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Dolly Parton has had 25 number one singles, but the country music star's greatest gift to humanity

is without doubt a million dollars she donated to Nashville's Vanderbilt University

for research into the Moderna vaccine. Early trials showed the vaccine to be 95% effective

against the COVID-19 virus. The 75-year-old icon was filmed getting her jab,

adapting the lyrics of her hit Jolene for the occasion.

But Tennesseans who rushed to buy her records seem in no hurry to get her vaccine.

Only 39% of adults in the state are fully vaccinated.

One of the highlights of the Dollywood theme park in Tennesse's Smokey Mountains

is a replica of the one-room shack on Locust Ridge where the singer grew up with her 10

brothers and sisters. This week, America's Disease Control Agency, the CDC, reinstated guidance

advising people to wear masks indoors in COVID hot spots. This poses a dilemma for Dollywood,

which has been following CDC guidelines. In a part of America generally skeptical of COVID

restrictions, will visitors to Dolly's cramped shrine mask up again? This is Checks and Balance.

I'm John Prado, the economist's US editor. Each week, we take one big theme,

shaping American politics and explore it in depth.

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