IOWA CITY - University of Iowa Health Care is expanding its role in the global effort to find vaccines against COVID-19 by beginning to enroll volunteers for another trial.
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Monday, December 14, 2020 was truly an historic day as the first doses of the anxiously-awaited COVID vaccination arrived at various hospitals and other venues throughout the country. These initial doses were given to high-risk workers. The recipients were grateful and upbeat. The general feelings were of pride to have played a major role in coping with the virus and relief that the vaccine is providing tangible evidence that we have turned the corner in our fight to defeat it.
Des Moines Register
IOWA CITY, Ia. The COVID-19 vaccine didn’t feel any different from any of the other shots University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics registered dietitian Sarah Davis has received over the years.
A quick needle stick, and no pain, she said immediately after her shot Monday morning. The only difference between this shot and her others was that the faces of intensive care unit patients for whom she’s cared were flashing through her head.
“It’s been a rough six months,” she said. “(The vaccine) just feels like a beginning to the end of all this. A light at the end of the tunnel.”
By Jeff Angelo
Dec 15, 2020
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By Jason Taylor
Dec 15, 2020
IOWA CITY, Iowa - The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is projecting most Iowa residents will get access to COVID-19 vaccines by spring of next year.
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Patricia Winokur with UIHC says most Iowans can expect the vaccine by March or April, and it will probably take through the summer to vaccinate as many people as need to be treated.
More than 100 UIHC employees received the vaccine Monday, the first of which was Emergency department nurse David Conway in a ceremonial display that drew media attention from across the country.
UIHC hospital received 975 Pfizer doses. The hospital has around 17,000 workers.