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From YouTube: Ames Responds to COVID-19 | Episode 28
Description
On this episode of Ames Responds to Covid-19, we talk with Ames Fire Department Chief, Rich Higgins, about the AFD First Responders getting the Covid-19 vaccine. Then, Steve Sullivan from Mary Greeley Medical Center gives us insight on when the vaccine will be made available for everyone.
Do you have a Covid-19 related question? Email us at covid19@CityofAmes.org and we will work your question into a future episode. Thanks for watching!
A
Hi
welcome
to
aims
response
to
cobit
19,
a
question
and
answer
program
where
ames
area
organizations
respond
to
your
coveted
19
questions.
I'm
susan
guyasa
public
relations
officer
with
the
city
of
ames.
Today
my
guests
are
rich
higgins,
hi
ames,
fire
chief
and
covet
coordinator
for
the
city
of
ames
and
steve
sullivan,
who
is
the
director
of
community
relations
and
marketing
with
mary
greeley
medical
center?
Welcome
to
the
show.
A
B
B
Yes,
she
wanted
to
include
us
in
that
group,
so
we've
been
able
to
start
the
vaccination
process
for
our
firefighters
and
that
started
last
week.
We
did
six
people
last
week
and
we
did
it
on
their
day
off
duty.
We
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
if
there's
any
adverse
effects
which
there
hasn't,
we
haven't
had
anybody
other
than
a
sore
arm
and
maybe
just
a
little
bit
of
fatigue
and
a
headache.
The
next
day
very
isolated.
We
haven't
had
any
issues
so
last
week
we
got
six
done
this
week.
B
We
are
completing
18
that
should
be
wrapping
up
later
today,
so
we're
looking
really
good.
We've
got
about
half
our
department,
the
first
dose
of
the
vaccine.
It's
gone
really
well
and
we're
excited
to
be
part
of
that
that
that
front
of
getting
the
vaccine
first
with
health,
other
health
care
providers
and
long-term
care
facilities.
A
C
Absolutely
it's
gonna
take
some
patience,
there's
a
lot
of
layers
to
this
right
now
it
is
what's
called
1a.
Those
are
frontline
healthcare
workers
who
are
getting
the
vaccine
first.
That
ranges
from
nurses
to
people
who
work
in
like
mcfarland
clinic
so
the
vex.
Those
vaccines
are
coming
through
story,
county
public
health
and
being
distributed
to
the
hospital
into
the
clinics.
C
Currently
nursing
homes,
staff
and
residents
are
supposed
to
be
getting
their
vaccines
soon,
probably
this
week,
they're
getting
theirs
through
pharmacies
that
have
contracted
with
the
government,
so
the
nursing
homes
have
a
contract
with
the
pharmacy.
The
pharmacy
is
receiving
their
allocations
of
vaccine
from
the
government.
C
We
also
have
a
group
of
those
folks
who've
gotten
their
first
shot
and
will
be
hitting
with
the
pfizer
that
21
day
window
late
next
week,
so
story,
county
public
health
is
anticipating
being
able
to
give
second
doses
to
the
folks
who
have
come
to
story
county
public
health.
For
that,
I'm
not
sure
what's
going
to
be
happening
at
the
hospital
as
we
continue
to
do
our
1a
group
members
of
the
general
public.
It
is
not
clear
when
we
will
have
vaccine
available
for
the
four
members
of
the
general
public.
C
All
of
us
in
this
area
have
been
getting
calls
from
people
who
are
worried,
especially
people
who
would
fall
potentially
fall
into
a
risk
group.
So
we
are
suggesting
that
they
stay
in
touch
with
their
primary
health
provider,
as
they
will
be
a
main
supplier
for
those
shots
for
the
general
public,
as
will
larger
pharmacies
like
cvs
and
walgreens,
and
that
sort
of
thing
so
there's
a
lot
to
work
out,
but
we're
this
initial
stage
is
very
important
and
as
far
as
the
hospital
goes,
it
seems
to
be
going
very
well.
A
Great
steve,
thanks
for
the
update,
so
again,
people
need
to
use
some
patients
sit
tight,
make
sure
they're
in
contact
with
their
primary
health
provider,
and
we
will
wait
and
see
what
happens
with
the
rest
of
the
vaccinations,
it's
good
to
see
that
they
are
starting
to
roll
out.
So
we
see
firefighters
and
paramedics
getting
that
first
round,
along
with
the
health
care
providers.
A
Good
news,
it's
good
to
see
it
starting.
If
you
have
questions
about
covid19,
make
sure
to
contact
us
via
our
email
address,
covid19
cityofames.org.
Also
remember:
we
have
covid19
information
on
our
city
of
ames
website
at
cityofames.org
covid19.
That's
our
show.
Thanks
for
watching
we'll
see
you
next
week.