Vaccine skeptics got a lot of airtime at a Tuesday meeting of South Carolina lawmakers considering how to best counter future pandemics.
While the FDA has not approved the use of ivermectin to prevent COVID-19, Republican state Sen. Tom Corbin said “we all know now” that it works.
Corbin, who chairs the six-person committee, wanted more information on the side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. “If the scientists can proclaim that the vaccination is safe and effective, we can also proclaim that the VAERS is underreported,” said Corbin, referring to the national program co-managed by the CDC and FDA that monitors adverse reactions to vaccines.
The meeting also came amid an uptick in hospitalizations related to COVID-19 that is again prompting officials across the United States to consider preventative measures. The spike has been felt even more acutely in South Carolina. The state saw an 18 percent increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions over the last week, according to CDC data.
Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster reaffirmed his opposition to school closures and mask mandates in a“We’re not going to do a lot of the foolish things that were done in other states that we limited to a great degree here in South Carolina,” McMaster said in a video uploaded to the social media platform.
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