Minnesota health officials decry COVID vaccine misinformation

Minnesota health officials are attempting to dispel misinformation about the COVID vaccine as some political figures continue to raise concerns and more than 1 million adults statewide remain unvaccinated.

"The problem with this is that for susceptible people, they're being misled and harmed," said Dr. Gregory Poland, a vaccine immunology specialist at Mayo Clinic. "We are losing about 1,000 Americans a day from COVID. ... We've got [nearly] 100,000 Americans in the hospital."

While Minnesotans have yet to get the vaccine for a variety of reasons, two of the most frequently expressed concerns are fear about the safety of the shots and a feeling that the vaccines were rushed into use.

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