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Their vaccination rates are nearly twice the average of other nursing homes in Kansas and Missouri. Two local nursing homes now have over 90% staff vaccination. ....
and last updated 2021-02-26 18:52:03-05 INDEPENDENCE, Mo. â On Friday, Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center vaccinated 98% of the residents living at the Fountains at Green Briar independent living facility. Billie Betts and Peggy Burrus are two sisters living at the facility who received a vaccine. Well, thank you for this opportunity, I never get to talk, she always does it for me,â Betts said as she laughed and pushed her sister. Burrus followed-up with That s alright! The sisters have been facing the pandemic as a pair, even when they couldnât always physically be together. âWeâre in a facility that was shut up for a long time, where we were not able to even come out of our rooms, so it s a whole new life,â Betts said. âWe re looking forward to tomorrow. ....