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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Dr. Thuan Ong, center, reaches out to the University of Washington’s Dr. Tim Dellit before receiving a COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday in Seattle. Ong’s medical team was the first to treat coronavirus patients at long-term care facilities in the area. WEDNESDAY • 12.16.2020 • $2.50 CASES/DEATHS as of 8 p.m. Tuesday • Why numbers may not add up, Page A2 CORONAVIRUS TOLL Missouri +2,762 350,365/4,754 Illinois +7,359 863,477/15,509 St. Louis +129 15,199/275 St. Louis Co. +663 61,500/1,175 St. Charles Co. +162 26,116/261 Jefferson Co. +199 14,822/111 Franklin Co. +70 6,026/94 Metro East +227 38,519/668 ADDRESSING CENTENE’S CONCERNS ‘THERE IS TOO MUCH VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT’S NOT JUST A ‘CITY PROBLEM,’ IT’S NOT JUST A POLICE PROBLEM. IT’S A REGIONAL PROBLEM’ Mayor Lyda Krewson Decision on plan to close 11 schools in city pushed back a month McConnell splits from Trump on election result Hospitals scramble to vaccinate ‘This is more labor-intensive than anything I’ve ever seen’ USPS ‘gridlocked’ as crush of holiday packages sparks delays Dr. Julie Kennerly-Shah draws a dose of the Pfizer- BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center East in Columbus, Ohio. Vol. 142, No. 351 ©2020 POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD ® 1 M WEATHER B7 37°/23° A.M. FLURRIES TODAY 42°/28° SUNNY TOMORROW Snail mail Take-home cocktails could become permanent • A3 Police board nominee set for confirmation • A6 Florissant increases civilian review of police • A6 Aerial surveillance plan pushed again for city • A9 Rules target the hiring of problem police • A13 THE LATEST SLU cruises to 5-0 start SPORTS BY HANNAH DENHAM AND JACOB BOGAGE The Washington Post A historic crush of e-com- merce packages is threatening to overwhelm U.S. Postal Ser- vice operations just weeks before both Christmas and runoff elec- tions in Georgia that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, ac- cording to agency employees and postal industry tracking firms. As a homebound nation in- creasingly shops online for holi- day gifts, private express carri- ers FedEx and UPS have cut off delivery service for some retail- ers, sending massive volumes of packages to the Postal Service and creating days’ worth of de- lays while shoppers hustle to purchase last-minute presents. The result has pushed the na- tion’s mail agency to the brink again. Postal employees are re- porting mail and package back- logs throughout the country, and working vast numbers of over- time hours that have depleted morale during another surge of coronavirus infections nation- wide. “We’re really gridlocked all over the place,” said a Postal Service transportation manager in Ohio, who like others in this report spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution. BY SEUNG MIN KIM AND RACHAEL BADE The Washington Post WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo- nnell, R-Ky., made his sharp- est and most significant break from President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acknowledging Joe Biden as the rightful president- elect even as Trump refused to publicly admit his decisive loss in both the Electoral College and the popular vote. In a Senate floor speech early Tuesday, McConnell rattled off accomplishments he attributed to Trump and his administra- tion, but made it clear that he accepted the Electoral College’s certification Monday of Biden’s BY BLYTHE BERNHARD St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — A vote on closing 11 public schools including Sum- ner High has been pushed back a month after community outcry saying the process was rushed. The extra time will allow district leaders to visit with community members and staff from each of the schools on the proposed closure list, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams said Tuesday af- ter recommending postponing the vote to the School Board’s Jan. 12 meeting. The other schools Adams rec- ommends should close by fall are Clay, Dunbar, Farragut, Ford, Hickey and Monroe elementary schools; Fanning Middle School; and Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC BY ANNIKA MERRILEES St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS — Area hos- pitals, COVID-19 vac- cine now in hand, began on Tuesday the herculean task of delivering doses into the arms of thousands of front-line staff, a job of crushing urgency. Hospitals are already stretched. The number of coronavirus patients has doubled since the begin- ning of November and tripled since mid-October. That’s left health systems planning a vaccine rollout without enough hands to do the work. Mercy has already mobilized staff in other roles — pharmacists and administrators, for instance — to help deliver vaccina- tions. More than 100 SSM Health employees have vol- unteered for vaccine duty. BJC HealthCare is looking to partners at Washington University to help out. BY JACOB BARKER St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. 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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOSDr. Thuan Ong, center, reaches out to the University of Washington’s Dr. Tim Dellit before receiving a COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday in Seattle. Ong’s medical team was the fi rst to treat coronavirus patients at long-term care facilities in the area.
