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A Message from Pulmonologist and Critical Care Medical Director Dr. Jeff Wright on COVID-19 Vaccine

Since March of 2020, Baptist Memorial Hospital has seen many patients affect by COVID-19. This letter from Dr. Jeff Wright, a Pulmonologist and critical care medical director, addresses Baptist Hospital staff—and the general public—as there are still many questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. Here’s Dr. Wright’s letter:

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A Self-inflicted Healthcare Shortage Is Killing Tennesseans, The Block Granting Scheme Is Going To Make It Worse

Tennessee is in a healthcare hole and our government keeps digging. Shelby County, like the rest of the state, faces an ongoing healthcare crisis from the COVID-19. Like everyone else, I have followed the news closely as hospital capacity has dwindled and deaths have soared. As an attorney whose practice involves helping the injured and the disabled, I have increasingly seen the secondary casualties of the epidemic.

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