Brett Kelman, The Tennessean, July 19, 2021 The Tennessee Department of Health has “critical gaps” in its vaccination program after two highly placed employees moved to other jobs in June, leaving the agency hamstrung as vaccination rates sputter and infections rise, …
Nashville Schools Continuing With Vaccination Events, Despite Turmoil At State Health Department
Caroline Eggers, NPR, July 19, 2021 Metro Nashville Public Schools will still require all students to have up-to-date immunizations this year, and the district is hosting three back-to-school vaccination events at local middle schools, despite the firing of one of the state’s …
Almost all Vanderbilt ICU COVID patients are unvaccinated, from rural counties
Gerald Harris, WKRN-TV, July 16, 2021 Cases, deaths and hospitalizations are rising in Tennessee as the Delta Covid-19 strain threatens the state. The state’s largest hospital is seeing an uptick in intensive care unit patients. At Vanderbilt, behind the walls …
Tennessee doctor says the Delta strain could impact more children under 12
Sam Luther, WVLT-TV, July 16, 2021 Tennessee has seen the biggest jump in COVID cases, than any other state. This is in part due to the new Delta variant of the virus, which Dr. William Schaffner with Vanderbilt University Medical Center says …
As Tennessee halts vaccine outreach to kids, Nashville youth still get COVID-19 shots
Meghan Mangrum, Tennessean, July 16, 2021 Nashville children are continuing to get vaccinated before they go back to school, despite conflicting messages and disruption from the Tennessee Department of Health. State health department officials issued a directive halting all child vaccination outreach …