We just don t have arms to put it in right now. Some Iowa counties decline state vaccine supplies as demand wanes Nick Coltrain, Des Moines Register
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Four months ago, the select people who qualified for COVID-19 vaccines were in a pitched race to secure the precious medicine.
Now, less than two weeks after eligibility expanded to everyone 16 or older, some counties are declining their full allocations of vaccine in the hopes that the doses will go to places where there s higher demand.
Winnebago County Public Health asked for only half of the 200 doses the state allocated to the county, Clinical Manager Allison Rice said. It s one of 21 counties that declined a full allotment of vaccines due to lack of immediate demand, Iowa Public Health Department officials said this week.
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People who get a COVID-19 vaccine and then receive a bill shouldn’t pay it, according to the Webster County Health Department.
The vaccine,which is provided by the federal government, is free, according to Kari Prescott, the department’s director.
Those who receive the vaccine should never get a bill or be charged a co-pay, the department reported.
Billing people for a vaccine is a new scam, Prescott said Tuesday.
Not posting an image of a vaccination card on social media is one way to reduce the risk of being targeted by this scam.
Anyone who gets a bill or is charged a co-pay should call the Health Department at 515-573-4107.
The COVID-19 vaccine clinic scheduled for Wednesday in Fort Dodge has been canceled.
The Webster County Health Department has canceled the clinic, at which the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was to be administered, after receiving information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Iowa Department of Public Health.
The Webster County Health Department will continue to have vaccination clinics featuring the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.
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A coronavirus vaccine clinic scheduled for today in Fort Dodge was abruptly canceled because of reports of blood clots that may be connected to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that was to be administered.
Kari Prescott, director of the Webster County Health Department, said the clinic was canceled after her agency received recommendations from federal and state health officials.
She said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the Iowa Department of Public Health recommended ”a pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed a rare type of blood clot after getting that vaccine.
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