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No internet, no email. SC s rural residents are struggling to get COVID-19 vaccines
Feb. 19 BARNWELL, S.C. The COVID-19 vaccine has been hard to come by in Barnwell County.
The small rural county of about 21,000 people on the state s western border has one of the highest per capita rates of coronavirus infection in South Carolina and is one of eight counties in the state without a hospital.
Until this week, only one vaccine provider in the county outside the local health department had even received any doses, and it s no longer taking appointments.
Desperate to procure more vaccine for his community in recent weeks, Barnwell Mayor Marcus Rivera reached out to local state lawmakers for help. Within hours, he received a call from the Medical University of South Carolina. The hospital wanted to hold a vaccination clinic in Barnwell to pilot its rural distribution process.
After slow start, Saluda clinic now scrambling to give vaccinations with help from DHEC
After slow start, Saluda clinic now scrambling to give vaccinations with help from DHEC By Chris Joseph | February 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM EST - Updated February 10 at 7:44 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Things are picking up at the
On Monday, Feb. 8, Office Manager Debra Cleveland told WIS
She said the online-based federal scheduling system VAMS had crippled the rollout.
âThere are a lot of people who do not know how to read, how to write,â she said. âThere are people who have other languages, a lot of the people, especially 70 or above, are people who have no computers, who have never worked on a computer in their life. They have no idea what to do.â