The state's scaling back of its vaccination outreach drew national attention when its top vaccination official was fired last week after sparring with Republican lawmakers.
In June, Republican lawmakers rebuked the health department for how it targeted online posts toward children, including a digital graphic that had a photo of a child with a Band-Aid and the words,"Tennesseans 12+ are eligible for vaccines. Give COVID-19 vaccines a shot."newspaper, citing emails and an internal report, first reported last week that the state would halt all adolescent vaccine outreach, for all diseases.
The series of moves drew condemnation from state Democrats, who also blamed"anti-vaccine lawmakers from the controlling party" for removing Fiscus. "A well respected member of the public health community was sacrificed in favor of anti-vaccine ideology," state Sen. Raumesh Akbari, who represents Memphis, said in a statement."This disgraceful hatchet job is going to endanger the lives of unvaccinated Tennesseans at a time when we have a safe and reliable way to protect our families from this virus."
In an email to NBC News last week, Department of Health spokesman Bill Christian did not comment specifically on the reports that the state had halted all immunization outreach to minors, but said that the department"wants to remain a trustworthy source of information to help individuals, including parents, make these decisions."
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