SC Lede: Vaxx Wars

By Gavin Jackson

Published July 13, 2021 at 12:01 AM EDT

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Currently only 1.8 million or 43.4% of eligible South Carolinians are vaccinated against COVID-19 as new data from DHEC finds that 90% of those hospitalized during a two-week period in June were unvaccinated.

This episode of the South Carolina Lede for July 13, 2021, features: Gov. Henry McMaster's quarrel with the Biden administration over COVID-19 vaccine outreach efforts; recent fundraising numbers for the 2022 South Carolina governor's race; the latest COVID-19 data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC); and more.

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Gavin Jackson

Gavin Jackson graduated with a visual journalism degree from Kent State University in 2008 and has been in the news industry ever since. He has worked at newspapers in Ohio, Louisiana and most recently in South Carolina at the Florence Morning News and Charleston Post and Courier.

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