Here’s the Friday report. As usual, we’ll look for the good news, be honest about the bad news, and try to give everyone the information they need to safely navigate a serious situation. The rate of...
Due to the fact that Tennessee gave no COVID-19 updates through Monday and only did so late Tuesday, there was little reason to report state data yesterday. Additionally, the KCHD and KCS reports were not issued...
Welcome to the Friday update. In short, the news continues to not be good, with Tennessee briefly reported to have the worst rate of spread in the country, which has one of the worst rates of...
The Knox County Board of Education meeting held last night was, in fact, three separate meetings. The first, at 4:30 was to determine officers for the next year. The second was the special board meeting to...
Here’s the return to my Tuesday reports. I’ve moved to twice weekly reporting as the surge worsens, news proliferates beyond what can easily be assembled for one article a week, and the Knox County Health Department...
The Knox County School System has become a nexus in the debates regarding the best path forward during the pandemic. While about a third of all school children learned virtually last year, very few started this...
Welcome to another Friday report during what is quickly rivaling the worst period we’ve yet seen of the pandemic. As you can see from the news links in the local and state sections below, the pace...
Here’s the second update since my return. The return came, of course, because the numbers are once again trending in the wrong direction. I wish I could say I pulled the trigger too fast and things...
I hoped to never write another article with “COVID” in the caption. When I wrote the “final” article on May 28, the U.S. was averaging about 23,000 new cases per day and the number was dropping....
We did not see that coming, did we? Fifteen months ago, COVID-19 was a vague story we’d read about something happening in China. We had no idea that it would be one of the very few...