With only 38% of Tennesseans fully vaccinated, the state’s Department of Health has halted all adolescent vaccine outreach — for all diseases — according to reports obtained by the daily newspaper, The Tennessean.
This news comes at a time when COVID-19 cases continue to surge throughout the state.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with WPLN’s Paige Pfleger about this rapidly unfolding situation.
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