Tennessee Coronavirus

Welcome to Friday and to October. There is a lot of encouraging news to go around, from dropping numbers of new cases to declining hospitalizations. Along with our cool air we may be greeted with another...

It’s Friday and to go along with that happy fact, there is quite a good bit of encouraging news this week at every level on the pandemic. For whatever reason or combination of reasons, this surge...

As we work our way through the current surge, international metrics are looking better, while national metrics are showing signs of plateau. Tennessee and Knox County continue to experience major impact from the virus. What has...

For the first time in several weeks there may be some good news beginning to creep in among the bad. It appears we may have hit a peak in hospitalizations, for example, though we’ll have to...

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...

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...

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...

As we approach the end of my COVID-19 reporting, there is much reason to hope the worst of the pandemic is over for the United States, in Tennessee, and in Knoxville. There are ways that statement...