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Dear Editor;
A couple of weeks ago, I called the Iowa County Health Department (608-930-9870) to get on the wait list for the Covid vaccine. Received a call this week offering me an appointment.
From the moment I turned onto the Lands' End property, there were signs directing me to the vaccination location. Handicapped parking was available right next to the building. The rest of us were directed, by an individual, to enter the parking area (one way traffic) while leaving every other parking stall open.
At no more than 5 minutes before the appointment time, I followed a sidewalk up to the vaccination site where another individual was stationed.
"Enter only" and "Exit only" clearly marked the doors.
Once inside, free masks were available. After confirming my appointment, I was given papers on a clip board. (Had the pen been sanitized? "Yes.")
I was directed to a "social-distance placed" chair (which had been sanitized) where I could fill in the required information. (A friend, whose hands are too shaky, was kindly assisted by a volunteer.)
The form being completed, I was shown to one of the several vaccination stations (chair sanitized). The information reviewed, vaccination administered, a brief discussion of possible side effects (also covered in hand-outs given at check-in), and a 2nd dose date was written on a card which also indicated the "brand" of vaccine and its lot number.
A new set of dozens of socially-distanced and sanitized chairs were set up so each person could sit for at least 15 minutes to monitor for any immediate reaction.
One of the staff present gladly helped a person contact a taxi for her ride home. Walking to the right of mobile, canvas-wrapped barriers, I found my way to the exit.
I'd describe the experience as calm, safe, and organized to the last detail.
Eileen Z. Fitzsimons
Dodgeville, WI