Updated: 3:14 AM CDT Jul 30, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript BRETT, THERE WERE QUE A IT FEW PPL THER E. GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON SAYS TODAY WAS A BAD DAY FOR THE NUMB OERF NEW COVID CASES IN THE STATE, BUT HERE IN ALM A, IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR VACCINATIONS. "it didn't really hurt that bad, it s wafast."" I dot n' like needles, so I didn't really want to do it but it was not bad." "easy breezy, these women are pros." TODAY 13 YEAR OLD BRAYN DE PEPPAS AND HIS M GOMOT THEIR FIRST VACCINE SHOT. "we came out so he won't he av to quarantine, that way we can protect not only our own family but the kids in t he Alma School District as well ." BRAYDEN LIKES SPORTS AND HIS MOM, KELLI IS A TEACHING ASSISTANT. "I play basketball and football." "I want to be able to play those games." "especially being, goi ng to be around kids that are 5 to 8 years old, they have no way of protecting themselves other than adults and family members being vaccinated. I wod ul hate for a kid being sick because I brought it into the school." "in order to pretty mucho d anything you have to get the shot." 12 YEAR OLD JOSIAH STALLINGS AND HIS SISTERS ALSO GOT THEIR FIRST VACCINE SHOT. "didn't feel it." "a lot of it is because they realize if they get si, ck we're going to be shutdown again, we're going to be quarantining them, they're going to miss events here thathe ty want to be a part of." "there were people here waiting on us." "we d di about 60 in the first hour, we had to go back to the pharcyma and get more vaccine." TODAY 124 VACCINES WERE ADMINISTERED IN ALMA. 73 OF THOSE WERE FOR STUDENTS 12 AND OLDER. WITH MORE COVID CASES ACROSS THE STATE... "we weren't hoping to be going right back to square one when we started school." NURSES AND PHARMACISTS SAY THEY'RE PLEASETOD SEE MORE PEOPLE AND KIDS GETTING VACCINATED. "I have kids in the community so it's really great that this many people showed up to get vaccinated. I want my kids around other kids who have been vaccinated, we don't want the spread to go on anymor" e. AND WITH SCHOOL JUST A FEW WEEKS AWAY THESE GUYS ARE EXCITED...RIGHT. "yeah." (shakes head no...)"yes, yes." TODAY'S EVENT WAS SU A CH SUESCCS THAT THE SCHOOL NURSE SAYS THEY'RE PLANNING ANOTHER VACCINATION CLINIC NEXT WEEK, WHICH IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR AND HEALTH LEADERS SAY IS BEST TO SP TO THE SPREAD OF COVID-