The United States Surgeon General Jerome Adams, the top medical officer in the country, visited South Dakota recently to oversee the state as COVID-19 cases spike here and the rest of the upper Midwest. 

Though South Dakota has not mask mandate, Adams says that shouldn’t stop anyone from wearing a mask in public…   

Adams says this is a crucial moment in the pandemic as hospitals in South Dakota and across the nation are struggling to keep up with care demands...

There has been good news on the COVID-19 vaccine front, but until then Adams says the three "w's" are important to keep people alive and stop the spread of disease...