Vaccines at work

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As the work week starts up again this morning -- so does the vaccination race.

One of the biggest barriers besides supplies -- is vaccine hesitancy.

Kq2's madeline mcclain found out how local worksite clinics may help fight it.

<<hundreds of local factory and plant workers able to get fully vaccinated in minutes -- without ever leaving work this week.in addition to convenience it maybe helping persuade people to get the shot.jayne white, andrew county health dept.: "we had some people that were interested in us coming on-site and so that's what we did and i think it went really well.

There are a few additional people that were interested and we are going to try to get them taken care of next week."it started as a call from andrew county health department to st.

Joseph health director st.

Joseph health dept.: "what do you think about using these national guard teams to go to worksites, particularly the large manufacturing sites, and vaccinated people at their worksite."now more than 600 people are protected from severe illness and death from covid-19.jayne white, andrew co.

Health department: if we are onsite at these facilities is that going to open the door to, and allow for people to come get a shot that maybe wouldn't have taken the time to make an appointment or to go do that outside of work hours."lifeline foods, nestle, daily's, ventura bradley, st.

Joseph health dept.: "i think triumph and tyson are our two bigger ones."

In addition to making it more convenient for these workers to get vaccinated...debra bradley: because by the time they, because they may want to home and clean up and get back because it can be a messy job."

It's also helped combat some of the local vaccine hesitancy.

Debra bradley: how do you say no when it is right here in your backyard so i was hoping that would be a motivator to get more people and we did get a few people who at the last minute decided to come and get their vaccines."a march poll from the kaiser family foundation found that six in 10 americans either already had the shots or planned to get vaccinated.13 percent saying they definitely won't get it.another 17 percent say they will "wait and see."and local health officials say perhaps "seeing" is the key to convincing.jayne white, andrew co.

Health department: we've even had some of these factories reach out and say they are more interested now.

We had the same thing in our office when it first became available.

I rolled my sleeve up the day it arrived, not everybody did and so i think as time goes along i think people will step forward as well.//potentially we will go back if we have vaccine available to do that."

Reporting, madeline mcclain kq2 news.

According to state data -- more than 1-point-seven million missourians have received at least one vaccine dose.

Which is nearly 28 percent of the state population.