Counties express frustration with 8-minute warning on expanded vaccine eligibility Share Updated: 10:20 PM CST Mar 5, 2021 By KCRG Share Updated: 10:20 PM CST Mar 5, 2021
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Show Transcript because it was kind of dropped on us last night. We haven t We haven t sent our plan for sure on how we will serve that population. Specifically, Buchanan County Department of Public Health director Tie Burkhardt says all 400 shots they have to give out next week are already scheduled. We re trying to make it as widely available as possible, but some of the other clinics for that tiered group, um, is already set, and I can t take that vaccine back to change direction right now. The state s announcement Thursday night that vastly expands who can get the shot didn t come with much advance notice to the county Health Department s. Burkhardt says they ve been planning clinics weeks in advance and need time to make the necessary changes. A week or