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Although demand for the COVID-19 vaccine continues to far outstrip the supply in Iowa, not everyone who is eligible for the coveted shot is eager to take it.
About 40% of Des Moines police officers have not indicated they want the vaccine, spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek said in an email to the Des Moines Register last week. About half of Iowa’s prison workers plan to refuse it, according to a report by the Iowa Department of Corrections director. A national survey of nursing home staff showed fewer than 40% took a first dose of vaccine when offered; the estimate for Iowa workers taking it is 40% to 59%.
Iowa LTC facilities prepare to wrap up first round of vaccinations Share Updated: 10:22 PM CST Jan 27, 2021 Share Updated: 10:22 PM CST Jan 27, 2021
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Show Transcript BEING SCHEDULED, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT’S CHANGING. ARBOR SPRINGS AND WEST DES MOINES MUST ONE OF THE FIRST FACILITIES IN IOWA TO START VACCINATIONS. WE HAD A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT WERE UNSURE. KAYLA: AND THEY WEREN’T ALONE. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS THE LONGTERM CARE VACCINATION PROGRAM SHOWED AN AROUND 50% AVERAGE OF STAFF CHOOSING TO BE VACCINATED DURING THE FIRST STAGE. BUT NOW. THEY ARE SEEING ABOUT A 30% INCREASE IN STAFF CHOOSING TO BE VACCINATED DURING THE SECOND PHASE. KAYLA: THE IOWA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION ATTRIBUTES MUCH OF THAT INCREASE TO ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE VACCINE LEARNED IN THE WEEKS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSE. I THINK IT’S CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDABLE THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE SITTING ON THE SIDELINES JUST TAKING IT IN TO UND
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Vaccinations in nursing homes nearing completion
Nearly all of Iowa’s nursing home residents and staff members are expected to have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this week.
Brent Willett, president of the Iowa Health Care Association, says he’s now “cautiously optimistic” most of the state’s 450 facilities will get their second dose of the vaccine by mid- to late-February.
“We are aware that every nursing facility and assisted living facility in Iowa has a schedule for their second dose,” he says, “and we haven’t seen those really move or change.”
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Birmingham: The Birmingham VA Health Care System is expanding its ability to vaccinate veterans against COVID-19, provided it can get enough doses. A partnership with the United Way of Central Alabama will allow the agency to provide as many as 1,000 shots a day beginning this week to veterans who are at least 65 years old, the VA said. That’s up from the current daily total of 300 people. The change comes because the VA’s vaccine clinic is moving into a United Way building in downtown Birmingham. Chief executive Stacy Vasquez said the system will schedule as many veterans as it can for shots, but obtaining additional vaccine is key. “Right now, I have enough vaccine to take care of 5,000 people next week. But then after that, unless I get another shipment, I don’t know,” Vasquez told WBRC-TV last week. The VA’s vacc
SPM NEWS 1.25.21 - 4:32PM
A major winter storm is expected to blanket a large section of the middle of the U.S with snow and travel troubles as more than a foot of snow falls in some areas, including western Iowa and southeast Nebraska.
The National Weather Service out of Sioux Falls says most of the heavy snow will stay south of Sioux City.
Two people hold hands while walking south on Madison Street toward 27th Avenue in Bellevue, Neb., during a winter storm warning on Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.
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Sioux City is forecasted to get up to 5 inches with up to 12 inches in Monona County.