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As longtime Marshall County Public Health Director Pat Thompson prepares to retire from her position with a target date of next January, the county’s board of
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COVID-19 cases in Poweshiek County have dropped from a weekly average of 27.9 cases per day between November and January to an average of just one case per day as of late April. Despite the drop in cases being largely the result of residents getting vaccinated against the virus, vaccination rates across Poweshiek County have stagnated in recent weeks, due to some residents’ hesitancy to get the vaccine.
Poweshiek County was
one of 80 Iowa counties that declined some or all of their COVID-19 vaccine allocation for the week of May 3, after reduced demand from County residents. Yet only
Dr. Laura Ferguson, physician at Family Medicine in Grinnell, receiving her COVID-19 vaccine. Photo contributed by UnityPoint.
By Ben Mikek
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Grinnell College has registered to become a vaccine distribution site, meaning that once COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available they may be administered at the College.
The decision over whether to administer vaccines at the College would be made by public health authorities if they find it necessary, said Heather Cox, the College’s director of emergency management, in an email to The S&B. At the moment, College facilities aren’t needed because there aren’t enough doses available to necessitate a larger space for vaccine administration.