What questions do you have as COVID variants spread in Missouri? We’ll get answers

Our neighbors in southwest Missouri are battling the new COVID-19 delta variant at an exorbitant rate — a hospital ran out of ventilators, cases and deaths are on the rise.

It’s moving across the Midwest, having arrived in the Kansas City area in the last several weeks.

At the same time, what was hoped to be a summer of regained freedom is perhaps plagued by new uncertainties — for those of us vaccinated, and not.

We think it’s important to get you the information you need to live safe, healthy lives. When the pandemic first hit Missouri last spring, we answered your questions about masks, stay-at-home orders, stimulus checks and more.

With a new wave of coronavirus concerns, we want to extend the same service. We might not know all the answers — but we’ll do the lifting to find as many as we can.

Ask us your most pressing questions about the variant, how to stay safe or what you don’t understand in the module below, or email me at sasmith@kcstar.com.

This story was originally published July 13, 2021 at 10:49 AM.

Savanna Smith

The Kansas City Star

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Savanna Smith is a breaking news editor and digital journalist. She began at The Star in January 2020 after she graduated from the University of Kansas in December with degrees in journalism and humanities.