ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson promised better results on the COVID-19 vaccine distribution to one of the most populated parts of the state while in St. Louis on Thursday morning.
At a senior living center just north of downtown St. Louis, Parson says things will get better and that more vaccine doses are coming every week.
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He says from now, of the total doses headed for Region C – which includes St. Louis County, St. Louis City and Washington County – 68% of those will go to St. Louis City and County.
Parson predicted that by the end of March there could be a true mass vaccination site in St. Louis, with about 6,000 people per day being vaccinated.
The governor took blame for the recent fiasco in Putnam County where about 200 doses of the vaccine had to be thrown out because of lack of demand, while other parts of the state had eligible residents begging for a dose. Parson says that sort of thing can't be tolerated and has to be fixed.
"Oh, no, no, look--I gotta own Putnam County, what happened up there," Parson said, "Should never have happened, just that simple, shouldn't happen. We gotta fix it. We gotta make sure we're doing a better job than we did up there. We never want that situation to happen."
There have been multiple instances in the last week of less-populated, rural areas of Missouri receiving large amounts of the COVID-19 vaccine, while areas like St. Louis and Kansas City are clamoring for doses.
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On his vaccine visit to St. Louis, Parson toured the Pfizer facility in Chesterfield, the Cambridge Senior Living apartments, and Christian Hospital North East.
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