
"And the reason we did is because of the rate of COVID cases in Springfield, Missouri right now, and the Mercy and Cox hospitals are full."Īlarid said he'd been hesitant to receive one of the vaccines against COVID-19 because they had not been subject to long-term studies. "We just decided to go ahead and get the Pfizer shot," Alarid said in a video posted to Facebook.

Joining the call for community residents to vaccinate where they worship, or at another outreach location, were pastors from two large local congregations: Central Assembly of God, on Boonville Avenue in north-central Springfield, as well as James River Church, which has four campuses in Ozark, Springfield and Joplin.Ĭarter McDaniel, executive pastor at Central Assembly, said his congregation has taken the pandemic very seriously from its onset, changing "operational practices" to promote safety. We're so glad to have other partners come to our aid and really step up and support these clinics.

She added, "We have to keep allocating and supporting resources toward the vaccination effort, which is why we're here today. "At this point the masks have always served a temporary purpose," Towns said, "and that was to get us through to a solution that would give us lasting, sustainable immunity, and that's where we are."

McClure's work is informed by his background as an award-winning research scientist with the UK's Medical Research Council.Katie Towns, interim director of the health department, agreed. His books have been translated into twenty-three languages and he has earned a reputation for the accuracy of his predictions. Ken McClure is the internationally bestselling author of over twenty medical thrillers such as The Lazarus Strain, The Gulf Conspiracy, White Death and Dust to Dust. With minimal information they despatched him to America in the company of Kathleen, the sister of an IRA man Martin O'Neill, their brief to rescue a small boy, a child with a terrible destiny.īut in the turbulent events that followed, in the transatlantic struggle for the freedom of Ireland, British Intelligence proved to be every bit as ruthless as the IRA, and Avedissian and Kathleen dispensable pawns in a game that veered rapidly out of control.

Nor, it turned out, were British Intelligence, Avedissian's new employers, prepared to give many answers about his new role in their battle against terrorism. But at 37, his family life and medical career in ruins, Dr Mark Avedissian wasn't feeling like asking too many questions. The mysterious letter invited him to an interview for a job he'd never applied for.
