ST. LOUIS — Most of the residents of Crestwood Health Care Center, a nursing home near Florissant, are fully vaccinated. Most of the staff isn't.
With just 10% of its 93 health care workers receiving the shot as of early August, the north St. Louis County facility had one of the lowest staff vaccination rates in the state. But the facility isn't alone: Missouri is nearly last in the nation for vaccination rates among nursing home employees.
Michael Williams, who has lived at Crestwood for four years, is among the 85% of roughly 130 residents who've been fully vaccinated. He doesn't understand why his caregivers have chosen not to get protected.
