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COVID vaccine will be topic on Landmark Live

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
February 10, 2021
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Mary Jo Vernon, director, Platte County Health Department

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Health director will be the guest

Up-to-the-minute information on the COVID-19 vaccine, the vaccination process and local supply levels of the vaccine will be discussed on this week’s episode of Landmark Live.

Mary Jo Vernon, director of the Platte County Health Department, will join Landmark publisher Ivan Foley for a discussion destined to be helpful and informative for local residents interested in receiving the vaccine.

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Questions to be addressed include: what are the chances of a mass vaccination event to be held in Platte County? What have been the challenges for the local health department in acquiring doses of the vaccine? What is the estimated time frame on shot for the various categories of residents who have registered their interest with the health department? How many doses would the health department need to serve everyone in its jurisdiction who has expressed interest? Do people who have already experienced a bout with COVID need to be vaccinated? How are the local COVID-19 numbers, are they trending up or down?

Landmark Live will air live at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 on the newspaper’s Facebook page, which is found at “Platte County Landmark.” The show also appears live on the newspaper’s web site at plattecountylandmark.com. The video will also remain on those platforms for later viewing at your leisure,

This episode of Landmark Live is sponsored by Brandon Edlin of The Edlin Team real estate agency.

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Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley, longtime owner/publisher of the Platte County Landmark, is a past winner of the national Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism, presented by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. He lives in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

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