JOHNSON, LAFAYETTE & SALINE COUNTIES: COVID-19 cases in Johnson (299), Lafayette (256) and Saline (165) have increased in the past 14 days.
Hospitals in the region are seeing resource strain from dramatically increased numbers of COVID-19 patients and hospitalizations. As a result, several hospitals in the region are at or near capacity. Continued disease spread into Northwest Missouri is expected.
The Delta variant, which spreads more easily and poses higher risk of hospitalization than prior variants, is believed to be contributing to the increase. Vaccination continues to be our best tool to move past this pandemic.
Vaccination rates:
– Johnson County: 23.4%
– Lafayette County: 34.5%
– Saline County: 35.8%
Experts say at least 70% – 80% of people need immunity to minimize spread within a community.
COVID-19 Resources
– Vaccines: MOStopsCovid.com
– At Home & Community Testing: Health.Mo.Gov/CommunityTest
Those who choose not to get vaccinated should continue these important public health steps:
– Maintain at least six feet distance from others;
– Wear a mask when appropriate;
– Avoid others that appear to be sick;
– Avoid others if you have COVID symptoms;
– Cough or sneeze into your elbow or a tissue; and
– Wash your hands.
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Claire McCaskill @clairecmc
Anti-vax folks say they don’t trust doctors. Where do they go when they get sick? 11:41 PM · Aug 12, 2021
A few of the responses:
Time for a new rule, all eligible people that chose not to get vaccinated don’t qualify for priority medical care. People who drink don’t qualify for transplants so I believe that the standard has already been set.
The vet. If they have a fever they stamp their foot twice.
What I don’t get is they say they don’t trust the government but they also don’t trust the vaccine because it doesn’t have FDA approval. Do they know what FDA stands for?
They’re immune to logic.
To the ERs where they cry and clog up the system. Then the MIs, CVAs, GSW have to compete for care and a bed. Not fair! No Vax? Back of the line. No Vax? You pay the costs of care. No Vax? No bars, restaurants, movies, concerts.
Well, when they get sick with Delta, they should just stay home and deal.with it. It’s only the flu, right? They don’t trust doctors and science. Why should they go to people they don’t trust? Let the hospitals be free to treat heart attacks & accident victims.
They sure don’t trust a lot of people: doctors, scientists, the government, etc…
They trust Facebook more than doctors.
While also talking about how they hate the media and Big Tech. Oh, and that to stop communism, the government should take over traditional media and social media companies. It is almost like they don’t know what they are talking about or something.
Just like the rest of the R’s, they make the mess, expect someone else to clean it up, then complain because the D’s didn’t do it to their satisfaction. [….]
To work. To school. On airplanes. On buses. They spread their sickness across the community and country cause they drank a little sea moss with molasses and ginger. They are fine. [….]
RN here. They call our office begging for advice & asking for all the crazy shit they’ve heard about. When we tell them that’s not an option/no cure they’re stunned. Advice: stay home and go to the hospital only when you’re sick enough to need admission. That & good luck
They also likely get treatments that are still under emergency authorization for that Covid. So that excuse for not getting vaccinated goes out the window.
They beg for monoclonal antibodies which are only authorized under an emergency use authorization because they don’t like the vaccine because it’s authorized under an emergency use authorization.
Spoiler alert: the Emergency Room. I see them. Often. My favorite is when they still don’t believe you after you diagnose them.
They go to the doctor just like everyone else, except currently they filling up the hospitals, you know the ones full of doctors.
Friday afternoon, from the Missouri Department and Health and Social Services [DHSS]:
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services August 6 at 3:49 PM ·
Are you coming to the 2021 Missouri State Fair this year? Join us on Wednesday, Aug. 18 in the air-conditioned Mathewson Building from 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. for Senior Day!
Activities include Bingo, Line Dancing instruction and open dancing!
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JEFFERSON CITY Today, during a press conference at the State Capitol, Governor Mike Parson announced the launch of a statewide COVID-19 vaccination incentive program, MO VIP, to encourage vaccination among all Missourians age 12 and up. Over the next three months, 900 Missourians who have or will choose to be vaccinated will win cash or education savings account prizes in the amount of $10,000.
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) is partnering with Missouri Lottery to conduct a fair and secure program with a randomized selection process. DHSS is using federally funded Coronavirus Relief Funds to fund this campaign. This funding was approved under previous and current federal administrations for broad COVID-19 response purposes to include efforts to boost vaccine uptake.
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To allow time for records and eligibility to be verified, confirmed winners will be announced two weeks following each drawing….
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Additionally, local public health agencies that administer COVID-19 vaccines will now be eligible to provide a financial incentive of up to $25 for each vaccine recipient, up to a total of $11 million. This program would provide incentives for administrators to pass along to recipients for 440,000 vaccines administered across Missouri and would sunset on December 31, 2021. Local public health agencies are able to partner with enrolled COVID-19 vaccinators within the State of Missouri to be part of this program.”’
