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Does Dolly Parton Know What’s Happening at Her Stampede?

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She helped fund a COVID-19 vaccine. But her theater is telling callers that masks are optional in a town where the virus is still killing.

Dolly Parton became a true hero of the pandemic when she put $1 million into vaccine research and appeared in a video of herself getting the shot in March.

She marked that occasion by singing an a cappella version of her anthem “Jolene” that should have convinced all who heard it.

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