No appointments, no lines, but Memphis vaccine rate lags
With six public drive-up vaccine centers, Memphis has capacity to give 60,000 doses a week, thanks to FEMA. This week, it will be lucky to get 20,000 takers. Lt. Sydney Murkins waits in the tent erected outside of the Pipkin Building to deliver Covid-19 vaccines April 7, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
At last count, 41% of adults in Shelby County had received at least one vaccine; the goal is 70%. Local leaders have done everything from eliminating the need for appointments to giving vaccination recipients gift cards.
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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.