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“…To allow time for records and eligibility to be verified, confirmed winners will be announced two weeks following each drawing…” Wait, is that verification in the form of something like a “vaccine passport”? Just asking.
Of Course, Mike Parson (r), couldn’t help himself. A year ago:
JEFFERSON CITY Today, Governor Mike Parson announced new resources as part of the Show Me Strong Recovery Plan, including the Show Me Strong Pledge, Business Recovery Lab, and $15 million in grant funding to help rebuild Missouri’s tourism industry.
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….$15 million in CARES Act funding will be designated for destination marketing organizations (DMOs), entities that promote Missouri as a great place to visit. The funds will be administered by the Missouri Division of Tourism and will grant eligible DMOs funding for recovery efforts such as payroll relief, reimbursement for necessary safety equipment, and the initiation of marketing campaigns with messaging focused on safe travel.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – Missouri is experiencing a rise in individuals contracting the Delta variant (B.1.617.2, first detected in India) of the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2. It was announced by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention yesterday that the Delta variant has been reclassified as a “variant of concern” in the United States. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has been closely monitoring these developments and has been on the national leading edge of aggressive wastewater testing for variants of concern.
The Delta variant joins the B.1.1.7 (Alpha), B.1.351 (Beta), P.1 (Gamma), B.1.427/B.1.429 (Epsilon) variants circulating in the United States which are already classified as variants of concern.
Deemed highly transmissible, the Delta virus has been already detected in over 70 countries of the world, and is projected to become dominant worldwide. It is also causing more serious illness and hospitalizations among those who have not been vaccinated.
Monitoring the spread of emerging variants in the United States relies on widespread, rapid sequencing. While this national effort is still somewhat limited, it is clear that the variant has become prevalent in communities throughout Missouri. In February, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) began testing wastewater samples to look for the presence of these variants. These testing results are displayed in a new layer of the COVID-19 sewershed surveillance StoryMap.
The unpredictability of emerging variants is cause for continuation of infection prevention precautions.
“Our greatest concern in Missouri is areas with lower vaccine uptake,” said Robert Knodell, Acting Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). “With this variant being easier to spread and possibly causing more severe illnesses among unvaccinated people of all ages, vaccinations are the best way to stop this virus in its tracks.”
This recent rise of the highly transmissible Delta variant underscores the importance of continued testing for COVID-19 of all those with related symptoms, as well as those who have been exposed to the virus but may not have symptoms.
Social distancing and appropriate masking remain important and effective public health countermeasures. Vaccination is the most effective and long-lasting tool for protection from this infection. DHSS continues to encourage anyone age 12 and up to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Get the facts about COVID-19 vaccines and where to get vaccinated at MOStopsCovid.com.
An estimated 43.4% of Missourians have initiated vaccination. [….]
An estimated 53.8% of Missourians aged 18 and older have initiated vaccination. [….]
An estimated 43.8% of Boone County’s 180,463 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 79,039 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 165,888 doses have been administered.
An estimated 30.7% of Cass County’s 105,780 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 32,473 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 66,840 doses have been administered.
An estimated 20.4% of Johnson County’s 54,062 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 11,045 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 22,780 doses have been administered.
An estimated 28.6% of Henry County’s 21,824 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 6,246 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 13,036 doses have been administered.
An estimated 31.0% of Lafayette County’s 32,708 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 10,135 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 20,566 doses have been administered.
An estimated 27.3% of Pettis County’s 42,339 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 11,573 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 24,198 doses have been administered.
An estimated 32.0% of Saline County’s 22,761 persons have completed vaccination. This means that 7,293 persons have completed vaccination. In total, 14,831 doses have been administered.
Do you feel invincible if you live in Johnson County, Missouri? You shouldn’t.
Get vaccinated. Fully. Wear a damn mask.
Avoid crowds. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face.
Alayna Chapie KFVS Yesterday at 11:56 AM ·
4:40 p.m. UPDATE: 648 shots administered. 1,302 still available.
3:25 p.m. UPDATE: 517 shots have been administered so far. They started with 1,950.
Update: At 3 p.m. ANYONE can go get the COVID vaccine at the Knights of Columbus. The health department has opened it up to anyone to avoid wasting the vaccine.
A mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic is happening right now in Bollinger County at the Knights of Columbus in Leopold. Officials say they still have over 1,000 doses to give out. No appointment is necessary, but you can register before hand at MOStopsCOVID.com/navigator. The event goes until 5pm today. KFVS-TV
Bollinger County, Missouri has a population of a little over 12,000.
Some of the comments:
4:40 pm update: 648 shots administered. 1,302 still available
this is insanity. Can you find out what they’ll do with the leftover vaccine? Possibly send them to St. Louis?
I just got this answered! I was told they will not go to waste. They will be transferred to another agency following MO DHSS protocols!
So many thanks! My daughter made a mad dash, two and a half hours on a moment’s notice hoping that a shot might be there and it WAS!!!
What percentage of the population isn’t able to drop everything and make a mad dash? Just asking.
