By Tessa Weinberg Missouri Independent
Nestled in the pages of Missouri’s initial plan for how to distribute the coronavirus vaccine was a paragraph touting that “Missouri’s population understands the importance of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.”
A month later, in a revised version of the report, the paragraph was gone.
Instead, the updated plan featured a new section that targeted how the state would combat misinformation, complete with a website promising a page dedicated to “myth busters.”
The revisions came after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s feedback was incorporated.
Lisa Cox, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Senior Services, said the paragraph was removed “because we did not have data to fully support the statement.”