KMBC: Kansas Governor and local doctors plea for the community to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Hospitals had been in more covid-19 patients on Wednesday than any other day in the pandemic Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said at a press conference at Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute on Friday. She was joined by  Dr. Andrew Schlachter, Saint Luke's internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care physician, and Dr. Dena Hubbard, pediatrician and chair of the public policy committee for the Kansas chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.  

Watch KMBC's coverage of Governor Kelly's press conference below. 

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