“No threats, no lies on social media, no smear campaign from cowards, many of whom hide behind anonymous letters and false social media identities, will ever deter me from continuing to serve the people of South Carolina to the very best of my…

‘Outrageously false’: Nominated SC health director defends COVID response over opponents’ claims; Gov. Henry McMaster nominated Dr. Edward Simmer to lead the newly created health department after years of running DHEC

COLUMBIA — The governor’s pick to lead South Carolina’s public health agency told senators Thursday that people have threatened him while making “outrageously false allegations” about his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Henry McMaster nominated Dr. Edward Simmer, the previous head of the Department of Health and Environmental Control, to run the state’s newly created Department of Public Health. Simmer ran DHEC for three years before legislators split the agency into separate departments…

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