Sun
Feb 7 2021
06:44 pm
By: michael kaplan
Updated 02 February
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Discussing:
- David Crosby sells music catalogue, citing Covid restrictions on touring (1 reply)
- The situation (509 replies)
- Check out Hard Knox Wire, a new local journalism venture (1 reply)
- Does KPD need a local precinct in East Knox ? (6 replies)
- Pratt & Whitney to Asheville (19 replies)
- RIP Frank Cagle (2 replies)
- Homeless update (14 replies)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (1 reply)
- According to the CDC, flu numbers are down 98% (4 replies)
- Knoxville's controversial Ancient Lore project pivots to become an event venue (3 replies)
- East Tennessee Real Estate Snapshot (1 reply)
- It's time to redraw America's voting maps. Where's the data? (3 replies)
TN Progressive
- House Passes Voting Reform over Unified Republican Objections (RoaneViews)
- Roane County Ash Trees are Gone with the wind...Can we change that/ (RoaneViews)
- Republicans Go All Women's Bathrooms and Sports in Corruption Smokescreen (RoaneViews)
- Can we end Trash in TN? (RoaneViews)
- Blount County records highest daily count of coronavirus cases ever (BlountViews)
- The City of Alcoa's uncontrolled and costly development (BlountViews)
- 28% of Blount County coronavirus deaths in last 3 weeks (BlountViews)
- Breathe deeply (Domestic Psychology)
- Blount County coronavirus cases over 9,300 as of 12/27/2020 (BlountViews)
- The 2020 Presidential Debate: We've Been Here Before (Joe Powell)
- Recommendations for August 6 (Left Wing Cracker)
- Facts and Truth - the Vaccine for Our Nation (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Clarksville City Council considers becoming Second Amendment sanctuary city (TN Lookout)
- Nashville to Move to Vaccination Phase 1C on Monday (Nashville Scene)
- Warner denies federal PPP loan money used to fund campaign (TN Journal)
- Reefer madness: Delta-8 produces similar effects to marijuana while still legal (TN Lookout)
- Sweeping voting rights package passes U.S. House (TN Lookout)
- Commentary: How “Niceley” to Advocate Nonsense (TN Lookout)
- Permit-less gun carry bills steamroll through Legislature (TN Lookout)
- Lawmakers Target ‘Big Tech’ With Politically Inspired Bills (Nashville Scene)
- Slideshow: Looking Back at the March 3 Tornado (Nashville Scene)
- Bonnaroo asks for festival property to be annexed by city of Manchester (TN Lookout)
- Kelly, White advance to runoff for Chattanooga mayor (TN Journal)
- Bar association blasts bid to remove judge over absentee ballot ruling (TN Journal)
- Immigration Status Not a Factor in COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment (Nashville Scene)
- New Bill Could Raise Standards for Awarding Construction Contracts (Nashville Scene)
- Battle brewing over wine shipping restrictions (TN Journal)
- Angst on Lower Broadway Goes Beyond Culture and COVID (Nashville Scene)
- Tennessee sports betting jumps 17% in January (TN Journal)
- New Library and Archives building to open April 13 (TN Journal)
Knox TN Today
- Facilities prepped for spring, bring your own water (Knox TN Today)
- Mountain bikers kicking it up at Wind Rock (Knox TN Today)
- The unforgettable Jesse Barr (Knox TN Today)
- Nothing gold can stay (Knox TN Today)
- Unselfish ‘helps’ will add up (Knox TN Today)
- First Friday serving up arias and Arbor Day (Knox TN Today)
- After hours tour returns to Mabry-Hazen House (Knox TN Today)
- Mysterious Mosses (not Moses) at Arboretum (Knox TN Today)
- Gigi and Minecraft battle again (Knox TN Today)
- Chris Beatty: Step into the need (Knox TN Today)
- Graduation ceremonies to be held at high schools (Knox TN Today)
- Pellissippi plans more on-campus classes (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- University of Tennessee planning for 'normal' football season (WATE)
- Gatlinburg parking garages change to $8 flat fee (WATE)
- Blanket message of love: Minnesota woman shares gift with Yassin's Falafel owner (WATE)
- Public servant residency bill passed by state Senate (WATE)
- 'Blessed to be alive': Knoxville man advocates for gun safety after shooting accident (WATE)
- Knoxville organization aims to promote vaccines, build trust among minority communities (WATE)
- Crossville man arrested for alleged involvement in U.S. Capitol riots (WBIR)
- COVID-19 cases, deaths decreasing in long-term care facilities throughout Knox County (WBIR)
- COVID-19 at UT: 43 active cases, 223 people in isolation, quarantine (WBIR)
- Knox Co. reports 167 new COVID-19 cases and one new death as hospitalizations fall (WBIR)
- 10,355 new unemployment claims filed in Tennessee for the week ending Feb. 27 (WBIR)
- Helen Ross McNabb Foundation launches $2M+ campaign to help with substance use treatment (WBIR)
