There is perhaps no profession that is so intertwined with an individual’s life as nursing is.
Nurses are there to help bring new life into the world. They administer the vaccines, and help people get through all the various illnesses and injuries of a lifetime. And at the very end, nurses care for people in their last days.
Nurses provide care in the form of medicine and therapy. But they also provide it in the form of reassuring words and a comforting presence.
In light of what they do for all of us, it is highly appropriate that we spend a little time honoring them.
-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Gov. Kim Reynolds, left, visits with Kari Prescott, director of the Webster County Public Health Department, at Crossroads Mall on Saturday. During her visit to Fort Dodge, Reynolds said she was impressed with the departmentâs handling of the mass vaccination clinics. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
State Rep. Ann Meyer, R-Fort Dodge, right, administers a COVID-19 vaccine during a mass clinic at Crossroads Mall on Saturday. In addition to being a state representative, Meyer is a registered nurse. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Gov. Kim Reynolds, left, visits with a Webster County resident who just received a COVID-19 vaccine at Crossroads Mall on Saturday. Reynolds said she was happy to see all of the smiles from residents after receiving a vaccine.
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Governor tours Fort Dodge vaccine clinic
Gov. Reynolds talks with State Representative Ann Meyer of Fort Dodge (center) and Webster County Public Health Director Kari Prescott.
Governor Kim Reynolds visited the COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Fort Dodge over the weekend, in order to see first-hand the new techniques being put into practice.
The clinic was put on by the Webster County Public Health Department and the governor said she was impressed with the event’s execution.
“The organization, the collaboration, the coordination, the way that people come in, the way they have the pods set up, they never have to leave their chair,” Reynolds says. “My take-away is, they have the capacity to do more. They’re willing to do more. They just need the vaccines.”
Everyone who can should get vaccinated
Jan 11, 2021
With the whole world seemingly focused on how fast the COVID-19 vaccine can be administered, we must not forget the importance of an older vaccine: the flu shot.
Just about everyone has called in sick at some point, saying they had the flu when they were sniffling, sneezing, maybe running a fever and generally feeling lousy.
Those symptoms definitely add up to an illness, but the problem is not really the flu. Influenza, as it is properly known, is much, much worse.
According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, influenza is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Influenza and pneumonia are among the top 10 causes of death in the state.
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The Wednesday before Christmas, three men at the Beacon of Hope men’s shelter learned that they tested positive for COVID-19, according to the shelter’s executive director, Steve Roe.
And in the week that followed, four more men tested positive.
“Our guys are getting sick,” Roe said. “We have more testing positive every day and some are pretty sick.”
Roe announced on Wednesday that the shelter has been locked down.
“I feel I have no choice but to go into lockdown,” he said. “No one in and no one out.”
About 32 men stay at the shelter. The oldest resident is in his late 70s. The youngest is about 25.