Mary Wilson
Well-known member
July 13 2021
Brett Kelman
The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers, according to an internal report and agency emails obtained by the Tennessean. If the health department must issue any information about vaccines, staff are instructed to strip the agency logo off the documents.
The health department will also stop all COVID-19 vaccine events on school property, despite holding at least one such event this month. The decisions to end vaccine outreach and school events come directly from Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, the internal report states.
... Staff were also told not to do any "pre-planning" for flu shots events at schools. Any information released about back-to-school vaccinations should come from the Tennessee Department of Education, not the Tennessee Department of Health, Jones wrote.
"Any kinds of informational sheets or other materials that we make available for dissemination should have the TDH logo removed," Jones wrote.
... Normally, the health department regularly advocates for vaccinating kids against many diseases without controversy.
For example, in 2019 the department published at least 15 tweets that either explicitly recommended minors be vaccinated or featured a child in a pro-vaccine image or video. The agency's outreach campaign recommended vaccination against flu, measles, mumps, rubella and human papillomavirus, or HPV, among others.
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https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...outreach-minors-not-just-covid-19/7928701002/
Brett Kelman
The Tennessee Department of Health will halt all adolescent vaccine outreach – not just for coronavirus, but all diseases – amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers, according to an internal report and agency emails obtained by the Tennessean. If the health department must issue any information about vaccines, staff are instructed to strip the agency logo off the documents.
The health department will also stop all COVID-19 vaccine events on school property, despite holding at least one such event this month. The decisions to end vaccine outreach and school events come directly from Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, the internal report states.
... Staff were also told not to do any "pre-planning" for flu shots events at schools. Any information released about back-to-school vaccinations should come from the Tennessee Department of Education, not the Tennessee Department of Health, Jones wrote.
"Any kinds of informational sheets or other materials that we make available for dissemination should have the TDH logo removed," Jones wrote.
... Normally, the health department regularly advocates for vaccinating kids against many diseases without controversy.
For example, in 2019 the department published at least 15 tweets that either explicitly recommended minors be vaccinated or featured a child in a pro-vaccine image or video. The agency's outreach campaign recommended vaccination against flu, measles, mumps, rubella and human papillomavirus, or HPV, among others.
...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...outreach-minors-not-just-covid-19/7928701002/