News Sentinel
- Another Tennessee man arrested on charges related to Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol, officials say (KNS News)
- University of Tennessee, Knox County Schools and Knox County COVID-19 case counts (KNS News)
- It's back. Resolution to make the Bible Tennessee's official state book joins slate of religion legislation (KNS News)
- Dill pickle popcorn? Knox-based popcorn business opening Market Square location (KNS Business)
- Families wrecked by gun violence: 'We are burying our kids and nobody cares' (KNS News)
- How the new City South apartments could transform Sevier Avenue (KNS Business)
- Celebrate working mothers this International Women's Day | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- These blind people own and carry guns lawfully. Here is why they feel discrimination | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty if couple is convicted in horrific child abuse case (KNS News)
- Knoxville Biz Ticker: UScellular announces $31.9 million network investment in Tennessee in 2020 (KNS Business)
- The cold, hard truth about infrastructure, markets and politics | Opinion (KNS Opinion)
- Enterprising fashion designer is smashing glass runways at Turtleson apparel (KNS Business)
- Why these Knoxville businesses are adopting a hybrid work model long term (KNS Business)
- Tennessee to move to next COVID-19 vaccine phase, in part due to lack of demand (KNS News)
State News
- Elite 8: Tipton-Rosemark basketball's Alex Anderson follows brother to South Alabama (Commercial Appeal)
- How a 30-year business partnership produced a new southeast Nashville gateway called Century Farms (Tennessean)
- Century Farms development update in Antioch (Tennessean)
- COVID-19 cases in Shelby County senior living facilities drop as vaccines make impact (Commercial Appeal)
- Dave Butler and Steve Selby took joy in their journeys, and Memphis is better for it| Giannotto (Commercial Appeal)
- Hattiloo is back: What to know about reopening of Memphis theater devoted to Black art (Commercial Appeal)
- TVA adds more solar power for Facebook - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Police ID woman who died in Wednesday night Hermitage fire (Tennessean)
- Homicide detectives investigating apparent fatal stabbing (Tennessean)
- Collins: Sex and the single governor - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Cooper: Comic cancellation isn't funny - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Thomas: What happened to boundaries? - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Local .GOV
- Exhibit Explores 'Black & White' Knoxville History (Knoxville)
- Saturday Extra Duty: City Crews Pick Up 542 Bags of Litter Across Knoxville (Knoxville)
- Students Enlighten Empower Knox During Youth Forum (Knoxville)
- Local Business Owner Horace Andrews: ‘You Have to be Ready to Compete’ (Knoxville)
- City Crews Work Saturdays to Tackle Litter Eyesores: Expensive Solution, But 'Gratifying' (Knoxville)
- $4.9 M Investment: Rollout of KPD Cameras Nearing Completion (Knoxville)
Wire Reports
- China Sets Economic Growth Target of ‘Over 6 Percent’ This Year - The New York Times (Business)
- Former State Department aide arrested in connection with Capitol riot - NBC News (US News)
- Cuomo Advisers Altered Report on Covid-19 Nursing-Home Deaths - The Wall Street Journal (US News)
- Body believed to missing Kentucky man found in Grand Canyon - New York Post (US News)
- Dallas police officer faces capital murder charges for 2017 killings - The Guardian (US News)
- Biden Administration Moves To Speed Up Processing Of Migrants In Family Detention - NPR (US News)
- Biden World gives a shoulder shrug to the raging culture wars - POLITICO (US News)
- Minnesota Vikings practice field in Eagan to become Johnson &Johnson vaccination site Friday - Minneapolis Star Tribune (Business)
- Bishop Tobin says Catholics should avoid J&J vaccine - WJAR (Business)
- Biden orders temporary limits on drone strikes outside war zones - The Washington Post (US News)
- U.S. National Debt Is Likely to Nearly Double to 202% of GDP by 2051, CBO Projects - The Wall Street Journal (Business)
- Gap forecasts return to sales growth in 2021, sending shares higher despite sales miss - CNBC (Business)
- Starbucks customer Amber Lynn Gilles files lawsuit against GoFundMe creator who raised money for San Diego barista - KABC-TV (Business)
- Dow slumps nearly 350 points as bond yields climb on Powell's inflation remarks - USA TODAY (Business)
- Republican Sen. Ron Johnson forces Senate to read all 628 pages of Biden's COVID bill aloud - USA TODAY (US News)
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They've added more
They've added more states/jurisdictions.
