City Council letter criticizes lack of vaccination sites in Frayser and Raleigh
Helen Smith, 81, gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Whitehaven Center on Saturday, Feb. 6. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The letter to pastors and congregations from seven council members points to a racial disparity in the virus and death rates from the virus as well as testing that is now surfacing in vaccination numbers for the county.
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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.