The University of Tennessee Health Science Center released a troubling graph that predicts area hospitalizations may reach new heights by next week and there’s nothing we can do about it. This concern is because of the rise in COVID cases, but even if you have been vaccinated or simply don’t contract COVID, this may affect… Read More
The graph below by the University of Tennessee showed Shelby County hospitalizations since March of 2020. At the very end, there is a projected uptick higher than any other. Now some health officials and experts are concerned that hospitals may not be able to handle the surge.
At the rate COVID-19 is growing in Shelby County, current ICU capacity will be depleted by mid-August. Sunday, Aug. 1, hospitals across the region were holding patients in emergency rooms because all beds were full. At Methodist University, nearly 25% of patients in the emergency room were COVID-positive, a level the doctors on duty suspect… Read More
As new mask mandates rolled in nationwide Wednesday following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that vaccinated people in high-transmission areas should still mask indoors, the Shelby County Health Department will not comment on what residents should do. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said Wednesday, July 28, the county is still reviewing the… Read More
It was May of last year when Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued guidance for reopening churches. Since then, it’s been a multitude of difficult decisions about how and when to come back to in-person worship service and once again, they’re having to make more decisions as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Dr. Scott Strome of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center joins Morning Joe to discuss how vaccines have been politicized in the U.S. and virus infection rates in Tennessee.
New COVID-19 cases continue to soar across the Mid-South as the highly contagious Delta variant threatens to ruin much of the progress communities have made fighting the virus. Doctors are pleading with the unvaccinated to do their part to bring the pandemic under control and to save their own lives. “It’s just so sad to… Read More
As children return to summer camps and sports, getting them vaccinated it critical, says Dr. Jason Yaun, a representative of the Tennessee chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. “We stand behind the science…Vaccines are safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines save lives.”
