Vaccine gives hope to ICU nurse and her mother
David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
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Toni Woods feels safer after second dose, but she knows her patients and her mother still need her to keep working, avoid risk.
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The Institute for Public Service Reporting is based at the University of Memphis and supported financially by U of M, private grants and donations made through the University Foundation. Its work is published by The Daily Memphian through a paid-use agreement.
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