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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People pray in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES gives the Moderna GOVID-19 vaccine to SHANE MCCLINTON, a Physical Therapist, at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to children in their car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2020 - WEST DES MOINES, IOWA: People sit in the cars in line for a drive up rapid COVID test. Hundreds of people lined up for drive up COVID-19 tests at the Doctors NOW clinic in West Des Moines. Iowa is seeing a surge in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases and the state's "Test Iowa" public testing program is swamped with some people waiting 3 - 5 days for an appointment for a drive up test. As of Sunday, 15 November, Iowa had the 3rd highest Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection rate in the country with 4,432 new cases reported in the previous 24 hours and 1,279 people hospitalized for COVID-19. Des Moines area hospitals have warned that they are at capacity and many hospitals are reporting staffing shortages because workers have come down with COVID-19.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 OCTOBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RANDY KONG, a Des Moines busker, performs in an empty skywalk in downtown. Kong said the pandemic has devastated his income. There are much fewer people working downtown and the ones that are don't stop to listen to him or drop money into his guitar case. The economy in downtown Des Moines is still feeling the affects of the COVID-19 shutdown ordered in March. Seven months after the shutdown, employers still have their workers working from home. Restaurants, barbershops, and retail are feeling the impact. Many have closed or cut back on workers and hours.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 07 SEPTEMBER 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: An Iowa State Trooper confronts high school students picketing the Governor's Mansion. About 300 Des Moines Public School (DMPS) high school athletes marched through Des Moines to the Governor's Mansion Monday to protest Gov. Kim Reynolds' recent efforts to reopen schools. DMPS, the largest school district in Iowa, is suing to go to online instruction because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor is trying to force the district to reopen with in person instruction. The state ruled that schools using online education can't participate in extracurricular activities, including sports. The student athletes, who all wore face masks to comply with CDC guidelines, were marching to demand the ability to participate in sports despite using online instruction.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: in downtown Des Moines. Des Moines, like many US cities, is suffering through an extended business slump. Des Moines is home to many insurance and financial services, and those businesses have moved to a work from home model. Downtown businesses, like cafes and convenience stores and dealing with an unprecedented loss of business.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 AUGUST 2020 - WEST DES MOINES, IOWA: People ring the bell for the victims of COVID-19 at West Des Moines United Methodist Church. More than 100 people attended a memorial service at West Des Moines United Methodist Church for Iowans who have died from COVID-19. Iowa is one of the Midwestern states that has recorded an increasing number of COVID-19 infections. Since Friday, August 21, Iowa has recorded 1,448 new cases of COVID-19. More than 1,030 Iowans have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) since the pandemic hit Iowa in March.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: AKO ABDUL-SAMAD, left, a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives, talks to Dr. YOGESH SHAH, after Dr. Shah and others called for a mask mandate at the Iowa State Capitol Saturday. About 50 doctors, medical professionals, and public health professionals from across Iowa came to the State Capitol to demand that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds impose a mask mandate to control the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Despite the continued spread of the coronavirus and rapidly increasing infection rate for COVID-19, the Governor has refused to impose a mask mandate or close businesses. For the week ending Saturday, Aug. 1, Iowa reported new 2,736 new cases of COVID-19.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 AUGUST 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A sign asking people to wear masks on the front door of a grocery store in Des Moines. About 50 doctors, medical professionals, and public health professionals from across Iowa came to the State Capitol to demand that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds impose a mask mandate to control the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Despite the continued spread of the coronavirus and rapidly increasing infection rate for COVID-19, the Governor has refused to impose a mask mandate or close businesses. For the week ending Saturday, Aug. 1, Iowa reported new 2,736 new cases of COVID-19.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People stand in the road of Forest Drive in front of the Governor's Mansion. About 45 high school students from across Des Moines marched from downtown to the Governor's Mansion to protest Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' proclamation ordering Iowa schools to reopen to in person classes despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The students stood in front of the mansion and chanted before staging a "die  in" in the street. The Governor's order mandates in person instruction rather than on line or a mix of on line and in person. Several school districts have indicated that they will disregard the Governor's orders and reopen with a hybrid system or mostly on line. The Governor will allow districts to apply for a waiver if the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection rate is more than 15% in their community.