Iowa reports 32 additional COVID-19 deaths – KCCI Des Moines

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 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW IT GOES, KNOWING THAT THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OPT INTO IT WITH THIS SECOND CLINIC. KAYLA: LIKE OTHER FACILITIES ACROSS THE STATE, ARBOR SPRINGS HAD SOME STAFF MEMBERS AND EVEN RESIDENTS WHO OPTED IN TO GET THEIR FIRST DOSE, DURING THE PHARMACY’S SECOND VISIT. >> I THINK AFTER PEOPLE SAW ME AND OUR RESIDENTS GET ROUND ONE AND HAVE NO SIDE EFFECTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE MORE OPTIMISTIC AND WILLING TO GET IT. KAYLA: FIRST DOSE VACCINATIONS AT IOWA’S FACILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. SECOND DOSE CLINICS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY, THE IOWA HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION SAYS ABOUT 250 FACILITIES WILL RECEIVE THEIR SECOND CLINIC BY FRIDAY. ALL THAT WILL REMAIN AFTER, IS THE THIRD CLINIC AT CENTERS WHERE PEOPLE DIDN’T GET VACCINATED THE FIRST TIME PHARMACIES CAME THROUGH. >> THAT WILL TAKE US TO AB