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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Kelli Jones, a spokesperson for Governor Parson
and Eric Frederick, chief administrative officer at Mercy Hospital Springfield.
THE ANSWER
5 On Your Side can Verify: Yes, this is true. The State of Missouri has ventilators available and ready to support healthcare facilities.
WHAT WE FOUND
Dillon and Frederick confirmed that hospitals are well aware of the state s stockpile of ventilators.
When we asked the governor s office how many ventilators are available, Jones said the State Emergency Management Agency reports 740 ventilators are on-hand for emergencies.
If a hospital needs access to the stockpile, the acting director of DHSS, Robert Knodell, said at a media call that they just need to ask.
Yes, the letter from Pres. Biden mailed to Missouri stimulus recipients is real
Letters are landing in local mailboxes claiming to be from the White House. A 5 On your side viewer asked the VERIFY team to find out if they are legit.
Credit: Christina S. Author: Anne Allred, Erin Richey (KSDK) Published: 4:34 PM CDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 4:34 PM CDT May 13, 2021
ST. LOUIS Sue Danis of Eureka, Missouri received a letter signed by President Joe Biden.
It reads like a form letter except for one underlined paragraph that appears to be tailored to Sue. It details how much cash the federal government is depositing into her bank account as part of the American Rescue Plan.
VERIFY: The who and why of COVID-19 breakthrough cases
According to the CDC, more than 87 million people in the United States had been fully vaccinated as of April 20 Author: Anne Allred, Erin Richey (KSDK) Published: 10:57 PM CDT April 29, 2021 Updated: 10:57 PM CDT April 29, 2021
ST. LOUIS If you are infected with COVID-19 after being vaccinated, it is called a breakthrough case.
The 5 On Your Side Verify team consulted the following experts:
Dr. Anna Durbin, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Rachel Presti, infectious diseases, Washington University School of Medicine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Experts say there are some things they can confirm about breakthrough cases. The cases are rare, symptoms are mostly mild, it’s happening in all age groups and breakthrough cases happen with every vaccine.