Districts — including Murfreesboro City Schools, Rutherford County Schools, Wilson County Schools and, most recently, Metro Nashville Public Schools — have announced that face coverings will be optional for students and staff heading into the new school year.
A Mix Of Gratitude And ‘Lingering Concern’ As Nashville’s Largest COVID Testing Site Winds Down
Sixty-seven weeks into a COVID testing site most assumed would be short term when it went up, the city is closing the location amid an increase in vaccinated people and a decrease in the positivity rate for the virus.
More Vaccinated Tennesseans Are Getting COVID, Prompting Calls For More Vaccination Urgency
The COVID-19 vaccine isn’t perfect. A Nashville child psychologist, who decided to get the shot after her bout with the coronavirus late last year, knew that. But she was still confused when she started getting sick in May.
‘Natural Immunity’ Helps Drive Down COVID In Tennessee, Despite Being Far From U.S. Vaccination Goal
There are parts of Tennessee where COVID has all but disappeared, despite vaccination rates that are among the lowest in the nation.
Worry Rises As A More Infectious COVID Variant Begins Spreading In Tennessee
A more infectious strain of the COVID-19 virus, known as the Delta variant, is on the move in Tennessee. The state’s health department has counted about 20 cases so far, concentrated in Shelby County.
Angered By Youth Vaccine Promotion, Tennessee Republicans Threaten To Defund Health Department
Republican lawmakers are threatening Tennessee health officials with defunding their department if they don’t curtail what they see as marketing the COVID vaccine to children. The saber-rattling arises from a state memo explaining how teenagers could legally be vaccinated without parental consent.
Southern Car Plants Are Humming, But Worker Vaccinations Have Stalled
Heightened demand for cars has their assembly lines running full tilt, but automakers are unsure how hard to push reluctant workers to get vaccinated.
More Designers Drop Nashville Hat Seller After Anti-Vax Badges Draw National Criticism
More designers have cut ties with Nashville’s hatWRKS over concerns about antisemitism. The shop has faced a national backlash after offering Star of David badges like those worn in Nazi Germany that say “not vaccinated.”
Tennessee Doesn’t Plan To Join Financial Incentive Frenzy To Boost COVID Vaccinations
Tennessee has no plans to join the states offering financial incentives to stoke interest in COVID vaccinations, even though they’re showing some promise elsewhere.
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