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A group of students walk up Grand Ave. to the Governor's Mansion in Des Moines. About 45 high school students from across Des Moines marched from downtown to the Governor's Mansion to protest Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' proclamation ordering Iowa schools to reopen to in person classes despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The students stood in front of the mansion and chanted before staging a "die  in" in the street. The Governor's order mandates in person instruction rather than on line or a mix of on line and in person. Several school districts have indicated that they will disregard the Governor's orders and reopen with a hybrid system or mostly on line. The Governor will allow districts to apply for a waiver if the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection rate is more than 15% in their community.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: at the State Capitol in Des Moines. Gov. Reynolds stressed the importance of in person education but laid out the guidelines under which Iowa would allow on line instruction. She said that Iowa schools would have to see a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) positivity rate of at least 15% in the county where they are located before they could request to transition a school building or district to fully online learning. Many Iowa teachers and students object to the Governor's insistence on in person education, saying it is to dangerous and the risk of COVID-19 infection too high to force schools to reopen.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A teacher holds up a picture of one of her children as she drives past the Iowa Governor's Mansion during a motorcade to protest the reopening of Iowa schools. Hundreds of teachers from across Iowa came to the state capitol Friday to protest Governor Kim Reynolds' order that school must reopen with in person education and minimized the potential for "distance learning." The event was one of the largest COVID-19 protests in Iowa since the pandemic started, more than 740 teachers signed up to attend the protest. After the protest officially ended, many teachers left the capitol and drove to Gov. Reynolds' residence, where they drove around her mansion and honked horns. Some people left notes on the entrance to the governor's residence. Gov. Reynolds ordered the school reopening last week, but according to teachers, the state has not implemented health guidelines or bought protective equipment like face masks in the quantity required to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Iowa's numbers of COVID-19 infections are up statewide.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 JULY 2020 - COLFAX, IOWA: A high school student washes one of her steers at the Jasper County Fair in Colfax, about 30 miles east of Des Moines. Summer is county fair season in Iowa. Most of Iowa’s 99 counties host their county fairs before the Iowa State Fair. In 2020, because of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, many county fairs were cancelled, or scaled back to concentrate on 4H livestock judging. The Iowa State Fair was cancelled completely. The Jasper County Fair cancelled most events and focused on just the 4H contests.             PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Food Bank of Iowa organized an emergency food distribution at the State Fairgrounds Friday morning. Thousands of people waited in temperatures approaching 90F for hours to pick up food baskets of perishable and frozen food. Emergency pantry use has skyrocketed in Iowa since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Food Bank of Iowa organized an emergency food distribution at the State Fairgrounds Friday morning. Thousands of people waited in temperatures approaching 90F for hours to pick up food baskets of perishable and frozen food. Emergency pantry use has skyrocketed in Iowa since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 JULY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Food Bank of Iowa organized an emergency food distribution at the State Fairgrounds Friday morning. Thousands of people waited in temperatures approaching 90F for hours to pick up food baskets of perishable and frozen food. Emergency pantry use has skyrocketed in Iowa since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JUNE 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People from Des Moines set up their picnic table after ordering lunch at Fair Food Friday in Des Moines. The 2020 Iowa State Fair, like many state fairs in the Midwest, has been cancelled this year because of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic. The cancellation of the fair left many small vendors stranded with no income. Some of the fair food vendors in Iowa started "Fair Food Fridays" on a property a few miles south of the State Fairgrounds. People drive up and don't leave their cars while vendors bring them the usual midway fare; corndogs, fried tenderloin sandwiches, turkey legs, deep fried Oreos, lemonaide and smoothies. Fair Food Friday has been very successful. The vendors serve 450-500 people per Friday and during the lunch rush people wait in line in their cars 30 - 45 minutes to place an order.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 MAY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Volunteers wait to carry boxes of produce to motorists at a produce distribution in a mall parking lot in Des Moines. The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) and Capitol City Fruit from Norwalk, IA, gave away 1,800 boxes of fresh produce with a mix of vegetables and fruit. The boxes contain enough produce to feed a family of four for a week. The produce was provided by the USDA Farmers to a Families food program. