ST. LOUIS — Missouri is not vaccinating residents quickly enough to reach widespread immunity by this summer, key regional health officials said. Even if the vaccination rate tripled, it's not clear that enough Missourians want to be inoculated to markedly slow the pandemic.
The vaccines are expected to ease Missouri's infection rates. But experts generally now say the virus will spread, in lower numbers, for years to come.
Dr. Steven Lawrence, an infectious disease expert at Washington University, said the vaccine rollout has been a remarkable achievement. Still, he said, it can't come fast enough.
