Strickland sniffling, but expects quick return to office
“If I compare myself to other people struggling with COVID, this is nothing. I feel really good,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said of his illness. He expects to return to work Tuesday. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The mayor is among 23% of Memphians who got COVID despite being vaccinated. About 77% of the city’s coronavirus patients are unvaccinated; 94% who are hospitalized are unvaccinated, and 99% of fatalities are unvaccinated, said Dr. Richard Walker, interim head of emergency medicine at UTHSC.
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Jane Roberts
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 healthcare and higher education for The Daily Memphian.
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