KMBC9 NEWS STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS, THE BREAKING NEWS INVOLVES COVI19D- VACCINE CDC ADVISORS ARE RECOMMENDING A THIRD DOSE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. I’M LARA MORITZ AND I’M KELLY ECKERMAN. THE PANEL IS MEETING RIGHT NOW. IT’SEC ROMMENDING PFIZER BOOSTERS FOR PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER NURSING HOME RESIDENTSND A ADULTS WITH UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. IT STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED OFF ON BY THE CD. ANOTHER BREAKING DECISION FOR THIS ONE INVOLVES RAISE CAFE IN BLUE SPRINGS A JUDGE HAS JUST RULED AGAINST THE RESTAURANTS CHALLENGE TO JACKSON COUNTY’S MASK MANDATE. KMBC9’S MICHAEL MAHONEY IS LIVE NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT IT MEANS. YEAH, INDEEDHE T ORDER FROM JUDGE PHILLIPS CAME OUT WITH IN THE LAST HOUR, IT IS ORDERING ATTH THE RAISED RESTAURANT HERE BE CLOSED EITHER AS A PUBLIC SERVICE RESTAURANT OR AS A PRIVATE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT UNTIL EYTH ACTUALLY GET A FOOD PERMIT FROM JACKSON COUNTY NOW JACKSON COUNTY SHUT THIS RESTAURANT DOWN EARLIER THIS MONTH FORHE T CONTINUED VIOLATION OF THE JACKSON COUNTY MASK MANDATE. THE RESTAURANT SAID THAT THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT DID NOT HAVEHE T AUTHORITY TO GOVERN MASKS INSIDE OF THEIR PRIVATE BUSINESS THE ORDER FROM JUDGE PHILLIPS SAID THAT THE HEALTH ORDER WAS LAWFULLY ENACTED AND IT WAS LEGALLY ENFORCED AGAINST RAYS. IT ALSO SAID THAT THE RESTAURANT NOW HERE IS PREVENTED FROM OPERATING HAS A RESTAURANT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WHICH MAY BASICALLY MEANS HAS A PUBLIC RESTAURANT OR AS I MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO AS A PRITEVA FOOD SERVICE. THAT’S HOW RAISE HAD BEEN OPERATING. AND SINCE ABOUT SEPTEMBER THE 10TH WHEN THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS GRANTEDPTH PRIVATE CLUB CHARGING PEOPLE A DOLLAR MEMBERSHIP FEE EACH TIME THAT THEY WERE GOING INTO THE RESTAURANT HERE SAYING THAT THAT DOLLAR MEMBERSHIP FEE WOULD GO TO DEFER THE LEGAL EXPENSES ON THIS. WE HAVE NO REACTION YET FROM THE OWNER OF THIS AMANDA WALLET OR HER ATTORNEY, BUT RULING FROM JUDGE JENNIFER PHILLIPS, IS THAT THE RESTAURANT RACE CAFE WAS LEGALLY CLOSED BY THE JACKSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND IT SHOULD REMAIN CLOSED NOW. THEY HAVE ANOTHER HEARING ON SECA MANAGEMENT A TECHNICAL ISSUE THAT IS SET FOR A LITTLE BIT LATER AND RAISEAS H LOST ITS CASE IN JACKSON COUNTY AND IT’S DEFIANCE OFHE T JACKSON COUNTY MASK MANDATE MICHEAL MAHONEY BCKM 9 NEWS JACKSON COUNTY REVOKED THE FOOD PERMIT FOR RAY’S CAFEN O SEPTEMBER 3RD FOR MASK VIOLATIONS AS WE TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT AGO CDC ADVISORS. RECOMMENDING PFIZER COVID BOOSTER SHOTS AND THAT MEANS THEY COULD SOON BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MILLIONS OF ADDITIONAL AMERICANS THE FDA COMMISSIONER HAD BEEN PUSHING FOR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND TEACHERS TO BE ELIGIBLE AND FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE THIS CLOSELY WHILE THE FDAID D NOT END UP RECOMMENDING PFIZER BOOSTER SHOTS FOR THE GENALER POPULATION. FRONTLINE WORKERS HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHO WOULD BE DEFINED AS HIGH RISK. THE LIST INCLUDES THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS PUTTING THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID-19. BUT THE FDA ALSO AUTHORIZED THOSE IN HIGH-RISK OCCUPATIONS TO GET THE PFIZER BOOSTER SIX MONTHS AFTER THE INITIAL VACCINATIONS THAT INCLUDES HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE REPEATEDLY EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS LIVE IN FOR AT HOMTOE THEIR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, THEY LIVE IN FEAR SPREADING IT TO THEIR YOU KN,OW THEIR PARENTS THEIR CO-WORKERS THEIR CHURCHES. THEY THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE AND THE BEST WAY THAT CAN HAPNPE IS IS USING THAT MULTI-LAYERED APPROACH WHICH INCLUDES VACCINES TEACHERS OR ANOTHER GROUP SINGLED OUT AS BEING IN A HIGH RISK OCCUPATION WITH SOAN MY EFFORTS TO KEEP CHILDREN IN SCHOOL. LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT MAKES SENSE TO MAKE THEM A HIGH PRIORITY LIMITED NUMBER OF TEACHERS. WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PARENT WORKERS. WE NEED TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND HEALTHY SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE DOING THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR OUR SOCIETY. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND HOSPITALS ARE GEARING UP PREPARED TO OFFEROR ME CLINICS FOR THOSE BOOSTERS WHEN THEY GET THE WORD. THE POSITIVITY RATE IS DOWN IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI 9.7 PERCENT OF TESTS ARE COMING BACK POSITIVE AT THE GETTING OF THE MONTH. IT WAS ABOVE 13% IN KANSAS 8.7 PERCENT OF TESTS ARE COMING BACK