St. Joseph School District in Buchanan County, Missouri, moved two summer school programs online after an outbreak of COVID-19 took over half of the students out of class.
The Delta variant is sweeping through low-vaccinated communities like Buchanan County, which is reporting that only 26% of residents have one dose of the vaccine.
Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with Doug Van Zyl, superintendent of the St. Joseph School District, about the outbreak.
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