Tennessee to restart nearly all vaccine outreach paused amid GOP pressure, says health commissioner

[Nevilledog]

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Amanda Marcotte
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Hmmm…. First sign I’ve seen that the vaccine “pivot” might be anything more than a feint to shut up critics. We’ll see. The proof will be in the vaccine rates.

Tennessee to restart nearly all vaccine outreach paused amid GOP pressure, says health commissioner
Tennessee will start promoting adolescent vaccines again after pausing outreach this month, sparking a media firestorm.
tennessean.com
9:47 AM · Jul 23, 2021

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2021/07/23/tennessee-restart-vaccine-outreach-paused-amid-gop-pressure/8043482002/

The Tennessee state government will resume all forms of vaccine outreach, with the narrow exception of social media posts aimed specifically at children, after halting many forms of vaccine advocacy this month in response to conservative political pressure, the state's top health official said Friday.

Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said the agency would resume outreach recommending vaccines for children and once again hold vaccination events on school property, including offering the COVID-19 vaccine. Some events at schools will occur as early as next week, Piercey said.

“We put a pause on many things, and then we have resumed all of those,” Piercey said during a press briefing.

Piercey said her agency will also, in "fringe and nuanced" circumstances, provide the COVID-19 vaccine to minors without the permission of their parents. This statement is a contradiction to an announcement made this week by conservative lawmakers, who said Piercey agreed in a private meeting to stop this practice.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Good!!!

[Nevilledog]

2. Very good!

[SheltieLover]

5. Absolutely!

Hopefully, a lot of innocent kids' lives will be saved!

[spanone]

3. Guess all the national media rattled our uber ignorant governor to do the right thing...hopefully

[SheltieLover]

6. Impossible. Likely a sleezy trick.

I detest him.

[spanone]

8. You're right. He's a shitstain from the ground up.

[luckone]

4. I feel sorry for +12 who have a brain but are in nutter families so glad to read this part

“Piercey said her agency will also, in "fringe and nuanced" circumstances, provide the COVID-19 vaccine to minors without the permission of their parents. This statement is a contradiction to an announcement made this week by conservative lawmakers, who said Piercey agreed in a private meeting to stop this practice. “

A form of abuse to hold back health protection for your children imo
I know anti vaxer s and nutters will claim just the opposite

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Perhaps someone did a poll, and found "don't vaccinate children" is electoral suicide (nt)