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate in Iowa hit 10.2% in May, the highest unemployment rate ever recorded in Iowa and food insecurity in Iowa is impacting communities throughout the state.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 MAY 2020 - AMES, IOWA: JASON JONES, right, observes "social distancing" guidelines while he sells salad greens to a customer at his stand at the Farmers' Market in downtown Ames. Jones grows his greens on a farms in Maxwell, IA. He said it felt "really good" to be able to reopen his market stand. The Ames Main Street Farmers' Market reopened Saturday after nearly a month of only online sales because of Iowa's bans on large gatherings caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Only about 15 venders set up stalls Saturday and attendance was significantly lower than normal. All of the venders wore face masks and many, but not all, of the shoppers wore face masks. Farmers' markets are popular community gatherings in Iowa, but they've been on hiatus since the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. At this time, Iowa farmers' markets are not allowed to have entertainment or sell non-food or non-agricultural goods.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MAY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: JOSH MANDELBAUM, a Des Moines City Councilman, hands a bag of meals to people in a drive through emergency food distribution in Evelyn K. Davis Park in central Des Moines. All of the 485 meals were distributed in about an hour. The economic fallout of the pandemic is being felt throughout Iowa. On May 21, 2020, Iowa reported that 187,375 people had filed for unemployment since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic shutdown. Emergency food pantry has also increased in that time, as many Iowans in low wage jobs used emergency food banks and pantries for the first time. The Food Bank of Iowa said Thursday that demand in April 2020 was 31% higher than demand in April 2019, mostly because of unemployment caused by the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. The emergency food distribution Thursday was organized by the city of Des Moines, Food Bank of Iowa, Central Iowa Shelter and Services, Urban Dreams and Orchestrate Hospitality.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 MAY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: RENEE BLODGETT checks in a client at a "no touch" emergency food pantry at DSM First Church in Des Moines. The emergency pantry at DSM First Church expanded from distribution one day a week to three days per week after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of many Iowa businesses. Food banks and emergency pantries in Iowa continue to see increased demand for services, even though the governor is reopening the state's economy. Iowa's unemployment rate for April hasn't been released yet, but based on national trends, it is expected to soar to well over 10% from 3.8& in March. COVID-19 infections continue to skyrocket. On Monday, 11 May, the governor announced that 12,373 people tested positive for coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) and  271 had died.              PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 MAY 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A drive through farmers' market in Des Moines. The Governor allowed farmers' markets across the state to reopen last weekend, but limited them to selling just food stuffs. They are not allowed to have entertainment or sell non-food items. Most farmers' markets in Iowa are taking a wait and see approach to reopening. The Downtown Farmers Market in Des Moines announced they won't reopen until July. Three vendors set up their own drive through farmers' market in the parking lot of Des Moines theatre Saturday. Hundreds of people got in line to buy fresh produce and artisan cheese. More than 11,670 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Iowa and more than 250 have died from the disease.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 08 MAY 2020 - WEST DES MOINES, IOWA: US Senator CHUCK GRASSLEY, R-IA, (center) takes notes while he and others wait for Vice President Mike Pence. Pence visited the corporate headquarters of Hy-Vee, a regional grocery store chain, to talk about the security of the food supply system and met with religious leaders at a local Presbyterian Church to talk about reopening places of worship at the height of Iowa’s COVID-19 pandemic. The Governor of Iowa started reopening businesses in the state even though coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) infections are continuing to rise. President Trump signed an executive order on April 28 to compel meat packing plants to stay open as a part of critical infrastructure, but in Iowa many plants remain closed. The meat packing industry is the main source of COVID-19 infections in rural parts of Iowa. Iowa has recorded 11,457 cases of  COVID-19 and 243 deaths caused by virus.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2020 - PELLA, IOWA: People wait to cross Washington Street, the main street in downtown Pella, Iowa. Pella is a small community in central Iowa. The town's economy is driven by tourism and the Tulip Festival, the largest tourist event of the year, has already by canceled for 2020 because of fears that the festival could become a COVID-19 (Coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2) "Super Spreader". The Governor of Iowa reopened 77 of Iowa's 99 counties. The counties that were reopened have reported low incidences of Coronavirus. Marion County, where Pella is located, has reported 12 cases of Coronavirus. There have been 9,169 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Iowa, including 1,476 cases in the Des Moines area, less than one hour away. Many people from Des Moines drove to Pella this weekend to see the tulips for which the town is famous.