Yes, Tennessee employers can mandate vaccine, but...
One Memphis lawyer says the downside of mandating the vaccine could be having to fire a significant number of staff who will refuse it without grounds.
Jane Roberts
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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Health Care Equity already issue in who’s getting vaccine; so is missing data on race
Early results on who has received vaccine so far in Shelby County and Tennessee show some disparities, with a large percentage of recipients statewide being of “unknown” race, which is a problem, experts say.
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Health Care Health Dept. expects to announce COVID-19 vaccine openings in ‘upcoming days’
Haushalter: “We are scheduled to receive 8,900 doses in one week; only a portion is coming to public health. We do not have sufficient supply. We have sufficient resources and manpower.”
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Health Care Health Department has vaccine, will start Tuesday at Pipkin
Appointments may be made online, now. People without internet access may call 901-222-SHOT to schedule an appointment beginning Monday at 8 a.m.
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Financial Services UMRF earns international designation; could boost recruiting
The designation signifies UMRF can help with domestic market research, patent reviews, import/export law, plus offers access to capital investment.
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Shelby County Early shot-takers praise compassion, can-do efficiency at Pipkin
The Health Department is making notes for rolling out mass COVID-19 vaccinations in other neighborhoods.
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Health CarePipkin Building set up to vaccinate 80-100 per hour
Through January, the Shelby County Health Department will be vaccinating in a drive-thru line at the Pipkin Building.
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Health Care Local scientists, labs rushing to sequence UK variant
Variant doesn’t appear to be more virulent but could ramp reproduction rate here from 1.07 to 1.57 and dramatically increase deaths.
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Health CareCounties will schedule vaccines, starting next week
Portal will not reduce demand for the shot or scarcity of supply, but is expected to eliminate long lines, disappointment.
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Shelby CountyCOVID surge taxing contact tracing efforts of Health Dept.
The Health Department expects to double down on enforcement, targeting workplaces associated with spread, including warehouses and other industrial settings.
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Health Care Shelby County out of coronavirus vaccine; 2.6% of residents got shots
The Shelby County Health Department says more than 24,000 COVID-19 shots have been given in Shelby County so far.
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Shelby CountyPipkin Building will be vaccination site through early summer
COVID-19 is now the third-leading cause of death in Shelby County and has killed five times more people than the 173 who succumbed to complications from influenza in 2019.
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Health Care For now, Health Dept. will give daily updates on where shots are given
Director Alisa Haushalter says the early days of the rollout are going to be bumpy and people will have to make their vaccination plans based on where and to whom the shots are being given that day.
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Health Care Drive-thru vaccine sites closed for now
Drive-thru sites were busy all weekend; the Health Department will announce later this week when and where drive-thru sites will reopen.
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Public Safety Teresa Jones served the people with conviction in law, education
Jones grew up in segregation. Her role model for becoming an attorney was Perry Mason.
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Health Care State to begin vaccinating elderly next month
The Tennessee Health Department adds elderly to vaccine priority list in 10-year swaths, starting with those 75 and older.
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December 2020
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CoronavirusPublic rushes to get vaccine reserved for first responders
Those qualified to receive vaccines are to register on app, bring badge or employee ID to test sites.
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Health Care First responders, brass line up for vaccine in show of force
Two drive-thru stations have a combined capacity to vaccinate 3,000 people a week.
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Spirit of Memphis Marilyn Belz gave generously, lived faithfully
Mrs. Belz was a third-generation member of Baron Hirsch Synagogue and central to every major project there for decades.
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Health Care Methodist backs out of Saint Francis purchase
Last month, the FTC said it would fight the merger, claiming it would significantly reduce competition for treatments that require at least one night in a hospital.
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Health Care New, restrictive health directive out, effective Dec. 26
New health directive released Monday afternoon puts more restrictions on businesses.
Related story: Suburban, county leaders still have concerns about revised health directive
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Shelby County Fund to help service industry workers announced amid COVID surge, new directive
Fund to help service industry workers is created as new Health Directive 16 will put more strain on service industry workers.
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Health Care Study: Local COVID deaths could more than double in 60 days
For perspective, the death toll for first nine months of the pandemic is 821 as of Tuesday, Dec. 22.
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Health Care State dashboard shows number of people vaccinated by county
The numbers will be updated twice a week.
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Health Care Methodist University president resigns, effective immediately
Roland Cruickshank leaves after fewer than three years at the helm.
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