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The GOP s vaccine skeptic wing has a breakthrough in Tennessee
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
July 13, 2021
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FILE Twins Kira Barth and Nola Barth, 14, receive their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Vanderbilt Health in Nashville, May 13, 2021. In Tennessee, the state’s top immunization official, Michelle Fiscus, said that she was forced from her job after writing a memo describing a 34-year-old legal doctrine that suggested that some teenagers might get vaccines without their parents’ permission. (Brett Carlsen/The New York Times)BRETT CARLSEN/NYT
For about as long as certain Republicans and conservative figures have questioned the safety and efficacy of the coronavirus vaccines, those same people have offered a disclaimer: They re not anti-vaxxers, they re just asking questions. And asking questions is valid. But those questions often devolved well into conspiracy theorizing and claiming the vaccine effort was something that i
Email: Tennessee health officials ordered not to promote Immunization Awareness Month
Source: CNN
and last updated 2021-07-13 20:17:07-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Tennessee health department officials were ordered last week not to even acknowledge that August is National Immunization Awareness Month, an email obtained by
NewsChannel 5 Investigates reveals.
That order, given to the now-former head of the state s vaccination program, comes as Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee faces a strident revolt from hardline Republican lawmakers over the Department of Health s outreach to teens regarding the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Michelle D. Fiscus, who was fired Monday from her position overseeing Tennessee s vaccination efforts, asked health department leaders about the department s efforts to promote immunizations.
Tennessee Health Official Ordered Not to Acknowledge National Immunization Awareness Month
On 7/13/21 at 9:36 PM EDT
A Tennesee health department official was told in an email last week that there should be no public acknowledgement that August is National Immunization Awareness Month in the United States.
Dr. Michelle D. Fiscus, who has since been fired for a separate but closely related issue, wrote an email to health department leaders John Dunn and Tim Jones asking for direction. August is National Immunization Awareness Month and we would typically do a news release, a Governor s proclamation (in the before times) and communications out to LHDS (local health departments) and partners, Fiscus wrote. Please let me know if we ll be permitted to acknowledge the occasion.
Tennessee is halting all outreach on vaccines for adolescents, including for Covid-19 waaytv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from waaytv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.