Kinks remain at Pipkin but road getting smoother
Bill Bayne, 77, reads a book while waiting in line to receive his COVID-19 vaccine inside the Pipkin Building, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Brad Vest/Daily Memphian to The Daily Memphian)
Tyrone Currie (right) drives his parents, James Thomas Currie (left) and Luvenia Currie, while waiting to receive their COVID-19 vaccine inside the Pipkin Building, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“They have mishandled this whole process,” Judith Rogers (right) said while waiting for more than three hours in line Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 at the Pipkin Building. Her son-in-law Kevin Petite is at left. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
McKinley Wallace hands out forms to people waiting to receive the COVID-19 vaccine inside the Pipkin Building, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Issues still vexing at Pipkin, but the road to vaccine has been so long, few giving up.
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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