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Therapist Kiki Radermacher was one of the first members of a mobile crisis response unit in Missoula, Mont., which started responding to emergency mental health calls last year. That pilot project becomes permanent in July and is one of six such teams in the state up from one in 2019. Katheryn Houghton/KHN
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Therapist Kiki Radermacher was one of the first members of a mobile crisis response unit in Missoula, Mont., which started responding to emergency mental health calls last year. That pilot project becomes permanent in July and is one of six such teams in the state up from one in 2019.
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What the Slowing Vaccine Rates Mean for One Rural Montana County
“But there’s a big question mark of how variants show up here. There are just a lot of big question marks.”
By Katheryn Houghton
KALISPELL, Mont. The covid vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds can dole out 1,000 doses in seven hours. But demand has plummeted recently, down to fewer than 70 requests for the shots a day.
John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn t as dangerous as health officials say it is. He s hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking. Katheryn Houghton/KHN
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John Calhoun of Flathead County has diabetes and was convinced by an old friend to get vaccinated, through he suspects the coronavirus isn t as dangerous as health officials say it is. He s hoping vaccination will ease divisions over masking. Katheryn Houghton/KHN
The COVID-19 vaccination operation at the Flathead County fairgrounds in northwestern Montana can dole out 1,000 doses in seven hours. But demand has plummeted recently, down to fewer than 70 requests for the shots a day. So, the county dropped its mass vaccination offerings as May began from three clinics a week to two. Though most of those eligible in the county