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2020 - PELLA, IOWA: A couple looks at the menu of a recently reopened cafe in downtown Pella, Iowa. Pella is a small community in central Iowa. The town's economy is driven by tourism and the Tulip Festival, the largest tourist event of the year, has already by canceled for 2020 because of fears that the festival could become a COVID-19 (Coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2) "Super Spreader". The Governor of Iowa reopened 77 of Iowa's 99 counties. The counties that were reopened have reported low incidences of Coronavirus. Marion County, where Pella is located, has reported 12 cases of Coronavirus. There have been 9,169 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Iowa, including 1,476 cases in the Des Moines area, less than one hour away. Many people from Des Moines drove to Pella this weekend to see the tulips for which the town is famous.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2020 - PELLA, IOWA: People walk through downtown Pella, Iowa. Pella is a small community in central Iowa. The town's economy is driven by tourism and the Tulip Festival, the largest tourist event of the year, has already by canceled for 2020 because of fears that the festival could become a COVID-19 (Coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2) "Super Spreader". The Governor of Iowa reopened 77 of Iowa's 99 counties. The counties that were reopened have reported low incidences of Coronavirus. Marion County, where Pella is located, has reported 12 cases of Coronavirus. There have been 9,169 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Iowa, including 1,476 cases in the Des Moines area, less than one hour away. Many people from Des Moines drove to Pella this weekend to see the tulips for which the town is famous.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 03 MAY 2020 - PELLA, IOWA: People look at the sundial and blooming tulips in downtown Pella, Iowa. Pella is a small community in central Iowa. The town's economy is driven by tourism and the Tulip Festival, the largest tourist event of the year, has already by canceled for 2020 because of fears that the festival could become a COVID-19 (Coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2) "Super Spreader". The Governor of Iowa reopened 77 of Iowa's 99 counties. The counties that were reopened have reported low incidences of Coronavirus. Marion County, where Pella is located, has reported 12 cases of Coronavirus. There have been 9,169 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Iowa, including 1,476 cases in the Des Moines area, less than one hour away. Many people from Des Moines drove to Pella this weekend to see the tulips for which the town is famous.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 APRIL 2020 - STANHOPE, IOWA: A motorist drives past Stanhope Locker and Market, in Stanhope, Iowa. The family owned meat locker slaughters and butchers beef cattle, pigs, and sheep. The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2/Coronavirus) pandemic has spread among employees in the meat packing plants in the Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota, forcing many to close or curtail operations. This has resulted in farmers euthanizing thousands of pigs and beef cattle. Pork production has been slashed by about 40% because of the pandemic. Meat lockers and family owned butchering facilities have been swamped with farmers and ranchers trying to sell their livestock to them rather than the meat packing plants, but the meat lockers are backed up by the huge increase in supply. Many meat lockers are now full through the end of the year. Stanhope Locker and Market doesn't have any openings for slaughtering and butchering either cattle or pigs until mid-December 2020.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 30 APRIL 2020 - STANHOPE, IOWA: WES ZANKER, owner of Stanhope Locker and Market, in Stanhope, Iowa, moves a side of beef from the locker before butchering it. The family owned meat locker slaughters and butchers beef cattle, pigs, and sheep. The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2/Coronavirus) pandemic has spread among employees in the meat packing plants in the Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota, forcing many to close or curtail operations. This has resulted in farmers euthanizing thousands of pigs and beef cattle. Pork production has been slashed by about 40% because of the pandemic. Meat lockers and family owned butchering facilities have been swamped with farmers and ranchers trying to sell their livestock to them rather than the meat packing plants, but the meat lockers are backed up by the huge increase in supply. Many meat lockers are now full through the end of the year. Stanhope Locker and Market doesn't have any openings for slaughtering and butchering either cattle or pigs until mid-December 2020.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2020 - JEWELL, IOWA: PEG THOMPSON, wearing a mask because of the COVID-19 pandemic, signals that people in a car want four "grab and go" roast pork dinners in Jewell during a fund raiser Sunday. Jewell, a small community in central Iowa, became a food desert when the only grocery store in town closed in 2019. It served four communities within a 20 mile radius of Jewell. Some of the town's residents are trying to reopen the store, they are selling shares to form a co-op, and they hold regular fund raisers. Sunday, they served 550 "grab and go" pork roast dinners. They charged a free will donation for the dinners. Despite the state wide restriction on large gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event drew hundreds of people, who stayed in their cars while volunteers wearing masks collected money and brought food out to them. Organizers say they've raised about $180,000 of their $225,000 goal and they hope to open the new grocery store before summer.