This week, approximately 880,000 more Missourians are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine as the state expands eligibility to Phase 2. As the vaccine rollout continues and the Easter holiday approaches, public health experts are encouraging Missourians to stay informed of vaccination updates and continue taking steps to stop the spread.
Missourians belonging to Phase 1A, Phase 1B (all tiers) and Phase 2 are currently eligible for vaccination. Vaccination for Missourians in Phase 3 will begin on April 9.
Vaccine supply is projected to increase significantly in the coming weeks, allowing the state to extend eligibility beyond high-risk individuals.
Phase 2 includes Missourians that are essential to economic recovery.
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From the smallest single-person newsroom to the largest media conglomerate, journalists are grappling with how to address prejudice inside the industry, and how to report responsibly about the deep rifts around race, gender, class and ability. Several sessions at the 2021 Knight Media Forum addressed these issues head-on, challenging both funders and news executives to interrogate their own biases and change the ways in which they allocate resources and address historical disparities.
The conference took place in the shadow of the Jan. 6 insurrection, in which perpetrators carried Confederate flags and white supremicist symbols while violently seeking to halt the certification of the presidential election. Speaker Isabel Wilkerson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” stressed the gravity of this transgression during an inspiring and eye-opening talk. However, she noted, it was not, as many have claimed, a betrayal of what America stands