The governor of South Carolina has urged state health officials to ban all “door-to-door” tactics that federal response teams use to increase vaccination rates there.
“The possibility of government vaccination teams appearing at the door of ‘target’ homeowners or on their property without warning or warning will further deteriorate public confidence and could have serious public safety consequences,” wrote Henry McMaster in a letter from July 9th. To the South Carolina Board of Health and Environmental Oversight.
The Republican governor called on the board to ban the use of “targeted” or “door-to-door” tactics that the Biden administration could use.Surge protection teams فرق“, Announced earlier this month to help communities with low vaccination rates that have been affected or very susceptible to Covid-19 outbreaks, particularly those linked to the highly contagious Delta variant.
McMaster’s speech follows the same Opposition from Missouri, a Delta Dynasty hotspot in the United States. Governor Mike Parsons said this week that sending government officials door-to-door “to force vaccination” is not an effective or welcome strategy in Missouri.
Announcing the formation of the surge response teams last week, the White House coronavirus task force said the teams would help with a variety of tasks, including additional testing, contact tracing, and treating patients with severe symptoms of deficiency. Local testing or tracking using the technical expertise and data analysis capabilities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
President Joe Biden this month called for a renewed vaccination effort that counts on volunteers such as religious leaders, local medical workers and community organizations to increase admission rates.
“We have to go neighborhood to neighborhood, neighborhood to neighborhood, and often door to door, literally knocking on doors to get help for the remaining virus-protected people,” Biden said.
The note sparked criticism from some Republicans who viewed it as a government abuse. Jeff Zentes, the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, replied, “For those individuals and organizations that are giving false information and trying to misclassify this type of ‘trusted dispatcher’ work, I think you are unifying the country Do a disservice ”and to the parishioners who worked. To “vaccinate people, save lives and help end this epidemic.”
South Carolina has vaccinated 39.3 percent of its total population and ranks 39th of the US states for coverage according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of new infections with Covid-19 in the state averaged about 4.3 per 100,000 people per day over the past week. This is the 21st highest in the country and compares to the national average of around 4.9.
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