Hospital CEO Urges Community to 'Please Care Enough to Vaccinate'
Photo Credit: CoxHealth In Southwest Missouri, less than 40% of area residents are fully vaccinated, which is driving a new surge in COVID-19 cases. Some counties in the Ozarks have vaccination rates as low as 20% to 30%. Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards is speaking up publicly and loudly about the benefits of vaccination — including tweeting from his personal Twitter account. He shares stats to track increases in the number of cases and deaths and spotlights the toll on health care workers. In a recent tweet, Edwards observed: “Inside our hospital in an avoidable surge...
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