Kansas City Hospitals Accommodate COVID Surge

A glimpse at local mercy and the ongoing pandemic as numbers spike in rural areas.

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"The patient transfers come despite the reality that vaccines are available at no charge within 5 miles (8.05 kilometers) from home for more than 80% of Missourians, as Gov. Mike Parson said on Twitter last week."

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