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Iowa governor urges residents to get COVID-19 vaccines as demand falls in 43 of 99 counties
Just over 37% of Iowans ages 18 and up are fully vaccinated.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has urged residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as more than 40% of the state's counties are seeing a decrease in demand for doses.
Out of Iowa's 99 counties, 43 have declined some or all of their vaccine allotment for next week "so that supply doesn't exceed the current demand," Reynolds said Wednesday during a press briefing.
The declined doses will be reallocated to more populous counties and metro areas where demand is still high, the governor added.
"But even in larger communities clinics are now filling up over the course of a couple of days rather than just a few hours," she said. "Some pharmacies are seeing appointments remain still open. This shift isn't ... unique to Iowa. Vaccine hesitancy is beginning to become a real factor across the country."
Reynolds posited that Iowans may be "reconsidering" whether to get vaccinated after the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called for a pause last week on the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine after rare incidents of a blood clot disorder following vaccination.
Serious reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, like anaphylaxis, are very rare, the CDC reported.
Younger demographics may also be delaying vaccination, she said. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 25% of those age 18 to 29 are opting to "wait and see," compared with 17% overall. To help combat that, the state has been focusing on vaccinating college students before they return home, she said.
The governor downplayed the suggestion from a reporter that there also may be political opposition to getting vaccinated. A Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll conducted last month found that 41% of Iowa Republicans don't plan to get vaccinated, compared with 8% of Democrats and 30% of independents.
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