Has Tennessee’s response been good? Depends who you ask
Success or failure of the state’s pandemic management is in eye of beholder
On the federal, state and local levels, early response to the pandemic was “trial and error,” said Dr. Lisa Piercey, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health (in a file photo with Gov. Bill Lee.) “It was a bumpy start. ... One of the mistakes scientists made was presenting information in a binary manner — it’s either this or that. When something’s moving so fast, you’re going to be wrong sometimes.” (Mark Humphrey/AP)
Dr. Jon McCullers, a Memphis infectious disease expert, says greater ‘central control’ was needed at both the federal and state levels for a more effective response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Gov. Bill Lee Dr. Lisa Piercey Dr. Jon McCullers Raumesh Akbari Torrey Harris Kevin Vaughan COVID-19 President TrumpDon Wade
Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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