Vaccine appointments begin to go unfilled in Missouri
April 15, 2021 GMT
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) Coronavirus vaccine supply is starting to outpace demand in Missouri, even after the state expanded eligibility, raising worries among some health care providers.
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“As a medical professional, I am concerned,” Dr. Davin Turner, chief medical officer at Mosaic Life Care, told the St. Joseph News-Press, noting that signups for vaccines have slowed down in the city. “We would like to see more folks getting vaccinated. Even if they had COVID, we still recommend vaccination.”
After weeks of not enough vaccines, suddenly in St. Louis County there are more shots than people to fill appointments, KSDK reports.
Vaccine appointments begin to go unfilled in Missouri
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