Herrington: Our coronavirus situation is stable, but we still have choices to make
Rondell Williams (center) speaks with restaurant patrons at Mississippi Terrace at Bass Pro on May 23, 2020, including (from left) Chris Herrington, Joanna Curtis, Jennifer Biggs and Ray Young. (Ziggy Mack/The Daily Memphian file)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
When the Memphis/Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force moved from daily to twice-weekly briefings this week, I saw it as a sign that living with the virus, and accepting that you’re living with it, means not being gripped by a crisis report day after day after day.
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