From the Tennessean -
Tennessee abandons vaccine outreach to minors - not just for COVID-19
The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers, according to an internal report and agency emails obtained by the Tennessean. If the health department must issue any information about vaccines, staff are instructed to strip the agency logo off the documents.
The health department will also stop all COVID-19 vaccine events on school property, despite holding at least one such event this month. The decisions to end vaccine outreach and school events come directly from Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, the internal report states.
From NPR -
She Says She Was Fired For Saying That Teens Don't Need Parental Consent For Vaccines
Tennessee's top vaccine official says she has been fired as punishment for doing her job in the face of political pushback.
Dr. Michelle Fiscus was caught up in a controversy after she passed along legal guidance to health providers saying teenagers do not need parents' consent to receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot — a position established by decades of state law.
Of course, TN is the state that has seen the sharpest increase in Covid cases.
From Healthline -
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Tennessee had the highest increase with a 250 percent jump. That was followed by California with a 110 percent hike and Alabama with a 103 percent jump.
Three of the top five states in terms of percentage increase of new COVID-19 cases are also among the states with the lowest vaccinations rates:
State New COVID-19 cases Fully vaccinated percentage Tennessee 2,345 (250% increase) 38% California 14,408 (110% increase) 51% Alabama 2,773 (103% increase) 33% Massachusetts 692 (87% increase) 62% Idaho 742 (86% increase) 36% Source: Reuters In overall numbers, the CDC reported that Florida had the most new cases in the past 7 days with 32,127. That’s almost 15,000 more than the previous week.
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[Update on 7/15 to add]
Even the CDC thinks this is a bad idea.
From CNBC -
CDC Director Walensky calls Tennessee’s decision to cease
vaccine outreach to teens ‘incredibly disturbing’
Tennessee’s decision to cease vaccine outreach to teenagers while in the midst of a pandemic is “incredibly disturbing,” the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
“I find this incredibly disturbing. Not only is it disturbing for Covid, but it is disturbing for all vaccine-preventable illnesses,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in an interview Thursday with CBS This Morning.
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Coincidence?
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