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John Letson gets his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a Denver Public Health mobile vaccine clinic behind a bus stop in Aurora, Colorado, on June 23, 2021. Letson was nervous about getting inoculated until he spoke to his doctor, who dispelled some of the vaccine myths he had heard. (Markian Hawryluk/KHN/TNS)

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A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine during a door-to-door vaccination campaign, in El Alto, Bolivia, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021 file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. President Joe Biden has directed OSHA to write a rule requiring employers with at least 100 workers to force employees to get vaccinated or produce weekly test results showing they are virus free.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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August 30, 2021 Atlanta: Atlanta police investigate the scene on Marietta Street where a man was rushed to a hospital Monday morning, Aug. 30, 2021 after he was forced from his car at gunpoint and shot in downtown Atlanta, police said. The shooting was reported about 5:30 a.m. in the 500 block of Marietta Street, according to Atlanta police. Authorities shut down the road south of North Avenue for several hours Monday while they investigated. “The preliminary investigation found that the victim and an adult female were in a vehicle and stopped at the location,” police spokesman Officer Steve Avery said in an emailed statement. “While stopped, two suspects approached and carjacked the couple.” At some point during the theft, the man was shot, Avery said. One of the suspects got into the couple’s car and drove away, and the other ran off, he said. They had not been identified Monday. The victim was taken to a hospital in serious condition. A description of his vehicle was not provided. The shooting remains under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to come forward. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and be eligible for rewards of up to $2,000, by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Atlanta police investigate the scene of a shooting on May 17, 2021, at the Azule Restaurant and Lounge, located at 2625 Piedmont Road NE in the Lindbergh area of Buckhead. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

OPINION: Buckhead as a pied piper leading the way to rich-niche cities

This AJC file photo from March 2015 shows abandoned and broken-down houses situated next to well-maintained family homes in Atlanta's Pittsburgh community. The 2008-2010 subprime mortgage fraud crisis left nearly half the homes vacant in the Pittsburgh neighborhood. Pittsburgh homeowners, Invest Atlanta, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Wells Fargo are working to revitalize Pittsburgh. (Photo by J. Scott Trubey / strubey@ajc.com)

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Alessandro Salvo, a contractor who has fought corruption and politics in DeKalb County, keeps pulling that county’s bacon out of the frying pan. Now he’s fighting the city of Atlanta for a contract to replace sewer lines. Photo by Bill Torpy / AJC 2018 file

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Ric Stonesifer attaches the shoulder cord to the uniform of his son Kristofor after graduating from infantry school at Fort Benning. (Courtesy of Stonesifer family)

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Lenox Square in Buckhead will introduce a new curfew for teens 18 and under beginning Sept. 21. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

OPINION: Mall culture and teens, already a strained relationship before Lenox curfew

Torrance Patrick (left) and Alva Jones hand out sandwiches at a homeless encampment in metro Atlanta. (Courtesy of Torrance Patrick)

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Before a Cobb County School Board meeting begins, Gregory Farino expresses his perspective as teachers, parents and local residents gather to voice their opinions on critical race theory and what Cobb County teaches and the reviews initiated by the school board Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Emily Weddington is pictured at her home in Brentwood, Tenn., a suburban city outside of Nashville, on Friday, April 30, 2021. She and her husband decided to move from Atlanta to be closer to family and have a larger yard for their dogs. Because of relaxed work-from-home policies during the pandemic, some workforces now are able to live much farther from where their jobs are based. (John Amis for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during a press conference in the District Attorney's office at the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta, Monday, August 30, 2021. The press conference took place following Robert Aaron Long's appearance in front of Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Thick smoke billows into the sky from the area behind the Statue of Liberty, lower left, where the World Trade Center was, on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer)

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Anti-abortion marchers and some abortion-rights supporters at the U.S. Supreme Court on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade in January 2005. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

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