Released emails show early vaccine questions between Memphis, county health officials
Transfer of vaccine distribution likely to leave some Health Department vacancies unfilled
The transfer of vaccination responsibility from county to city may mean some existing vacancies at the Shelby County Health Department will not be filled. (Virginia Mayo/AP file)
Transfer of vaccine distribution will likely leave some Shelby County Health Department vacancies unfilled, county leaders say, as email trails from last month show those now in charge of vaccine distribution had questions that weren’t being answered as vaccine miscues piled up.
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