Will lift in mask mandate impact areas with low vaccine rates?
Ronald and Carolyn Kent, (left) co-owners of the Chow Time and China Inn restaurants, with partners King and Jasmine Chow, (right) wear masks in this file photo from April 22, 2020. Some health leaders worry the new mask mandate will kick off surge-size infections in ZIP codes where vaccination rates are less than half what they are in other parts of the county. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
In some ZIP codes, vaccination rates are less than half the rates in other parts of Shelby County.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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