McMaster issues fierce response to SC teachers’ push for vaccination

COLOMBIA, SC (WMBF) – Governor Henry McMaster responded on Sunday to calls from South Carolina teachers pressing for priority when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine.

“If we allow teachers to jump off the line, we will be getting vaccines from our most vulnerable population that is dying from this virus,” wrote McMaster in a Twitter post on Sunday. “This is unethical, immoral and absolutely unacceptable.”

The message included a video of a press conference the governor gave on February 4 with State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman, in which McMaster argues for maintaining the system as it is.

“All the evidence says that we have to maintain the system we have now, which is growing, is getting stronger and getting stronger as long as we have more vaccine,” said the governor on Thursday. “We have to keep this movement going without interruption. Now is not the time to throw a wrench into this system that will put people in danger in even more danger. It would be an unscrupulous thing to do that at this point. “

McMaster and Spearman on Thursday also cited studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Medical University of South Carolina, which indicated little evidence that schools contribute to the spread of COVID-19.

McMaster’s statement on Sunday as he continues to push for students across the state to return to face-to-face teaching full-time.

The governor faced a clamor of teachers last week, after it was announced, South Carolina residents aged 65 to 69 would be transferred to Phase 1a of the state’s vaccination plan, instead of entering Phase 1c as originally planned.

Teachers and other essential workers are currently included in Phase 1b.

In a follow-up tweet on Sunday, McMaster said that the state prioritized the vaccination of teachers, placing them in Phase 1b and that staff are “working as fast as possible to keep the line moving and transition to our next phase. “.

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