Former head of COVID immunizations sues county

By , Daily Memphian Published: February 11, 2022 2:14 PM CT
<strong>Shelby County Health Department personnel and volunteers administered&nbsp; COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 12, 2021, in the Pipkin Building at Tiger Lane.</strong> (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Shelby County Health Department personnel and volunteers administered COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 12, 2021, in the Pipkin Building at Tiger Lane. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Judy Martin’s departure from the Shelby County Health Department was called a “retirement” at the time. Her lawsuit says she was forced to retire or be fired over problems in the vaccine distribution handled by the county.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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