Elizabeth Fite, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Aug. 2, 2021 Tennessee’s latest COVID-19 surge continues to gain steam and is now straining hospitals, which are struggling to navigate staffing shortages along with a higher patient burden, the state’s top health official …
‘It’s everywhere’: Tennessee Health Commissioner warns of delta variant surge, encourages vaccination
Yue Stella Yu, Tennessean, Aug. 2, 2021 As the delta variant takes hold in Tennessee, the state is seeing a sharp surge in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths that is showing no signs of stopping, Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey …
Tennessee pediatricians call for masks in schools to prevent COVID spread as new year begins
Gerald Harris, WKRN-TV, July 28, 2021 Tennessee pediatricians and frontline doctors say they are alarmed by the increasing number of COVID-19 cases and inaction by some state leaders, including Governor Bill Lee as the start of the school year nears. Doctors are calling …
CDC reverses indoor mask policy, saying fully vaccinated people and kids should wear them indoors
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., CNBC, July 28, 2021 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended Tuesday that fully vaccinated people begin wearing masks indoors again in places with high Covid-19 transmission rates. The agency is also recommending kids wear masks in …
Tennessee Senate GOP urges public to take COVID-19 vaccine, which ‘should not be political’
Natalie Allison, Tennessean, July 27, 2021 More than half of the state’s Senate Republican Caucus signed a letter Tuesday urging Tennesseans to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a sudden acceleration of pro-vaccine rhetoric from leading conservatives as hospitalizations from the virus have begun to …