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against the variant. but tonight, with the pace of new vaccinations now at a crawl, covid cases in the u.s. doubling in just three weeks. in tennessee, only 38% of residents are fully vaccinated. >> it's sadness. it's frustration. it's fear. >> reporter: the state's now former vaccine chief, dr. michelle fiscus, claims she was fired after trying to get the word out about teens and vaccines. saying she sent out a memo alerting vaccine providers about a law that allows some teens to get the covid shot without their parents' permission. fiscus says state officials then halted outreach on all childhood vaccines, not just the coronavirus. >> they are listening to the whispers and the disinformation from the anti-vaccine contingent and repeating facebook memes. >> reporter: tonight in a statement, the tennessee health department saying while it had "not stopped child