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Health Officials Urge Vaccinations

Health Officials Urge Vaccinations

Dr David Basel Photo: WNAX


Health officials from the state and two healthcare groups held a news conference to urge people to get a Covid-19 vaccination.
Dr David Basel with Avera Health says people have some misperceptions, including that they are immune if they have already had Covid…

Basel says they are concerned with the rise of infections in younger people….

Basel says people are still wrongly comparing Covid to the flu…

In many areas of the state, walk in immunization clinics are now available. More information online at covid dot sd dot gov.

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