Thanks so much for the great lead! My daughter (an educator) is rushing there but coming from STL is still a couple of hours away. If anyone gets there and finds they’re out of vaccine, I’d appreciate an update so I could keep her from driving the rest of the way.
Can you confirm address? I’m struggling to find the exact location
This wasn’t advertised well. I live 15 miles from there and didn’t know it was open to the public. I have been waiting for a vaccine for over a month. I have had two appointments that were canceled. I Amon a waiting list. Frustrating!
A mass vaccination clinic in Leopold, MO operated on a first-come-first-serve basis yesterday due to overallocation.
Gov. Mike Parson allocated almost 2,000 vaccines for the clinic. The Bollinger County town’s population of 65 did not fulfill that allocation, leading the health department to open the clinic up to anyone who wanted to be vaccinated.
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In today’s COVID-19 press conference update, Gov. Mike Parson was asked if instances like this one, where rural counties have more shots than people showing up to get them, are a waste of vaccine.
“I’m not aware of that,” Parson says in response to the assertion that almost 66% of the clinic’s vaccines went unused. “Maybe you know more than what I evidently do, because I don’t think that’s the case at all.”
EFFERSON CITY, MO (KMOX) -A Wednesday mass vaccination event in southeast Missouri’s Bollinger County, that saw only 648 of 1,950 available doses administered, has Missouri Governor Mike Parson defending the state’s distribution plan. Parson denied again that rural areas are getting more than their fair share of the vaccine. “The formula is the same wherever it is,” he says. “It’s based on the population where you are at so there’s nobody in rural Missouri getting vaccinated any more than anyone in urban areas. It’s just not happening.”
A state spokesperson says the 13 hundred doses that were not given out at the event, were sent to a major pharmacy in the area so they could be administered.
Thursday in northwestern Missouri, some 1,100 doses were sent to ta mass vaccination event in Princeton, Mo. Only 401 shots were given out Wednesday.
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Last November:
State of Missouri – General Election, November 03, 2020
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 08, 2020
Bollinger County
U.S. President and Vice President 9 of 9 Precincts Reported
Donald J. Trump, Michael R. Pence Republican 5,167 86.361%
Joseph R. Biden, Kamala D. Harris Democratic 750 12.536%
Governor 9 of 9 Precincts Reported
Mike Parson Republican 5,063 85.121%
Nicole Galloway Democratic 773 12.996%
State of Missouri – General Election, November 03, 2020
Official Results
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers on December 08, 2020
St. Louis City
U.S. President and Vice President 222 of 222 Precincts Reported
Donald J. Trump, Michael R. Pence Republican 21,474 16.041%
Joseph R. Biden, Kamala D. Harris Democratic 110,089 82.238%
Governor 222 of 222 Precincts Reported
Mike Parson Republican 23,380 17.527%
Nicole Galloway Democratic 107,296 80.437%
Cases in Missouri: 122,014
Total Deaths: 2,063
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,716
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.8%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 69
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,101
Cases per 100K Population: 2,026.02
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,502
Cases per 100K Population: 1,434.80
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,124
Cases per 100K Population: 2,613.89
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 196
Cases per 100K Population: 894.82
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 718
Cases per 100K Population: 3,118.58
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 509
Cases per 100K Population: 1,533.84
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Cases in Missouri: 120,298
Total Deaths: 1,994
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,987
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.8%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 42
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,081
Cases per 100K Population: 2,018.56
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,489
Cases per 100K Population: 1,407.12
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,100
Cases per 100K Population: 2,541.02
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 191
Cases per 100K Population: 844.35
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 711
Cases per 100K Population: 3,079.27
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 497
Cases per 100K Population: 1,521.57
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Cases in Missouri: 118,311
Total Deaths: 1,952
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,365
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.7%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 5
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,065
Cases per 100K Population: 1,966.38
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,457
Cases per 100K Population: 1,380.39
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,077
Cases per 100K Population: 2,505.76
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 184
Cases per 100K Population: 830.58
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 704
Cases per 100K Population: 3,066.17
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 489
Cases per 100K Population: 1,493.96
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
Cases in Missouri: 116,946
Total Deaths: 1,947
Number of cases in the last 24 hours: 1,580
7 Day Percent Positive of PCR Tested Individuals: 11.4%
Number of New Deaths Reported in the Last 24 Hours: 83
“Time-based data, including one- and seven-day percent increase in statewide cases, daily COVID-19 test results, and cases and deaths by reported date, are subject to a 72-hour delay to ensure that the data are accurate and complete.”
Johnson County
Confirmed cases: 1,046
Cases per 100K Population: 1,934.69
Deaths: 4
Cass County
Confirmed cases: 1,434
Cases per 100K Population: 1,369.89
Pettis County
Confirmed cases: 1,065
Cases per 100K Population: 2,458.75
Henry County
Confirmed cases: 178
Cases per 100K Population: 812.22
Saline County
Confirmed cases: 693
Cases per 100K Population: 3,005.02
Lafayette County
Confirmed cases: 486
Cases per 100K Population: 1,481.69
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
