TN Republicans threaten to dismantle health department over kids Covid Vaccine

[tulipsandroses]

This is sickening. I am so tired of these ignorant jackasses. The party of law and order has no respect for the law.

She Says She Was Fired For Saying That Teens Don't Need Parental Consent For Vaccines

A memo sent in the spring started the series of events that ended with Fiscus' ouster
The events leading to her being fired "can only be described as bizarre," Fiscus said.

It all started in the spring, when Fiscus says several health care providers asked her office for clarity about how to handle the then-looming authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for minors as young as 12. As she prepared a memo on the subject, she turned to the Tennessee Department of Health's general counsel, which replied with a doctrine based on a 1987 Tennessee Supreme Court ruling.

The doctrine, which says teens from ages 14-17 don't need to get their parents' or guardians' consent before getting the vaccine, was posted online "and is blessed by the Governor's office on the subject," the legal office said, according to Fiscus. The office reportedly added, "This is forward facing so feel free to distribute to anyone."

But when Fiscus sent a memo sharing that guidance, critics seized on the message and called it a governmental overreach, threatening to disband the state Department of Health, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. At a hearing in Tennessee's legislature, a Republican legislator said the health department's ad campaign encouraging teens to get vaccinated amounted to an attempt "to target children."

[link:https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/13/1015742588/tennessees-ousted-vaccination-chief-blasts-politics-over-teen-vaccines|

[Skittles]

1. their message to teenagers

if you parents are Trump-humping nutcases, you're out of luck

[lark]

5. Real (hidden) message to teenagers -

Die, if you aren't rich and repug.

[Under The Radar]

2. Sounds like cancel culture to me.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. When I took my brother to get shot #2 back in May, I saw young teens there with their Moms

And I know they were there to get the vaccine, since I saw a couple of them taking cell phone pix outside the site, one young girl rolled up her sleeve for the camera! And this is good news if they plan on returning to classrooms in the fall. We have seen outbreaks in local schools as recently as this Spring - one HS canceled sports and after school activities because of it. However, this was here in New York...

[PortTack]

4. The blood of those kids will be on their hands

MS now has 12 kids in ICU, 10 on vents, one with kidney failure..TN ...you will be next

[Ingersollman]

6. My

stupid state. The backwardness of the political establishment in charge of this physically beautiful state shames me. I'm three years from retirement. I might leave then. Perhaps to Vermont.

[Mopar151]

7. Texas & Vermont

Were the only 2 states in the US to be sovereign nations before they were states!

[rdking647]

8. hawaii.......

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