"The new Walgreens vaccination sites are in addition to the 17 already provided in other states and jurisdictions, including Arkansas, California (select counties), Connecticut, Chicago, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa (select counties), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, New York City, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Texas."
What's going on in Tennessee? Haven’t seen any recent announcements locally.
What's going on in Tennessee?
(in reply to bizgrrl)
I just asked that question of Tim Burchett ...
KCHD
As of 8:30 this morning: "no appointments, no waiting list."
Vaccine
KCHD is focusing its efforts this week on giving second doses to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities who live in group homes. They usually get notice of new shipments from the state midweek and will likely open it back up to people in the designated populations then.
The Walgreens thing is a federal decision. Walgreens and CVS have been administering vaccine to nursing home and other long-term care facility residents and staff locally under a federal program not directly connected with local efforts.
Thanks for the info. Is there
(in reply to barker)
Thanks for the info.
Is there anywhere we can see what is going on with vaccines in our area? Such as your mention of second doses and receipt of shipments and status of who will get what when...
Not in Knox County. The
(in reply to bizgrrl)
Not in Knox County. The Health Department announces when it gets shipments (they usually find out one day ahead of time), where and when the next events will be, when appointments can be made, etc., but it's only for the vaccine KCHD receives and administers.
It's up to the hospitals and other providers that have begun offering vaccine to the general public on a limited basis to get the word out about their events.
I asked KCHD if there were plans to create an online clearinghouse where all providers could post information about their vaccine efforts in one place. The response was, "No, but that's a good idea." I don't know if it will happen.
Walgreens, CVS and others will be administering vaccine to the general public at some point. It all depends on the amount of vaccine in the pipeline. The locals are at the mercy of the state when it comes to supply, and the state is at the mercy of the feds.
Thanks for your information.
(in reply to barker)
Thanks for your information.
There should be a formal
There should be a formal waiting list, as in other states. I'd like to know I was, say, 7,101 on the list ...
It's a no-brainer.
In the works
(in reply to michael kaplan)
KCHD is working with the Knox County IT department to develop an appointment-setting program that will include a waiting list. It should be ready any day now, according to KCHD.
It's not as easy as assigning a number to a name. Each person has to get two appointments, each of them a certain number of days apart (a span of time that can be different, depending on which vaccine is available). And because vaccine distribution is phased, each person will have to supply their age, occupation, relevant medical conditions and more, which the system would then use to determine a person's eligibility for a particular cohort.
Most cohorts are not even eligible at the moment. For example, I could be the first person to log onto the new system but I won't be eligible to get a vaccine until late spring or summer. I might be able to get on the list but I might not because I'm not eligible and no one knows when my cohort will get its turn. There has to be a way for the system to keep me from getting the first slot.
KCHD also needs functions behind the scenes to help planning and coordination. And it all needs to be protected because of HIPAA and other privacy concerns.
