JoCo Making Big Changes to Keep Seniors Warm While Waiting for COVID-19 Vaccine

Fox 4 KC reports that Johnson County, Kan., on Wednesday mobilized additional help to keep seniors waiting for COVID-19 immunizations warm. Director of Johnson County Health and Environment Sanmi Areola said the goal was to avoid situations in which seniors must endure snow and freezing weather at vaccination sites when they show up without an appointment, at the wrong time, or on the wrong day. In addition to boosting staff, Johnson County brought in two warming buses for those who had to wait for their turn. Two shuttle buses also patrolled the vaccination site's parking lot, giving older adults a ride to the front door, so they would not fall in the snow. Four hundred people are being vaccinated every hour at the Okun Fieldhouse, while more than 1,600 are getting immunized a day, which the health department claims surpasses its targets for vaccine distribution.