Since the start of cases of Coronavirus in South Dakota we many people have bee watching the numbers daily. New positive cases, total cases and deaths. When vaccines were first approved for use there was so much anticipation for what could help bring lives back to normal. All along the CDC has advised that a key to returning to normal without mask recommendations is herd ammunition. Where completed Covid vaccine series would equal 75-80 percent of the population. Dr Joe Carr with the Beadle County Covid 19 task force has a look at where we are.
Those factors include the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, a one shot and done series that ran into complications.
The apprehension for use of Johnson and Johnson may have slowed Pfizer and Moderna vaccine as well. Are those the only reasons? Dr Carr takes a look tomorrow in our local news feature What We do Matters, why the vaccine pace has slowed.