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Montgomery: State lawmakers have inched closer to approving a ban on so-called vaccine passports that would require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access services from a business or state agency. The House Health Committee voted Wednesday to send the bill to House of Representatives for a vote. It has already cleared the Senate. The bill contains a number of exceptions. Surgeons, dentists, medical institutions, hospitals and other health care providers are exempted. Universities could still require students to receive a vaccine; however, there would be exceptions for vaccines approved for “emergency use” by the FDA, as is the case with all three COVID-19 vaccines given in the United States thus far. The idea of vaccine passports is to have a document that shows a person has been inoculated against COVID-19. Federal officials say there are no plans to make them broadly mandatory, but some Republican governors have issued orders b
COVID vaccine increasingly available without appointments
April 22, 2021 GMT
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas counties are increasingly allowing people to walk in to get a coronavirus vaccine without an appointment as interest wanes.
In the Lawrence area, mass vaccination clinics at the Douglas County Fairgrounds, which had been immunizing almost 700 people per hour at their peak, are coming to an end next week. They will be replaced next month with five-day-per-week drive-thru clinics that will deliver 200 to 300 vaccinations per day to people at Lawrence Memorial Hospital without being scheduled in advance, the Lawrence Journal-World reports.
“We’re seeing that supply is now outpacing demand in Douglas County,” said Brian Bradfield, associate vice president of ancillary services for LMH Health.
Lawrence commission approves ban on conversion therapy
April 21, 2021
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Lawrence will no longer allow licensed providers to practice conversion therapy on minors in the city.
The city commission voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban the practice, which is designed to change a person s sexual orientation or gender identity.
Commissioners said research has shown the practice is harmful to children s mental health and increases the risk of suicide, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
“The very most basic thing that we have to do is to protect each other and to protect children, and I feel that this does that,” said Vice Mayor Courtney Shipley, who originally proposed the ban.