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“How can a 65-year-old be as vulnerable as a 90-year-old?” That’s the question Cheryl Fruetel asked Wednesday morning in a phone interview with the Journal-World. Her parents, who are 89 and 86 years old, had not yet received COVID-19 vaccines in Douglas County. And they’d been waiting for over a month. Fruetel, who lives in Richmond, Va., is 65 years old herself. People ages 65 and older qualify to receive a vaccine as part of Phase 2 of Kansas’ vaccine distribution process. But Fruetel wondered why the older members of that population had not been given priority over the younger ones. “If Unified Command’s mission is to protect citizens, why aren’t they protecting the most vulnerable?” Fruetel asked. ....
WEDNESDAY UPDATES: Missouri DHSS adds 287 COVID-19 related deaths to state dashboard ABC 17 News Missouri DHSS has added 287 COVID-19 related deaths after state’s disease surveillance system analyzed several death certificates. Officails say the deaths will be captured and reported publicly through the dashboard Thursday morning. According to the release 30 of the deaths happened after the data download for the dashboard, so those will be reflected in Friday’s update. Of the 287 deaths: 12 in February. Officials at DHSS report the weekly activity typically causes a sharp increase in the deaths added to Missouri’s total the following day. DHSS is now regularly analyzing death certificates on Mondays. ....
OSAGE COUNTY - Phones at the Osage County Health Department began ringing more frequently last Thursday. Governor Mike Parson had just announced the state activated Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccination plan, allowing Missourians 65-years-old and up to get in line. Please do not call the health department to ask was the message from administrator Susan Long on the department s Facebook page. Osage is one of five counties in mid-Missouri to not receive any doses, 38 days after the first vaccinations were administered in the region. Other services cut to handle call volume Hundreds of people call the Cooper County Health Department each week to find out if they re able to get vaccinated yet, putting a strain on staff doing contact tracing on top of their normal pre-pandemic responsibilities, according to administrator Melanie Hutton. ....
Updated: Dec 31, 2020 2:16 PM Vaccines to Begin Getting Administered in Osage County
Ty Loftis COVID-19 vaccines are beginning to get administered across the state and Osage County will begin getting doses of the injection next week. Emergency Manager Jerry Roberts says this first wave will go to those who fight the pandemic on a daily basis. Roberts says that Osage County is getting the Moderna vaccine, which has proven to be nearly 95 percent effective. By taking that vaccine, you must take two shots and wait 28 days in between appointments. Roberts knows the vaccine will become more widely-available in the weeks and months to come and encourages residents to get out and take it. ....