Press Releases
Tennesseans Owe Thanks to Doctors, Health Care Workers for Statewide Stay-at-Home Order By Governor
Petition by 2,000 doctors generated 31,000 signatures calling for the life-saving measure. Doctors say more work to do. NASHVILLE — Doctors and nurses…
Doctor Petition to Gov. Lee Signed by Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Dr. Bill Frist
NASHVILLE — (April 2, 2020) A coalition of 2,000 doctors that began March 20 petitioning Gov. Bill Lee to follow…
Doctors to Governor Lee: “Our Oath Calls Us to Save Lives, We Are United on Stay-at-Home Order”
Dr. Tufik Assad, flanked by 22 of the 2,000 physicians that issued a letter to Governor Lee back on March…
Disease Expert: Data Supports Stronger Restrictions on Movement to Combat COVID-19 Spread
Despite orders and urging public separation, data shows disease accelerating across the state NASHVILLE — (March 31, 2020) An infectious…
Doctors: Half Measures Aren’t Enough
How many deaths will it take for Governor Lee to listen to health experts? NASHVILLE — (March 30, 2020) Gov.…
Louisiana Critical Care Doctor to Gov. Bill Lee: Statewide Stay-at-Home Order ‘Needs to Happen Now’
‘No other option,’ says Tennessee native who works in Baton Rouge, La. NASHVILLE — (Friday, March 27, 2020) — Dr.…
CNN: “Does Governor Lee’s Action Go Far Enough?”
Vanderbilt Doctor of Infectious Disease Says Governor Needs a Stay at Home Order NASHVILLE, Tenn. – (March 26, 2020) During a…
Risking Lives on the Frontline: Tenn. Doctors Treating COVID-19 Feel Betrayed by Gov. Lee’s Inaction
NASHVILLE — (Thursday, March 26, 2020) Tennessee doctors treating COVID-19 patients are speaking hard truths today: Gov. Bill Lee’s administration is…
‘Weak Leadership’ — Gov. Bill Lee’s Failure to Act Allowing Uncontrolled Spread of Coronavirus in Tennessee
Doctors: Stay-at-Home Order Main Tool Left Remaining To Make the Difference Between 4,000 or 40,000 Tennessean deaths. Dr. Aaron Milstone,…
MSNBC: Tennessee Doctor Pleads for a Statewide Stay-at-Home Order from Gov. Lee
NASHVILLE, TN — (Wednesday, March 25, 2020) Dr. Aaron Milstone, a Franklin, Tenn.-based pulmonologist who along with 2,000 doctors and…