96% of COVID patients at Methodist, Baptist are unvaccinated
Dr. Stephen Threlkeld (in a file photo) said, “The ICU unit that I am near right now has a dozen or so people with COVID, all of them unvaccinated. You are looking at numbers that really just don’t merit discussion. The numbers are staggering in their indication of success of the vaccine.” (Chris Herrington/Daily Memphian)
Out of the 1,826 COVID-19 deaths reported by the Shelby County Health Department since the coronavirus pandemic began, 10 were among vaccinated individuals.
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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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