The challenge of vaccinating rural Missouri
Nearly 40% of people in the Show-Me State live in a place where they re less likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 Author: Abby Llorico Updated: 9:40 AM EST February 12, 2021
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. As the leader of St. John s Lutheran Church in rural Franklin County, Pastor Marty Singer is a man of faith in God, and the COVID-19 vaccines.
“I see the Lord s hand in this, I really do,” he said. “If people ask me, ‘pastor what would you do?’, believe me, if I could roll my sleeve up right now, I’d take it.”
He’s in an age group qualified to get a COVID-19 vaccine under Missouri’s rollout plan, but he says he’s had no luck getting through local pre-registration websites, and people he’s spoken to on the phone tell him he may not get the shot until spring.
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Triangle counties are starting to vaccinate older adults. Here s how to get a shot. Adam Wagner and Jessica Banov, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Jan. 8 After much anticipation, several North Carolina counties have entered Phase 1b of the state s coronavirus vaccination plan starting with people who are at least 75 years old.
North Carolina recently updated its vaccination plan to align with federal guidelines.
The state, like the rest of the country, has started with Phase 1a frontline healthcare workers who work in and around patients with COVID-19 and residents and staff of nursing homes.
Next is Group 1 of Phase 1b everyone who is at least 75 years old, no matter what underlying conditions they have. They do not need to have a chronic health condition, NC DHHS said.