There’s now a waiting line in Nashville for the highest level of COVID care. And that line includes people from around the Southeast as the Delta variant is sending more unvaccinated people to the hospital.
She’s Tennessee’s Ousted Vaccine Chief. He’s A School Board Member. Here’s Why They’re Leaving The State.
The former top vaccine official in Tennessee and her husband, a school board member in Williamson County, say they are moving to northern Virginia in the fall, amid heightening tension over measures to fight COVID.
Tennessee Governor’s Next Challenge: Stomping Out COVID Conspiracy Theories
Misinformation is spreading among Tennessee Republican lawmakers, like that the governor is planning for “quarantine camps.” So his office is trying to cut off the “conspiracy theories unfortunately being shared as fact.”
Tennessee House Speaker Backs Away From Overturning Masks In Schools, But Says Parents Need Options
The comments come after House Republicans called for a special session to deal with mask mandates. But Sexton, who has spearheaded the effort, claims it’s not meant to override school boards requiring masks.
Tennessee House Speaker Asks Governor For Special Session To Roll Back Local COVID Rules
In a letter to Gov. Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton says, “There is a need to curtail the overreach by independent health boards and officials” and “protect all Tennesseans from misdirected mandates.” The request is signed by almost all House Republicans.
TSU Using COVID Relief Funding For $100 Vaccine Incentives
Tennessee Republicans banned public universities from requiring COVID shots. But one is at least offering cash incentives to improve the campus vaccination rate.
From Kindergarten To College, Masks Make A Spotty But Divisive Comeback In Tennessee
Masking in schools has become so divisive that even Tennessee’s health commissioner won’t suggest whether districts should require face coverings. But at the same time, she’s asking for help so the state avoids overrunning children’s hospitals with pediatric COVID patients.
Tennessee Quietly Reinstates Emergency Order To Relieve Short-Staffed Hospitals
Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order Friday reinstating flexibility for hospitals that find themselves short-staffed, allowing out-of-state or recently retired nurses and doctors and nursing graduates who have not yet passed their licensure exam to work in Tennessee. The order is set to expire Oct. 5.
On Masking In Schools, Tennessee’s Governor Says ‘Parents Should Be Deciders’
Tennessee’s top officials have landed on a public stance for masking in schools: parents should decide.
In Tennessee Nursing Homes, Staffers Are Now The Ones Getting COVID
The people getting sick with COVID in Tennessee nursing homes has flipped: Instead of residents falling ill, now it’s mostly the staff.
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