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South Dakota health officials warn that “misinformation” of the COVID-19 vaccine is circulating in the state

 


State Health Director Kim Martham Lisdon said the department is aware of a variety of false information about vaccines from unreliable sources and is always trying to correct any false information it finds. ..

“I know the vaccine works, but unfortunately there are false alarm campaigns online, by mail, and elsewhere,” she said. “We continue our work to counter the fear of the facts.”

According to Malsam-Rysdon, postings on social media are particularly problematic and include a large number of individual “heard this” posts. There are also posts that falsely blame the vaccine for a variety of reasons, even though both testing and monitoring show that the risk is very low. She said the adverse effects of the vaccine.

Malsam-Rysdon also said he had come across a mailer claiming a lot of false information and conspiracy claims about the vaccine.


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She didn’t provide details about the mailer, but several Yankton residents recently received a leaflet citing a conspiracy theory about the COVID-19 vaccine, making inaccurate claims from an Iowa organization, Forum News Service. Reported to.

“It’s normal for people to ask questions, but it’s not normal to be afraid,” said Martham Lisdon. “Therefore, we want you to get information from reliable sources such as the US Department of State and the Federal CDC, and we encourage you to consult your healthcare provider to get the facts.”

State health officials and hospital leaders called a press conference last week Take specific measures Various questions and inaccurate claims about the COVID-19 vaccine (including risk and availability).

South Dakota continues to perform well with the COVID-19 vaccine deployment, with 54% of the state’s people over the age of 16 receiving at least the first vaccination and 44% fully vaccinated, the Ministry of Health said. I am reporting.

However, health officials say they are concerned that some South Dakotas, especially young residents, may not be vaccinated. Newly vaccinated numbers appear to have slowed in recent weeks, despite their widespread availability.

South Dakota continues to be the state leader in the proportion of the fully vaccinated population. New York Times Tracker, The percentage of people who received at least one vaccination is in the middle of the pack. This shows that the state has fallen to average with the new vaccinations.

The following is State Department of Health COVID-19 Case rate, death, hospitalization and vaccination as of Wednesday. All data are tentative, so some numbers and totals may change from day to day.

State-wide case rate

  • New case: 170 (7-day average: 149)
  • Total active case: 1,789
  • Total case: 122,398
  • Total recovery: 118,647
  • Daily test positive rate: 8.9%

Hospitalization, death

  • New hospitalization: 9

  • Active hospitalization: 103

  • Total hospitalization: 7,337

  • Newly reported deaths: 1

  • Total deaths: 1,962

vaccination

  • Initial dose to be administered (for 2-dose vaccine): 309,931 people, total: 54.3% of the population *

  • Fully vaccinated: 266,658: 44.4% of the population

* (Vaccine dose count based on state distribution. Population percentage includes vaccines given to South Dakota residents through federal programs such as IHS and VA)

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