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2020 - JEWELL, IOWA: An irrigation ditch that runs through Jewell. Jewell, a small community in central Iowa, became a food desert when the only grocery store in town closed in 2019. It served four communities within a 20 mile radius of Jewell. Some of the town's residents are trying to reopen the store, they are selling shares to form a co-op, and they hold regular fund raisers. Sunday, they served 550 "grab and go" pork roast dinners. They charged a free will donation for the dinners. Despite the state wide restriction on large gatherings because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the event drew hundreds of people, who stayed in their cars while volunteers wearing masks collected money and brought food out to them. Organizers say they've raised about $180,000 of their $225,000 goal and they hope to open the new grocery store before summer.            PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 APRIL 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A soldier with the Iowa Army National Guard opens the gate of the COVID-19 drive through testing site in Des Moines. Iowa started mass testing Saturday, with a drive through testing site in a parking lot in downtown Des Moines. The testing this weekend is considered a "soft opening" for the program and tests were reserved for medical professionals and first responders. Despite numerous outbreaks in meat packing plants throughout Iowa, members of the public have not been able to get tested. On Saturday, 25 April, there were 5,092 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus / SARS-CoV-2) in Iowa (an increase of 647 since Friday, April 24) and 112 deaths in Iowa caused by COVID-19.                PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 APRIL 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A sign urging people to social distance on Locust Street in downtown Des Moines. Authorities closed the street to increase social distancing and discourage cruising through downtown. Most non-essential businesses in Iowa are closed until 30 April. Because of business closings caused by the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, downtown Des Moines is nearly deserted but some people come downtown in the evenings to cruise and authorities are worried that spectators are not social distancing.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 APRIL 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  LIAM MATTES, 7, waves his palm branch during a drive through Palm Sunday service sponsored by Luther Memorial Church on the campus of Grand View University in Des Moines. About 150 people attended the service. They remained in their cars while the ministers read a short passage from the Bible, handed out palms and blessed them. On Sunday, 05 April, Iowa reported 868 confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. There have been 22 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Iowa. Restaurants, bars, movie theaters, places that draw crowds are closed until 30 April. The Governor has not ordered "shelter in place" but several Mayors, including the Mayor of Des Moines, have asked residents to stay in their homes for all but essential needs. People are being encouraged to practice "social distancing" and many businesses are requiring or encouraging employees to telecommute.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 29 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A couple crosses an empty street in downtown Des Moines. On Sunday morning, 29 March, Iowa reported 336 confirmed cases of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19. There have been four deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Iowa. Restaurants, bars, movie theaters, places that draw crowds are closed until 07 April. The Governor has not ordered "shelter in place"  but several Mayors, including the Mayor of Des Moines, have asked residents to stay in their homes for all but the essential needs. People are being encouraged to practice "social distancing" and many businesses are requiring or encouraging employees to telecommute.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  DANIEL BROWN, a worker for Des Moines Public Schools, sanitizes and disinfects the urinals in a boys' bathroom at Central Campus, a high school in the Des Moines Public Schools system. Des Moines schools are closed for at least 30 days because of the coronavirus and officials are using the time to "deep clean" and sanitize each school. On Thursday morning, 19 March, Iowa reported 38 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus. Restaurants, bars, movie theaters, places that draw crowds are closed for at least 30 days. There are no "shelter in place" orders in effect anywhere in Iowa but people are being encouraged to practice "social distancing" and many businesses are requiring or encouraging employees to telecommute.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 18 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: CODY EVISON, at the South Side Senior Center in Des Moines, brings hot food to a waiting client. Des Moines senior centers closed their dining rooms this week in response to the Coronavirus. Clients are picking up their meals on a "drive through" basis. On Wednesday morning, 18 March, Iowa reported 29 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus. Restaurants, bars, movie theaters, places that draw crowds are closed for at least 30 days. There are no "shelter in place" orders in effect anywhere in Iowa but people are being encouraged to practice "social distancing" and many businesses are requiring or encouraging employees to telecommute.