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    Tennessee Gov. Lee gets 1st Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

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    Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee puts on his mask during a break in the state budget hearings Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. According to a Vanderbilt University School of Medicine study released Tuesday, Tennessee counties that have not required wearing masks in public are on average seeing COVID-19 death rates double or more compared with those that instituted mandates. Lee has opposed a statewide mask mandate, stressing personal responsibility. He has instead allowed counties to decide whether to require masks. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

    NASHVILLE  (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

    Asked by a reporter Monday, the Republican said he had the initial Pfizer shot Saturday and will get the second dose in a few weeks.

    He didn’t surround the inoculation with any fanfare, as he did when he tweeted out a photo of his flu shot last November.

    Lee, who is 61, has said he was waiting his turn for the COVID-19 vaccine. All but a handful of Tennessee counties have now begun opening up vaccinations to anyone 16 or older.

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