Jamie Bertucci is fighting to get people with preexisting medical conditions in Nebraska qualified for the COVID-19 vaccine. "The risk is very high. The longer we wait there's obviously more risk there. "For Bertucci, it's personal. Her son has Down Syndrome. According to a Down Syndrome advocacy group, about 37 babies in Nebraska are born with the condition each year.
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Two moms push for Nebraskans with Down Syndrome to be added back to priority list
After people with underlying conditions were removed from the priority list, two moms of children with Down syndrome have been fighting for an isolated population as they wait to return to society.
March 8, 2021 7:57 am
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) After people with underlying conditions were removed from the priority list two moms of children with Down syndrome have been fighting for an isolated population as they wait to return to society.
According to health officials, people with Down Syndrome, especially adults, are 10 times more likely to die from COVID according to health officals. Down Syndrome Association for Families Executive Director Jamie Bertucci and Marketing Director Mary Sweeney both have children with Down Syndrome. So the issue is personal as well as vital for their families and the people in Nebraska they represent.