Fri
Aug 7 2020
01:45 pm
By: WhitesCreek
A day after a top official in Gov. Bill Lee's administration said Tennessee plans to withhold the number of COVID-19 cases in schools from the public, a spokesperson said the information will not even be collected by the state.
When Lee announced guidance for school reopenings on Tuesday, state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey said Tennessee had no plans to provide the public with data on the number of coronavirus cases and deaths at schools as many return to in-person classes.
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Eco Warriors and Politics
- Lee names DeBerry to Cabinet (TN Journal)
- Lee names DeBerry to Cabinet (Tom Humphrey)
- Mayor Selects John Drake as New Metro Police Chief (Nashville Scene)
- More from the TNJ interview with Lamar Alexander (Tom Humphrey)
- More from the TNJ interview with Lamar Alexander (TN Journal)
- Sarah Fuller Poised to Make History Today With Vanderbilt Football (Nashville Scene)
- The Weekly Links: New York Nightlife, Trump's Legal Losses and Maradona (Nashville Scene)
- Lord, I Can't Go Back There: Titans Face Colts in Scintillating Matchup (Nashville Scene)
- Renovated home of Attorney General’s office scorched by burning portable toilet (TN Journal)
- Renovated home of Attorney General’s office scorched by burning portable toilet (Tom Humphrey)
Science and Stuff
- Engineers combine light and sound to see underwater (Science News Daily)
- Microfluidic system with cell-separating powers may unravel how novel pathogens attack (Science News Daily)
- Researchers explore population size, density in rise of centralized power in antiquity (Science News Daily)
- An escape route for seafloor methane (Science News Daily)
- Study shows strong links between music and math, reading achievement (Science News Daily)
- The 'smell' of coral as an indicator of reef health (Science News Daily)
- Recycled concrete could be a sustainable way to keep rubble out of landfill (Science News Daily)
- COVID-19 shutdowns disproportionately affected low-income black households (Science News Daily)
- The wily octopus: King of flexibility (Science News Daily)
- Report assesses promises and pitfalls of private investment in conservation (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- We are Dying Here! (2 replies)
- TN Legislature Passes Bill Making a Snooze at the Capital a Felony (1 reply)
- Governor "Death" (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday Whop Frazier (Bobby Thompson) Edition (1 reply)
- Parents may choose either of two options for school (1 reply)
- Your Bandana or Cloth Mask Won't Really Protect You Much if Other Folks don't Wear Theirs (1 reply)
- Requirements for Absentee Ballot in TN (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
- Toons! (1 reply)
- Winter Solstice is at 9:21 PM EST Today...Alban Arthan (2 replies)
- Text of the Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump (1 reply)
- what makes coal so dirty (1 reply)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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