Daniel Neal didn t have plans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine that day.
But when an outreach coordinator with Primary Health Care in Des Moines woke him up in his tent that morning, he changed his plans so quickly that he left his wallet, phone and cigarettes behind to go get his jab.
Soon after receiving his shot of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, Neal, 37, said he felt good aside from waiting to turn into a zombie or not, he joked.
Neal was one of the first Iowans experiencing homelessness to be vaccinated through Primary Health Care s mobile clinic Thursday.
The clinic was part of a new wave of targeted vaccination clinics created in Iowa to address gaps in access or willingness to accept the pandemic-ending vaccines. The vaccines, which were of very limited supply until recently, have become so plentiful in recent weeks that the state has declined some available doses from the federal government and counties have declined some from the state.
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Ames doctor receives Physician Humanitarian Award Thursday, April 22, 2021 10:57 AM
The Iowa Medical Society presented the IMS/COPIC Physician Humanitarian Award to Dr. Selden Spencer during the organization’s virtual IMS 2021 President s Reception and Awards Program held last week. The award is presented each year to honor an Iowa physician for volunteer medical services and contributions to their community through principles focused on human dignity, social justice and compassion. “As a volunteer physician at the Ames Free Clinic, Food at First, and Living Waters of the World, Dr. Spencer has enriched thousands of lives by helping those in his community and abroad,” the IMS said in a statement. He has volunteered his time on numerous medical missions to Afghanistan, Haiti and Ecuador, giving medical lectures at his own expense. The recipient of the award designates a $10,000 donation from COPIC Financial Service Group to be provided to a health care-related 50
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