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: An empty holy water font in the vestibule of a Catholic church in Des Moines. The diocese of Des Moines announced that holy water fonts would be empty to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Most churches in the Des Moines area canceled their Sunday services or switched to an online service this week. Those churches that conducted Sunday services imposed "social distancing" guidelines, including no physical contact, and had significantly lower attendance. The Governor of Iowa announced Saturday night that the Coronavirus in Iowa had entered the "community spread" phase when a person in Dallas County, in the Des Moines metropolitan area, tested positive for Coronavirus. This is the first reported case in the Des Moines area. As of Sunday morning, Iowa was reporting 18 people tested positive for Coronavirus.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A sign at the entrance to Wells Fargo Arena, which is hosting the state boys high school basketball tournament. Tournament organizers announced that no spectators would be allowed at games starting Friday. The Governor of Iowa announced Friday that 17 people in Iowa have tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus. Of those, 15 people were exposed on the same cruise in Egypt, the others were exposed through travel but were not on the same cruise. The Governor said there has not yet been any "community spread" in Iowa. All of the Iowans who have tested positive are in self quarantine. Across Iowa, municipalities and businesses are taking steps to implement "social distancing." Most of the colleges in Iowa have announced that they will remain closed after their spring breaks and that classes will move to online only, after spring break. Many businesses in Des Moines, including Nationwide Insurance and EMC Insurance, have announced plans to have their employees to telecommute. The mayor of Des Moines has urged event planners to consider canceling large events.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MARCH 2020 - DES MOINES, IOWA:  KIM REYNOLDS, the Governor of Iowa, talks to reporters about the coronavirus and COVID-19 illness during a press conference in her office Tuesday. The Governor said there are 8 possible coronavirus cases in Iowa as of Tuesday morning and that 7 of those cases had been passengers on the same cruise. She also said 22 Iowans had been on other cruises and that 14 of those people were self quarantined in their homes. She said "COVID-19 is now here (in Iowa). This is not cause for alarm." COVID-19 has been reported in all of the states around Iowa, except South Dakota, and Iowa officials are working with public health officials in neighboring states. The coronavirus outbreak is expected to cost Iowa more than $200 million.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BUA PAK THA, NAKHON PATHOM, THAILAND:  The owner of a road side stalls stocks his stand with fresh shrimp he sells in Nakhon Pathom province. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:   Workers haul in a net full of baby fish and shrimp on a shrimp farm in Saphunburi, Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    An aerator recycles water in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 MAY 2013 - BANGTATHEN, SAPHUNBURI, THAILAND:    An aerator spins in a shrimp pond in Saphunburi. Thailand. Early mortality syndrome, better known as EMS -- or Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Syndrome, (AHPNS) as scientist refer to it -- has wiped out millions of shrimp in  Thailand, the leading shrimp exporter in the world. EMS first surfaced in 2009 in China, where farmers noticed that their prawns had begun dying en-masse, without any identifiable cause. By 2011, shrimp farms in China's Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian and Guangxi provinces were suffering losses as great as 80%. Farmers named the disease based on its immediate effect - Early Mortality Syndrome. After China, EMS devastated shrimp farms in Vietnam and Malaysia. The province of Tra Vinh, Vietnam, saw 330 million shrimp die in the month of June 2011 alone. In Malaysia, where EMS first emerged in 2010, commercial prawn production declined by 42%. EMS hit Thailand in early 2013. As a result of early die offs in Thailand many farmers left their shrimp ponds empty and stores that sell shrimp farm supplies have reported up to 80% drop in business as shrimp farm owners have cut back on buying.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • Apr. 27, 2009 -- NOGALES, SONORA, MEXICO: A municipal worker in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, wore a surgical mask to protect himself from the swine flu Monday. The Mexican government broadened its efforts to control the outbreak of swine flu Monday closing schools throughout the country. In Nogales, on Mexico's northern border with the US, people started wearing masks as news of the outbreak spread.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A family in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A family in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People pray in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People pray in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A man recites a prayer in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A man recites a prayer in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A child holds up a sign in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A woman draped in an American flag prays in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans, from across the state, came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A woman draped in an American flag applauds a speaker who talked about personal freedom in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans, from across the state, came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A child holds up a sign in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People listen to speakers talk about personal freedoms and masks in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People gather in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People gather in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 JANUARY 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People gather in the Rotunda of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. Hundreds of Iowans from across the state came to the State Capitol to protest the Governor's COVID-19 mitigation efforts. The Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) mitigation guidelines include a mask mandate indoors when it isn't possible to social distance. But the Governor specifically exempted the State Capitol. No one in the crowd wore a mask and there was no effort to follow "social distancing" guidelines. There were also "anti-Vaxxers" in the crowd who protested the vaccine efforts and said vaccines were unsafe.