Tennessee is restarting vaccine outreach efforts it halted earlier this month due to a wave of conservative hysteria, but the state keeping in place a policy against outreach aimed solely at children, the state’s health commissioner said Friday.
Right. The ‘pause’ was just to make sure you have your stuff in place. Oh well. As per usual, the Democrats will bite their tongues and pretend to believe you so you will DO THE RIGHT THING.
“The “mature-minor” doctrine, which states that teens 14 and older don’t necessarily need parental permission to be vaccinated, …”
Gee does that apply to the right to chose in other areas? Somehow I doubt it.
“And while it was never the intention of the department to target minors, and the department felt that we were educating, over the course of several conversations — not only in that committee hearing but afterwards — it became pretty apparent that the legislators felt that we were targeting children in those marketing materials.”
I am curious to know how those same legislators feel about Joe the Camel.
“Piercey said the politician who in large part led an outrage campaign against the health department over vaccine outreach to kids, State Sen. Kerry Roberts (R), was on board with that point, as was Gov. Bill Lee (R).”
Hey look – another Southerner named Lee waving the flag of surrender!
Austin-Travis County has moved back to Stage Four. Vaccinated recommended to wear masks in all public settings except when eating or drinking. Unvaccinated avoid public gatherings. None of it mandated, of course, but cases are increasing.
If death in a family doesn’t motivate vaccinations, what will? Limit how much insurance and public assistance to those who have made a conscious decision to refuse to vaccinated and end up in ICU? I can’t imagine we could ever go there, but if we are all at the mercy of those who irresponsibly put us all at risk, then what is the answer?