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Effort continues to vaccinate state s population
April 20, 2021
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota health officials across the state come together to discuss vaccine hesitancy among residents, encouraging people to choose to get vaccinated and debunking common misconceptions for opting out.
The State Department of Health and three major healthcare systems – Avera, Monument, and Sanford – say 53% of all eligible South Dakotans have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine but the state has a long way to go until the population can reach herd immunity at 70%.
Hesitancy has become an increased challenge, especially as the Johnson and Johnson Vaccine distribution was paused by the FDA and CDC until they have a chance to review the six cases of blood clots linked to the single-dose vaccine. None of the cases were in South Dakota and the cases attribute for less than one in one million people.
South Dakota health, hospital leaders stand united to say: Get the COVID-19 vaccine
The South Dakota Department of Health seeks to get at least 70% of state residents 16 and older vaccinated against the virus, to develop herd immunity that would keep the virus from spreading, said state Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon. 3:30 pm, Apr. 20, 2021 ×
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Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. South Dakota health officials and leaders of the state s three largest hospital systems stood united to encourage South Dakotans to vaccinate against COVID-19, at a Sioux Falls news conference on Tuesday, April 20.