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COVID Vaccination Choices Split Families And Communities In Rural Montana : Shots


John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn t as dangerous as health officials say it is. He s hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking.
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John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn t as dangerous as health officials say it is. He s hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking.
Katheryn Houghton/KHN
The COVID-19 vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds in northwestern Montana can dole out 1,000 doses in seven hours. But demand has plummeted recently, down to fewer than 70 requests for the shots a day. So, the county dropped its mass vaccination offerings as May began from three clinics a week to two. Though most of those el ....

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Families, Communities Divided Over COVID Vaccination In Rural Montana


John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn t as dangerous as health officials say it is. He s hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking.
The COVID-19 vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds in northwestern Montana can dole out 1,000 doses in seven hours. But demand has plummeted recently, down to fewer than 70 requests for the shots a day. So, the county dropped its mass vaccination offerings as May began from three clinics a week to two. Though most of those eligible in the county haven t yet gotten the jab, the takers are few. ....

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Montana sticks to its patchwork COVID vaccine rollout as eligibility expands


KATHERYN HOUGHTON
Kaiser Health News
MISSOULA — Montana’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution is among the most efficient in the nation, but closer examination reveals a patchwork of systems among counties and tribal governments that will be put to the test as the state opens vaccine eligibility to all people 16 and older starting this month.
KHN, Montana Free Press and the University of Montana School of Journalism surveyed all 56 counties and eight tribal governments to find out how vaccine distribution has worked over the past four months and what residents might expect when the floodgates open.
Montana’s rate of COVID-19 vaccines given is in the top tier in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 191,500 people — roughly 18% of the state’s population — had been fully vaccinated by the end of March. But that progress papers over a disjointed rollout that’s been left to individual ....

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