The 2024-2026 was created by 14 community organizations and local health departments to assess the current health status, needs, and challenges facing the region.
Public Health COVID Update
By Staff | May 4, 2021
Sarah Strohman, Director of Palo Alto County Public Health, provided a brief COVID-19 update earlier this week.
According to Strohman, the current positivity rate in Palo Alto County is at 3 percent, with five new cases in the last seven days.
As of Tuesday morning, April 27, Palo Alto County has had 1,173 total cases of COVID since the pandemic began. Unfortunately, 21 individuals in the county have died due to COVID.
Vaccine
As of this week, 31.7 percent of Palo Alto County has been vaccinated. In the county’s 65 and older population, 72 percent have received vaccination, while 41 percent of those aged 18 -64 have been vaccinated.
From the Desk of Public Health
Vaccine, Health Mitigation Strategies Effective in Keeping Our Community Safe from COVID-19
By Staff | Apr 22, 2021
We have had a busy past few days with increased COVID activity in our community. It is so easy to let our guards down looking at our positivity rate and forgetting that we need to continue to take precautions. This virus is still here and very much looking for people to host it. In fact, across the state, we are seeing an increase in cases of COVID-19, especially among the younger population. We also have begun to see the variant strains in Iowa as well. One of these new strains, the UK Variant, is proving to be easier to spread.
From the Desk of Public Health
Vaccination Important For County Protection Against Coronavirus
By Staff | Apr 13, 2021
Last week’s big news from Iowa Department of Public Health was the opening up of vaccines to all people ages 18 and older for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, and 16 and older for Pfizer. It is exciting that we finally are seeing enough vaccine availability in the state to be able to take this next step. Now that there is plenty of vaccine available, it is the responsibility of our county members to take steps to getting yourself vaccinated as soon as you can.
We hear a lot in the news about herd immunity and the need to reach that in order to beat this pandemic. Because of this, I wanted to address the topic today. Herd immunity is defined in the medical community as a form of protection that occurs when people in a community become immune to a disease. Herd immunity protects the individual and everyone else in the community. It decreases the ability for th
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