Opinion: To those who don’t believe in COVID: don’t break any mirrors
Christ Community Health Services staff members collect nasal swabs during a walk-up coronavirus testing on Sept. 17, 2020 at Orange Mound Health Center. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
Despite all the cases reported – including people we know, people all of us know, say, the president – many of us still believe that COVID-19 is a hoax.
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