Safe MNPS

Safe MNPS is a volunteer parent organization that advocates for science-backed health policy in Nashville schools. Not an official MNPS account.

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

Safe MNPS supports the MNEA. Show your support as well.
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@AllForLeyna80 @noLongerAdem1 Also the 14 under-20 deaths in TN attributed to covid since July 1 would seem to undercut the "not dangerous for kids" narrative

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

Make an appointment for your kiddos on Monday

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[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

@AllForLeyna80 @noLongerAdem1 Mother of god, that account has made more posts in the last 6 hours than I've made all month

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

@memangrum Looking forward to 7's appointment on Thurs. He's very excited to finally get it, was disappointed when he found out he was placebo group in a clinical trial.

[Williamson Strong @WilliamsonStrg]

@MnpsSafe Walgreens has them staring Saturday.

[Ariel Cohen @ArielCohen37]

CDC vaccine advisers vote 14-0 to recommend use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

If/when @CDCDirector signs off on the recs, kids can start getting the shot.

[Katherine Burgess〽️ @KathsBurgess]

Dr. Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby Co Health Department, has some strong words re: bill passed by TN Legislature. “The decision that was made in Nashville last week is extremely harmful to public health, not only here in Shelby County but across the state."

[Katherine Burgess〽️ @KathsBurgess]

Commissioner Van Turner says the state is targeting autonomous health departments, mentions possible litigation. "When we do try to protect ourselves, they strip away our ability to do so."

[Katherine Burgess〽️ @KathsBurgess]

“We will have to run all decisions based upon local lives, life and death situations, through Nashville. If we have another impending collapse of our health system, we will have to call Nashville first.”

[Brett Kelman @BrettKelman]

The counterpoint to this is the vaccines made mask mandates less necessary. That’s true. But the delta variant proved the pandemic can change fast.

I’ll leave you with reaction of Vanderbilt’s @DMAronoff: "There was a time when the Titanic was felt to be an unsinkable ship.”

[Brett Kelman @BrettKelman]

Example #2: Under this bill, no Tennessee schools could've started this school year with a mask mandate. Even though the delta variant was racing at us like a freight train at the time, infections weren't high enough … yet. Trouble was coming. The bill forces schools to wait.

[Brett Kelman @BrettKelman]

To illustrate this, it helps to look backwards. Nashville enacted a mandate last June and kept it for 10+ months. It helped keep the virus in check. But, under the terms of this bill, the city would've been permitted to have a mandate for only about 39 days, mid-Dec to mid-Jan.

[Brett Kelman @BrettKelman]

The bill outlaws mask mandates in each county until after the virus rises to 1,000 infections per 100K residents within 14 days. How high is that? Most Tennessee counties only reached this level in the worst weeks of the winter and the delta surges. By then, the damage was done.

[Brett Kelman @BrettKelman]

In the dead of the night, Tennessee’s Republican lawmakers passed a big COVID-19 bill limiting when schools and governments can require masks. At a glance, it is hard to tell how restrictive the bill is. So I did the math. Short answer? VERY. A quick thread, article at the end.

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

Vaccine authorized for kids 5-11 🥳
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[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

Flu cases were down something like 100x in most countries over the past year. Basic mitigation works, we've just drawn a Jason Voorhees level cold virus that did a lot of damage anyway.

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

🤘 effective public health measures! 🤘

[Katherine @KatherineNOLA]

I was on a CDC call yesterday and someone mentioned a new study that came out showing at least 2 strains of flu have become extinct due to mask wearing and social distancing over the last 18 months. Pretty dope🤘

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

@LetNashville @TNLookout @Tennessean @flakebarmer @BrettKelman @memangrum Of course you were mocked. Your data is bad and you should feel bad. Are you being funded by the coronavirus or something?

[Safe MNPS @MnpsSafe]

@VoteGloriaJ Always a mistake to look for ideological consistency in a reactionary movement

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