COVID-19: 8.6.2020 Update
It is a measure of how things have changed that I “attend” meetings like the Board of Health meeting last night from the comfort of my home, with a five and eleven-year-old underfoot. The biggest measure...
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Knox County Board of Health Hosts Public Forum and Re-Opens Bars
After opening the meeting, the public forum began, with speakers and Mayor Jacobs joining from the City County Building. Thirteen people were present and he requested that they all be able to speak, even though that...
COVID-19: Update 8/5/2020 (Including Health Department Briefing)
Did you get outside last night? It felt just a touch like autumn and I don’t think I’m hallucinating. Just from personal impression, it seems we’ve had more delightful nights this summer than usual. I’m usually...
COVID-19: 8/4/2020 Update
There is some strangeness in today’s numbers, so I’m going a little lighter on searching for links and take time for a closer look at some of the data. On the surface there would appear to...
COVID-19 Numbers By Month and a Story of a System Breaking Down
I wanted to take a moment, now that the final numbers are in to share the charts for Tennessee and Knoxville with the data aggregated by month. I’d been asked to share a chart or graph...
COVID-19: 8/3/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to the first full week of August. I never want to wish my life away, so we’re looking for joy as we go. We had a couple of great cookouts this weekend (with only our...
COVID-19: 7/31/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to the weekend. There are some hopeful spots in today’s report. Maybe we can take a little hope into the weekend and look for diversions to take us from the news for a bit. Tonight...
COVID-19: 7/30/2020 Update
Earlier this morning I heard the sound of rain on the roof. We rarely hear it because there is a condo above ours. It made me think of sounds I miss. I miss the sounds of...
Knox County Board of Health Meeting 7.29.2020: Bars to Close
The fact that this would be a three hour and fifty minute meeting was portended when a motion was presented before the agenda could be approved and the motion was to drop the agenda and the...
COVID-19: 7.29.2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
It’s mid-week, and I hope you are all safe and well. The simple math of expanding numbers of cases dictates that many of us now know, directly and indirectly, people who have contracted COVID-19. The first...