The masks are coming off after all in Nashville — for those who are vaccinated. The latest shift in pandemic guidance came Thursday, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks.
Nashville Discloses 228 Unreported COVID Deaths, Citing Medical Examiner Backlog
The low rate of COVID-related deaths in Davidson County may not be as low as Nashville officials have taken credit for in recent weeks. The city has now disclosed that its medical examiner has been running way behind in confirming local fatalities ever since the winter surge.
Nashville Moves Vaccination Site To Its Huge Convention Center In Hopes Of Getting More Doses
The Music City Center was never needed as a pandemic overflow hospital, as once feared. But it will be used as Nashville’s centralized mass vaccination site, in the hope that the city will eventually get enough COVID-19 vaccine to make use of its 2.1 million square feet of space.
Metro Health Board Forces Director To Resign Over HR Findings Of Sexism
Dr. Michael Caldwell apologized and accepted that he has work to do with what he described as “unconscious bias” toward women. But the Metro Board of Health decided the director of the city’s Public Health Department could not regain the confidence of his 700 employees.
As Fatal Overdose Deaths Climb In Nashville, One Mom Hopes To Breaks The Cycle
When Tanja Jacobs couldn’t get in touch with her 22-year-old son on Memorial Day, she started to worry. But she was more than a thousand miles away in Colorado. So early that morning, she asked her ex-husband to check on their son at his apartment in Nashville. And they were on the phone together when […]
Nashville Still Wants To Help People Quarantine Safely, But Health Leaders Have Had To Rewrite A Plan First Floated In June
It was late June when Nashville officials shared a plan to provide temporary quarantine housing to vulnerable COVID-19 patients. It was the kind of arrangement already happening in other cities. But Metro’s version has languished.
Nashville’s Light Enforcement Of Downtown Health Orders Even Has Its Top Tourism Promoter Worried
In a photo posted to Twitter this weekend, a giant electronic sign on Lower Broadway urges passers-by: “Don’t share our air” in bright orange letters. Right beside it, a maskless group poses for selfies.
Investigation: Nashville Health Officials Have Struggled To Address COVID Clusters In Immigrant Communities
Immigrant and refugee households have represented an outsized share of coronavirus cases in Nashville. But the city is still playing catch-up to provide critical services to contain the spread of COVID-19, especially among Spanish speakers.
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