Des Moines, Iowa — Governor Kim Reynolds says the state has made good progress on COVID vaccinations and she has no plan to offer the kind of incentives other states are trying like college scholarships and lottery prizes to encourage more people to get vaccinated.
Reynolds points to pop-up clinics at farmers markets, Iowa Cubs baseball games and the Iowa Barnstormers indoor football games. According to the Centers for Disease Control, about six out of 10 adults in Iowa have had at least one COVID shot. Among Iowans 65 and older, the vaccination rate is 86 percent.
Vermont has the nation’s highest percentage of its population fully vaccinated against COVID. Iowa ranks 19th, with nearly 44 percent of residents fully vaccinated.
