COVID-19: 8/4/2020 Update
There is some strangeness in today’s numbers, so I’m going a little lighter on searching for links and take time for a closer look at some of the data. On the surface there would appear to...
COVID-19 Numbers By Month and a Story of a System Breaking Down
I wanted to take a moment, now that the final numbers are in to share the charts for Tennessee and Knoxville with the data aggregated by month. I’d been asked to share a chart or graph...
COVID-19: 8/3/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to the first full week of August. I never want to wish my life away, so we’re looking for joy as we go. We had a couple of great cookouts this weekend (with only our...
Downtown Knoxville Ten Day Planner (8/2 – 8/11/2020)
As events are opening up, we’re listing a combination of virtual and live events. The rules are the same – if you want your event included, please make a Facebook event, invite me (Alan Sims –...
COVID-19: 7/31/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to the weekend. There are some hopeful spots in today’s report. Maybe we can take a little hope into the weekend and look for diversions to take us from the news for a bit. Tonight...
Hen+Hoc Deli and Butcher Opens Today in the Old City
It’s been a long time coming. Opening a new business in the middle of a pandemic might seem less than ideal. But Chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro says that he and partner Chef Jon Newman have taken the...
COVID-19: 7/30/2020 Update
Earlier this morning I heard the sound of rain on the roof. We rarely hear it because there is a condo above ours. It made me think of sounds I miss. I miss the sounds of...
Knox County Board of Health Meeting 7.29.2020: Bars to Close
The fact that this would be a three hour and fifty minute meeting was portended when a motion was presented before the agenda could be approved and the motion was to drop the agenda and the...
COVID-19: 7.29.2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
It’s mid-week, and I hope you are all safe and well. The simple math of expanding numbers of cases dictates that many of us now know, directly and indirectly, people who have contracted COVID-19. The first...
COVID-19: 7/28/2020 Update
Is it Friday, yet? No? 🙂 Ok, I hope your week is off to a good start. If you missed this morning’s article, you might want to check it out. I included monthly charts, which some...