Minnesota health leaders say state s vaccine progress better than figures suggest
Minnesota is lagging behind national vaccination rates, but MDH leaders say this is because it s holding 2nd doses in reserve.
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Minnesota s health leaders say that national tables showing how quickly states are vaccinating people for COVID-19 do not tell the full story of Minnesota s progress.
Tables, such as this one by Bloomberg, show Minnesota to be toward the bottom of the states in terms of confirmed vaccinations, but in an interview with MPR News, Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and Minnesota Department of Health Director of Infectious Diseases Kris Ehresmann say there are significant differences between how Minnesota is approaching the vaccine compared to other states.