‘We have to be intentional’ about getting vaccines to all, councilman says
J.B. Smiley Jr., seen here in 2019, has expressed his concern about racial disparity in the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, City Council member JB Smiley Jr. says the Health Department needs “boots on the ground” in Black communities to remedy a racial disparity in who is getting the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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