Voices of TN Health Professionals

During this holiday season, I want to take a moment to thank you for your support this year. I am grateful for you and for my colleagues who have served on the front lines of this pandemic. And I’m particularly thankful for the scientists who have given us reason to believe that 2022 may be…

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After failing to contain COVID-19 pandemic, 97% of Tennessee counties approach “critical” outbreak status

Harvard Global Health Institute K-12 guidance shows need for “remote learning” and potential “Stay-at-Home Orders” NASHVILLE — Even with COVID-19 infections spiking 33% in just 10 days among Tennessee’s school-age children and the pandemic worsening, Gov. Lee and some local leaders continue to push for in-person classes at public schools across the state. Meanwhile, Tennessee and most counties…

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TN Doctors, Teacher on Gov. Lee’s White House Task Force Visit and CDC Report

Health Professionals Call for Statewide School Delay and Mask Mandate Amid Tennessee’s Worsening COVID-19 Health Crisis Nashville – Doctors and a teacher react to an alarming report released by the Department of Health and Human Services and Associate and Centers for Disease Control that called on Gov. Lee weeks ago to issue a statewide mask…

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Doctors: COVID-19 Surge Demands Statewide Delay of In-Person Classes

Data should drive a safe reopening’: Doctors say starting in-person classes under current COVID-19 conditions endangers our children, teachers and their families. Doctors call for greater state leadership and interventions to get COVID-19 under control BEFORE rushing to reopen schools Physicians are urging Gov. Bill Lee and local school officials to delay in-person classes at…

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Gov. Lee is Risking Lives

Statement Responding to Gov. Lee’s “Reopening TN” Plan NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Dr. Aaron Milstone, a pulmonologist currently treating Covid-19 patients and organizer of the 9,500 health care workers who petitioned the Governor for a Stay at Home Order issued this statement ahead of the Governor’s May 1st ‘reopening’ plan for Tennessee: “You are hearing…

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“It’s too soon to end the Stay at Home Order Protecting Tennessee’s Economy and Lives”

Leading Economist Joins TN Business Owners, Health Experts Praise the Stay at Home Order’s Progress in Protecting Lives – and the Economy NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Economist, Dr. Heather Boushey, and Tennessee small business owner, Chris Cobb, discussed with Tennessee business owners and doctors about the economic impact of hospital infrastructure becoming over-run, and the economic benefit…

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