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A Year With Covid-19

A Year With Covid-19

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This week marks one year since the first Covid-19 infection was found in South Dakota.
At a news conference in Sioux Falls to mark the date, Avera McKennan Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr Mike Elliot says they had been preparing before that time….

Elliot says they had to dig through a lot of conflicting information…

Elliot says they had some bad weeks…..

Elliot says the expanding supply of vaccines is the best option to get out of the worst of the pandemic.

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