COVID-19: 8/31/2022 Update
It’s been about six weeks since my last article on COVID-19. No one wished more than myself that it would be my last. But here we are: After showing signs of slowing, the spread of COVID-19...
Knox County Coronavirus
COVID-19: 7/18/2022 Update
It was just over four months ago that I gave the most recent COVID-19 update. While I’m not picking up regular COVID updates again, it seemed a good moment to bring up the topic once more....
Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers by Month (Through 1/22)
As a reminder, I started these charts quite a while back after a reader suggested that looking so intensely at daily numbers sometimes obscured the larger view. And it is the larger view I’m presenting here,...
Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers By Month (Through 12/2021)
I know we are all done with COVID, but it isn’t done with us. It’s been a month since I’ve reported on the topic and, like many of you, I’d love to never hear about it...
Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers By Month (Through 11/2021)
As I suggested I might, I’m going to continue posting monthly COVID-19 Graphs for now. As I also mentioned last month, I had to estimate the last couple of days of state data for October, and...
Tennessee and Knox County COVID-19 Numbers by the Month
A year ago, or so, I was asked to present the COVID-19 data by the month. The idea being that the inundation of daily numbers can sometimes obscure the bigger picture — too many trees, with...
COVID-19: 9/8/2021 Update
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...
COVID-19: 8/27/2021 Update
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...
COVID-19: 8/6/2021 Update
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....
Board of Health Meeting (2/10/2021)
The meeting began with the public forum. Betsey Hobkirk, local public educator requested that mask mandates continue and that the board continue work to control the pandemic. She pointed out that the studies indicating schools are...