Many current GOP lawmakers voted for a vaccine mandate in 2013
Tennessee Republicans are firmly anti-mandate today. But in 2013, they supported a requirement that college students get vaccinated against meningitis.
Topic: COVID 19 vaccines
RSSThere are 29 article(s) tagged COVID 19 vaccines:
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October 2021
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Pfizer asks U.S. to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.
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September 2021
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Here’s who can get a COVID-19 booster shot in TN
Some groups may get a booster dose, while other groups should get it, state health officials said.
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Biden order prompts debate about liberty
The Biden administration’s recent announcements regarding COVID-19 vaccines have set up a challenge with conservative states like Tennessee and raise legal questions.
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COVID-19 spreading questions faster than answers; maybe this will help
In the first of two parts, leading physicians speak to the history of COVID-19, its possible origins, the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, and the the role of masking, among other topics.
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Answers to COVID questions follow the science, not a wish list
In the second of two parts, Dr. Jon McCullers of UTHSC and Dr. William Schaffner from Vanderbilt Medical Center tackle questions about vaccination, length of immunity, ‘long COVID,’ the possibility of COVID ‘passports’ and continuing to live in a coronavirus world.
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August 2021
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Germantown backs off vaccine mandate
Germantown is “setting aside” its vaccine mandate for full-time employees. The city announced Tuesday it would require all full-time staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccination as an employment policy.
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July 2021
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Tennessee Republicans remain low-key on call for vaccination
While many Republican leaders nationwide are now calling more strongly for COVID vaccinations in light of the Delta variant, Tennessee’s leading Republicans have remained more muted.
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CDC recommends new mask guidelines, even for those vaccinated
The change reflects research that shows the vaccinated can transmit the COVID-19 virus to others.
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Top vaccine official at state health department fired
Dr. Michelle Fiscus, the top vaccine official at the Tennessee Department of Health, confirmed in a statement Monday, July 12, that she has been fired.
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June 2021
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Opinion: I am not an anti-vaxxer; I just don’t want the vaccine
Now more than ever, America is a country of choice. The efforts to persuade and coerce citizens into taking the vaccine just do not sit well with me.
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Lawmakers look to dissolve state Health Dept. over teen vaccines
Republican state lawmakers floated the idea of “dissolving and reconstituting” the Tennessee Department of Health Wednesday, June 16, because of vaccine messaging they said amounted to “coercion.”
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May 2021
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State concludes health department needs more training, better chain of command
A Tennessee Department of Health report on Shelby County vaccine distribution problems recommends more training and establishing a clear chain of command but concluded no one needs to get revaccinated.
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Opinion: Note to unvaccinated millennials: ‘You are not invincible’
More than 95% of doctors have gotten vaccines, according to one survey. Do you think we would immediately have taken those shots when offered if we were concerned about their safety?
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Herrington: Road recklessness gets real when your kid takes the wheel
Road recklessness has been notable for more than a year, the rise perhaps coinciding with pandemic shutdowns. But it doesn’t seem to be diminishing, even as COVID restrictions ease.
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April 2021
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Opinion: Vaccine passports have long been required by schools
At various times throughout our history, all levels of government have mandated vaccines and not once have we drifted down that slippery slope towards tyranny.
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Opinion: Vaccines are great; vaccine passports are not
This pandemic has at times warranted the federal and state government assuming emergency powers. Those powers should have been limited in scope and rescinded as quickly as possible.
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March 2021
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How the City of Memphis is winning the vaccination effort
Where the Shelby County Health Department failed, the City of Memphis is so far succeeding as the authority over the local COVID-19 vaccination process. It’s a combination of leadership, an effective command system that touches all levels of the operation and a resolve to be accountable.
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Opinion: County mayor urges move beyond ‘vaccine skepticism’
‘All told, Shelby County has lost over 1,500 lives,’ Mayor Lee Harris writes. ‘That’s more than the number of soldiers from Shelby County lost during the Vietnam War, Korean War and World War II, combined.’
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Arlington High hosts second COVID-19 vaccination day
The available doses were initially earmarked just for school employees from the Arlington, Lakeland and Millington municipal districts. Some town employees, day care center employees and senior citizens 65 and up in the Arlington area were later added.
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The Memphis 10: No more passes for the General Lee, and shots all around
The iconography atop the General Lee is the battle flag of a slavery republic. Violence in the name of white supremacy is its inherent, explicit meaning.
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Herrington: 12 days that changed Memphis, 12 months later
It only took a dozen days after that March 8 news conference for Mayor Jim Strickland to invoke the first civil emergency order in Memphis in more than a generation, closing gyms, bars and indoor restaurant dining.
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Bugs in new appointment system driving residents batty
New COVID-19 vaccination system does not provide option for second doses for people who got first shots early; also does not recognize some underlying conditions.
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State Health Dept.: Early data shows vaccines ‘kept in temperature’
When state investigation is over, state Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey says she will report to the citizens of Shelby County.
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Some Shelby County inmates receive COVID vaccine
More than 200 inmates at two Shelby County corrections facilities were offered COVID-19 vaccines that were about to expire.
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