million more Missourians eligible for vaccinations, data show that about half of Missouri seniors have yet to receive a shot.
That has concerned some health care experts, advocates and seniors themselves, including Jan Sanderson, who has been working to run down vaccination appointments for many of the older members of her Lee’s Summit retirement community.
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Originally published on March 16, 2021 2:40 pm
Missouri officials are taking decisive steps to expand eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines despite evidence suggesting that some older Missourians may be getting left behind.
This week, as the state makes half a million more Missourians eligible for vaccinations, data show that about half of Missouri seniors have yet to receive a shot.
That has concerned some health care experts, advocates and seniors themselves, including Jan Sanderson, who has been working to run down vaccination appointments for many of the older members of her Lee’s Summit retirement community.
“With another half a million people, how are we ever going to get the people on my street vaccinated?” Sanderson said.
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1 year after COVID-19 declared pandemic, cases are down and vaccinations are up
One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, communities still working to keep cases down and vaccinate as many people as possible.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. â One year after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the nation and Kansas City, Missouri, are still recovering.
However, vaccinations are offering hope for people like Bill Worley. It was great. It s the right thing to do, Worley said, after receiving his first vaccination dose. I want this crap to be over with and get back to normal.