WEDNESDAY • 12.16.2020 • $2.50
CASES/DEATHS as of 8 p.m. Tuesday • Why numbers may not add up, Page A2
CORONAVIRUS TOLL Missouri+2,762
350,365/4,754
Illinois+7,359
863,477/15,509
St. Louis+129
15,199/275
St. Louis Co.+663
61,500/1,175
St. Charles Co.+162
26,116/261
Je� erson Co.+199
14,822/111
Franklin Co.+70
6,026/94
Metro East+227
38,519/668
ADDRESSING CENTENE’S CONCERNS
‘THERE IS TOO MUCH VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT’S NOT JUST A‘CITY PROBLEM,’ IT’S NOT JUST A POLICE PROBLEM. IT’S A REGIONAL PROBLEM’
Mayor Lyda Krewson
Decision on plan to close 11 schools in city pushed back a month
McConnell splits from Trump on election result
Hospitals scramble to vaccinate
‘This is more labor-intensive than anything I’ve ever seen’
USPS ‘gridlocked’ as crush of holiday packages sparks delays
Dr. Julie Kennerly-Shah draws a dose of the Pfi zer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center East in Columbus, Ohio.
Vol. 142, No. 351 ©2020
POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD ®
1 M
WEATHERB7
37°/23°A.M. FLURRIES
TODAY
42°/28°SUNNY
TOMORROW
Snail mail
Take-home cocktails could become permanent • A3
Police board nominee set for confi rmation • A6
Florissant increases civilian review of police • A6
Aerial surveillance plan pushed again for city • A9
Rules target the hiring of problem police • A13
THE LATESTSLU
cruises to 5-0 start SPORTS
BY HANNAH DENHAM AND JACOB BOGAGEThe Washington Post
A historic crush of e-com-merce packages is threatening to overwhelm U.S. Postal Ser-vice operations just weeks before both Christmas and runo� elec-tions in Georgia that will decide control of the U.S. Senate, ac-
cording to agency employees and postal industry tracking fi rms.
As a homebound nation in-creasingly shops online for holi-day gifts, private express carri-ers FedEx and UPS have cut o� delivery service for some retail-ers, sending massive volumes of packages to the Postal Service and creating days’ worth of de-
lays while shoppers hustle to purchase last-minute presents.
The result has pushed the na-tion’s mail agency to the brink again. Postal employees are re-porting mail and package back-logs throughout the country, and working vast numbers of over-time hours that have depleted morale during another surge of
coronavirus infections nation-wide.
“We’re really gridlocked all over the place,” said a Postal Service transportation manager in Ohio, who like others in this report spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution.
BY SEUNG MIN KIM AND RACHAEL BADE The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo-nnell, R-Ky., made his sharp-est and most signifi cant break from President Donald Trump on Tuesday, acknowledging Joe Biden as the rightful president-elect even as Trump refused to publicly admit his decisive loss in both the Electoral College and the popular vote.
In a Senate fl oor speech early Tuesday, McConnell rattled o� accomplishments he attributed to Trump and his administra-tion, but made it clear that he accepted the Electoral College’s certifi cation Monday of Biden’s
BY BLYTHE BERNHARDSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — A vote on closing 11 public schools including Sum-ner High has been pushed back a month after community outcry saying the process was rushed.
The extra time will allow district leaders to visit with community members and sta� from each of the schools on the proposed closure list, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams said Tuesday af-ter recommending postponing the vote to the School Board’s Jan. 12 meeting.
The other schools Adams rec-ommends should close by fall are Clay, Dunbar, Farragut, Ford, Hickey and Monroe elementary schools; Fanning Middle School; and Cleveland Naval Jr. ROTC
BY ANNIKA MERRILEESSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Area hos-pitals, COVID-19 vac-cine now in hand, began on Tuesday the herculean task of delivering doses into the arms of thousands of front-line sta� , a job of
crushing urgency.Hospitals are already
stretched. The number of coronavirus patients has doubled since the begin-ning of November and tripled since mid-October. That’s left health systems planning a vaccine rollout
without enough hands to do the work. Mercy has already mobilized sta� in other roles — pharmacists and administrators, for instance — to help deliver vaccina-tions. More than 100 SSM Health employees have vol-unteered for vaccine duty. BJC HealthCare is looking to partners at Washington University to help out.
BY JACOB BARKERSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — After learn-ing a major employer had scuttled regional expan-sion plans and blamed high crime rates, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson retorted on Tuesday that violent crime is an issue that “belongs to all of us,” and called on the region and business community to recognize that violence anywhere is a problem for everyone.
“There is too much vio-lence in our community, but it’s not just a ‘city problem,’ it’s not just a police problem,” Krewson said in an interview with the Post-Dispatch. “It’s a regional problem. Often, I think it is true, that busi-nesses and elected o� cials in surrounding areas, they decry the problem and they point to the city to fi x
Please see USPS, Page A5 Please see ELECTION, Page A5
Please see HOSPITALS, Page A4
Please see SCHOOLS, Page A4
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