Public Health Director of Nursing Karri Fisher administering the Moderna vaccine to Dr. Paul Towner.
Washington County residents who are in the priority populations of Phase 1A for COVID-19 vaccine distribution are encouraged to contact Washington County Public Health if they have not already made arrangements to receive a vaccine.
Public Health Administrator Danielle Pettit-Majewski says they held their first Moderna vaccine clinic last Wednesday for Phase 1A which includes long-term care residents and long-term care workers and healthcare workers with direct patient care. Pettit-Majewski says they are still looking for all residents who fall under this category to get vaccinated as soon as possible, “If you are a health care worker, you work directly with patients, and you live in Washington County and you haven’t been approached by either public health or your employer to get vaccinated please contact us here at the office, 319-653-7758, and ask for either myself, Danielle, or Karri and we can get you scheduled for one of our next COVID clinics.”
Pettit-Majewski says that these clinics are only open for those in the Phase 1A population: direct healthcare workers, and long-term care residents and workers, and her staff is not taking reservations for those in the general population. She adds that residents should tell their healthcare provider before receiving a vaccine about all of their medical conditions including allergies. As more of the vaccine becomes available, Phase 1B will open up for essential frontline workers and those who are 75 years of age and older, which Pettit-Majewski estimates will begin sometime around the end of January or early February. You can hear more about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines during today’s Halcyon House Washington Page on air and at kciiradio.com.