Public Health Officials In Quad Cities Area Say Hospitals Are Overflowing

(Davenport, IA) Public health officials in the Quad Cities say hospitals are overflowing, health care workers are exhausted, and families of victims are dealing with grief.  The problem is – it’s all preventable.  Rock Island, Illinois County Health Department spokesperson Janet Hill says 40 percent of all people who could be vaccinated aren’t yet.  Her counterpart in Scott County, Iowa, Amy Thoreson, says she is scared that the hospitals she and her family depend on for care may not be available to them.