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES (right) and Dr. DAVID DAVIDSON talk about follow up procedures to receive the second dose of Moderna GOVID-19 vaccine. Forbes had just given Davidson the first dose at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES (right) gives the Moderna GOVID-19 vaccine to LACEY MILLER, a hospital worker, at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES gives the Moderna GOVID-19 vaccine to MEGHAN BOHLANDER, a Physician's Assistant, at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES gives the Moderna GOVID-19 vaccine to MEGHAN BOHLANDER, a Physician's Assistant, at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES loads a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES gives the Moderna GOVID-19 vaccine to SHANE MCCLINTON, a Physical Therapist, at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES loads a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES loads a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: Pharmacist JOHN FORBES loads a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. John Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 JANUARY 2021 - URBANDALE, IOWA: The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Medicap Pharmacy in Urbandale. The pharmacy received about 500 doses of the Moderna vaccine and is vaccinating medical workers in accordance with Iowa guidelines. John Forbes, who owns and operates the pharmacy, said that they were vaccinating about 30 people per day and that the initial shipment of vaccines should last for about 11 days. The Moderna vaccine prevents infection from the Coronavirus.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS waves to people from his perch atop a Saylor Township firetruck. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS, and an a Saylor Township firefighter filling in for an elf, are driven through Saylor Township atop a township firetruck. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: Children wait to see Santa Claus drive through the neighborhood in Saylor Township. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS is driven through Saylor Township atop a township firetruck. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: Saylor Township firefighters help SANTA CLAUS get settled in his seat on top of a firetruck. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS climbs up to his seat on top of a Saylor Township firetruck. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS arrives at the Saylor Township fire department. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS and a Saylor Township firefighter check out Santa's seat on top of a firetruck before Santa was driven through town. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 DECEMBER 2020 - SAYLOR TOWNSHIP, IOWA: SANTA CLAUS arrives at the Saylor Township fire department. The Saylor Township Fire Department welcomed Santa Claus to the township on the north edge of Des Moines by showing him around town a fire engine. The event was organized by the Fire Deparment for the town's youngsters who won't be able to see Santa this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON and his wife, EILEEN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, wait for a carload of children during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to children in their car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to children in their car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to children in their car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to children in their car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, talks to children in their car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON and his wife, EILEEN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, talk to children in a car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON and his wife, EILEEN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, talk to children in a car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON and his wife, EILEEN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, talk to children in a car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON and his wife, EILEEN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, talk to children in a car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: STAN THOMPSON, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to children in a car during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. This is the seventh year the Thompsons have dressed as the Clauses to entertain the children of Indianola. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 DECEMBER 2020 - INDIANOLA, IOWA: Children wait to see Santa during a drive through visit with Santa Claus. About 500 children visited Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in Indianola Saturday. The town has hosted Santa on the town square for the last seven years but the COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) pandemic forced organizers to move the event to the parking lot of a local hardware store and do it "drive through" style. Iowa has one of the highest Coronavirus test rates in the United States.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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