It's a pretty complicated undertaking, at least in my estimation, especially since three months ago no one knew when vaccines would be available at all.
three months ago no one knew
(in reply to barker)
Setting up a logistical system for vaccinating has nothing to do with knowing precisely when vaccines would be available. Trump himself was promising a roll-out by the end of 2020. Nearly everyone I know my age in other states has already been vaccinated. I'm talking New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Nevada.
Davidson County is using a
(in reply to barker)
Davidson County is using a HIPAA compliant system originally developed at Vanderbilt that is now used worldwide. The state could have made this available statewide, but no. They instead directed counties (including Knox) to some random site formerly used for potlucks and bridal showers.
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Which is one reason Knox
(in reply to R. Neal)
Which is one reason Knox County is developing its own system. I'm not not saying the feds or the state couldn't have done a better job. I'm not even saying Knox County couldn't do better (though KCHD administers vaccines as soon as they get them and doesn't hoard doses). I'm just responding to questions about the process in Knox County, which is what I know about.
Yes, and we appreciate that.
(in reply to barker)
Yes, and we appreciate that. All I'm saying is that the State of Tennessee dropped the ball and left KCHD in the lurch.
That's a not uncommon
(in reply to R. Neal)
That's a not uncommon assessment.
West Virginia pre-registration
(in reply to michael kaplan)
An example of how it should be done:
(link...)
WATE reports at 7:36pm
WATE reports at 7:36pm yesterday that 700 vaccines were available for administration on Thursday and Friday by appointment only. Registration was reported as full at 10:22pm.
How are the people signing up for the vaccines finding out about the vaccine clinics? Social media? Are people sitting around refreshing the KCHD web page all day?
Are people sitting around
(in reply to bizgrrl)
Yes, that's essentially the system. Or traveling elsewhere.
UT Medical Center (UTMC) is already out of appointments for the week.
Surprise
(in reply to bizgrrl)
That one broke the pattern for events involving KCHD. Typically, in the few short weeks that vaccines have been available, KCHD gets word on Wednesday or so about deliveries and announces when you can register on Thursday in news releases, at their press briefing and online.
This one, perhaps because it is cosponsored by UT, was announced by UT in a news release sent out early last night. There was no advance notice and they apparently began setting appointments immediately. They used UT's reservation system, which might have factored into it.
Providers other than KCHD can announce their events any way they wish. Hospitals can work through their physicians' networks or just announce something on their websites or contact the media. As I mentioned earlier, I've asked about a centralized clearinghouse for the info and so far there isn't one.
As far as KCHD events, checking their website once a day probably isn't a bad idea, though they tend to get notification from the state in the middle of the week and announce upcoming events on Thursdays. They do press briefings every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m., which you can watch on their Facebook page. They keep the recording posted so you can watch later. And, of course, checking in with the media is never a bad idea.
Supply cannot possibly keep up with demand, so it's going to take months to work through even the most vulnerable populations.
We saw it on FB last night
(in reply to bizgrrl)
We saw it on FB last night about 9:30pm or so. Because my wife is of age, we signed her up. Now she has an appointment on Thursday @ 9:45AM at UT Student Union. We called several of our friends of age to let them know and they too got signed up. 1,400 doses total. The sight let you know how many were available each time period.
What FB page? KCHD? UT Knox,
(in reply to xmd)
What FB page? KCHD? UT Knox, UT Med Ctr? FB link?
Yes, a link would be helpful.
(in reply to bizgrrl)
Yes, a link would be helpful.
KCHD update
Health care workers, first responders and those 70 years and older can sign up on the waitlist beginning Wednesday, February 10, at 8:30 a.m. A full list of qualifying groups (Phase 1a1 and 1a2) can be found on KCHD’s website.
“This waitlist is possible thanks to the hard work of teams in our IT and Health departments,” said Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs. “We knew a waitlist needed to be a priority and I’m grateful that we had the in-house capacity to get it done.”
Knox Co. now has a proper
Knox Co. now has a proper sign up system. Here's the software they are using now..
(link...)
I tried it precisely at 8:30
(in reply to R. Neal)
I tried it precisely at 8:30 am and supposedly got a place on the waiting list, although they didn't tell me which (numerical) place. No email or phone confirmation.