Michelle Meier, Senior Resource Center
These days, we are all used to announcements of closings and changes in plans on short notice. We have all been living this dance for the last nine months. The reality of COVID-19 has reached our community and rages strong across the state.
Near the beginning of the pandemic, the staff at the Senior Resource Center (SRC) was handling a target date for a move, just having come out of a long-term practice session of waiting while our building was being remodeled. Staff endured a three-year roller coaster ride in limbo with an end to the ride around the corner. SRC had just reached a peak of adding new activities and were seeing a trend of growth and activity long dreamed about.
Health agencies work to ensure communities of color are vaccinated as soon as possible
Health agencies work to ensure communities of color are vaccinated as soon as possible
and last updated 2020-12-17 18:15:35-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Plans for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout beyond health care workers is a work in progress, but 41 Action News talked to health agencies who are keeping communities of color in mind. We have a wide representation by tribal organizations, ethnic and racial minority groups, said Dr. Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Different socioeconomic groups and beyond that, faith leaders, medical bioethicists to look at it with many sets of optics.