Knox County Board of Health Meeting 9/9/2020
The meeting began without a public forum as no one had signed up to speak. The board was joined by Mr. Sanders from the Knox County Law office and Dr. Plowman and Dr. Gregg from UT....
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COVID-19: 9/9/2020 Update (Including Updated Benchmarks)
It feels like cheating to say it’s mid-week after we got Monday for free. What the heck? Let’s cheat. Halfway to the weekend. Find a little joy over the next couple of days then treat yourself...
COVID-19: 9/8/2020 Update (Including Health Department and UT Briefing)
I’m so grateful to have such a beautiful spot on earth to spend these months as we work through the pandemic. I love walking the city streets and I love being able to quickly be walking...
COVID-19: 9/7/2020 Update Including International to Local Information
I hope you had a good long weekend and found ways to safely celebrate with family, friends and the people you love. Urban Girl, Urban Boy and I got out to Seven Islands State Birding Park...
COVID-19: 9/4/2020 Update (Including State, Local, UT and KCS Info, Plus Today’s UT Briefing)
Congratulations: You’ve made it to Labor Day. We can make an argument that fall has arrived, after Monday, and that hot temperatures will soon be easing, leaves turning, and actual (albeit sparsely attended and socially distanced)...
COVID-19: 9/3/2020 Update (Including State, Local, UT and Knox County Schools and the Health Department Briefing)
I hope your week has been a good one. We started taking more walks and it has been good for morale at Urban Academy. Just a little push back from the 5-year-old: Me: Time to work...
Knox County Board of Health Meeting 9/2/2020
The meeting was joined last night by Dr. Gregg and Chancellor Plowman from UTK. The meeting began, once more, with a public forum: Charlotte Myer requested that computers at public libraries be made available, once more,...
COVID-19: 9/2/2020 Update Including State, Local, UT and KCS Info
State News: The state of Tennessee reported 1,396 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, as well as 27 deaths. 156,329 Tennesseans have gotten the illness and 1,781 have died as a result. 118,885 people have recovered, including...
COVID-19: 9/1/2020 Update (Including UTK and Health Department Briefings)
State News: Yesterday, the state of Tennessee reported an additional 1,818 Tennesseans have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and 7 have died, bringing the pandemic total to 154,933 cases and 1,754 deaths. 116,864 people have recovered, including...
COVID-19: 8/31/2020 Update
Welcome to another week of working our way hopefully forward through this mess and backward to something normal. I hope you made some time to enjoy the weekend. We did a little socially-distanced visiting, celebrated a...