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Thousands of COVID-19 doses go unused at rural Missouri mass vaccination events Steve Vockrodt, The Kansas City Star
Mar. 5 Mass coronavirus vaccination events in rural Missouri regularly end with hundreds of remaining vaccines, records obtained by The Star show.
While the records show unused doses get redistributed to other providers and very few go to waste, it calls into question whether the state s plan to have mass vaccine events in rural areas has been an efficient method to administer vaccinations.
In all, 28 mass vaccination events between Feb. 22 and Feb. 27 in rural Missouri resulted in 7,735 doses that remained unused after the events ended, compared to 47,143 vaccinations that were administered, according to records from the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
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Thatâs the experience of Makenzie Hirschinger, who lives in Fulton.Â
In-home caregiver and mother Makenzie Hirschinger feeds her 1-year-old son, Jensen, who has Down syndrome. Annabel Thorpe, KOMU 8 Reporter
Hirschinger is a mother to 9-year-old Ayden, 2-year-old Spencer, and 1-year-old Jensen. Spencer has cerebral palsy, which is a motor disability, and Jensen has Down syndrome, which means he has an additional chromosome that alters the course of his development.
Both of these medical complexities may put Jensen and Spencer at a high-risk for severe illness if they were to contract COVID-19, according to the Center for Disease Control. If they were adults, they would fall into the high-risk category currently being vaccinated in Missouri under Phase 1B - Tier 2.
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