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JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s top public health official says the state is seeing a rapid increase in coronavirus infections.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs tweets that the “4th wave is here.”
Very sad indeed. Didn’t have to be this way.
4th wave is here https://t.co/1T9IjtN5FN pic.twitter.com/1ExwN6RYXf
— thomas dobbs (@TCBPubHealth) July 19, 2021
The Mississippi State Department of Health said Monday that 2,326 new cases were confirmed Friday through Sunday. That is largest three-day increase reported in the state since February.
Mississippi has one of the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates in the nation.
State Rep. Jeramey Anderson of Moss Point posted the Health Department numbers Monday on Twitter and lashed out at people who haven’t been vaccinated.
In the legislator’s words: “Consequences of not getting vaccinated and poor mask wearing. Well Mississippi — you wanted it here it is. This is ridiculous and the deaths that will definitely follow were completely avoidable.”
Mississippi Seeing ‘4th Wave’ of Infections, Official Warns
Source: Kapit Pinas
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