05/24/2021

In One Michigan County, Some 'Identify as Fully Vaccinated'

In reality, only 35 percent actually are

Raymond Mahaffey, aka Chef Ray, has been running the kitchen at Timber Charlie’s Family Restaurant in downtown Newberry, Michigan for 16 years now. 

He’s your man if you’re craving the Giant “Yooper” Pretzel or “The Two Hearted” sandwich (a hoagie piled high with shaved prime rib, Swiss cheese, mayo and fried onion), popular with locals and tourists in town to snowmobile or see the breathtaking Tahquamenon Falls.

Yet, even as COVID cases in the area have spiked the last few weeks, Mahaffey’s become a bit of an odd man out. That’s because he’s [fully] vaccinated.

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