COVID-19: 6/30/2020 Update
As the pandemic continues and the crisis manifests itself in different ways, please remember to be kind to others. Many of us now do know people who have or have had the virus. Many of us...
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COVID-19: 6/29/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
I hope you had a good and safe weekend. As we enter another week, there are a number of interesting story lines from the weekend. Let’s take a look. International News: There are currently 10,296,143 confirmed...
COVID-19: 6/26/2020 Update (Including Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to Friday. Weeks that seemed long to me when all this first began are now clipping by. Next week is July and we head into the heart of summer. It’s a great time to hit...
COVID-19: 6/25/2020 Update
This comes to you on a day when the virus has become more personal to me. Until now I have only known the virus indirectly: A father of a friend died, but he lived in New...
COVID 19: 6/24/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
As we hit mid-week, I hope you are all well and staying safe. I’ve decided to make a couple of changes in my posts on Facebook. I post a link daily to a couple of groups...
COVID-19: 6/23/2020 Update
Businesses continue to re-open and new ones are opening. We’re moving around more and we’re making plans for school openings. For this progress to continue, we need to work together to stop the spread of COVID-19....
COVID-19: 6/22/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to another week, everyone. Cases continue to rise across the world, country, state and county. Here’s hoping for a better week than last week, which was by many measures the worst week for new infections...
COVID-19: 6/20/2020 Special Report
I had no intentions of posting an article today. I’m tired and I value my weekend as a small break. Then the numbers came in and I could not avoid what felt like an obligation. I’m...
COVID-19: 6/19/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Welcome to Friday, everyone. I hope your week was acceptable and your weekend might bring some mild pleasures. How is that for adjusting expectations? Seriously, stay safe and find some joy. Life is too short to...
A Look at the Current State Guidelines For Businesses and Residents of Tennessee
With the pending shift in Knox County from adhering to our three-stage approach to following guidance from the State of Tennessee, many of us are having, for the first time to pay attention to what the...