Rachel Nelson, 18, left, and Emma Short, 18, best friends who are incoming freshmen at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on a visit to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. Short said she has been vaccinated, while Nelson has chosen to wait.PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Best friends Emma Short and Rachel Nelson, both 18, disagree about the Covid vaccines.
She is exactly the type of person whom Tennessee's top vaccination official, Dr. Michelle Fiscus, was hoping to persuade to get vaccinated before she was fired this month after her department double downed on its outreach to eligible children and teenagers.after she sent a memo to physicians about the state's Mature Minor Doctrine, which allows minors 14 to 18 years old to get vaccinated without parental consent under certain conditions.
Brian and Ashley Rowland with their sons, Benjamin, 13, left, and Matthew, 15. The Rowlands have chosen to not have their family vaccinated but said that if people want to get vaccinated, they should.Rowland has been working with Covid patients for the past year and a half and hasn't contracted the virus. Brian raises chickens for a living and sees no use in getting vaccinated."I don't work with people — ever," he said.
Steve Rockmaker, 77, of Knoxville, felt more strongly. He said the reaction to Fiscus' memo was"horrendous." Wesley, waiting for his favorite ride at the park to open, said:"I don't trust what's in the vaccine. I've heard of people getting blood clots."
Make it mandatory for entry.
You can’t fix stupid!
Unvaccinated = Uneducated
the bible people who laughed at the ark building, then screamed when the water rose
No fast pass for them
Dolly is smarter than her fans in general. Just saying
DougJBalloon
Even Dolly Parton knows you can’t help those who are still happily ensconced in the cult.
Red State Science has precisely led to more deaths than Science
No chill🤣😂🤣😂
And that's ok go on in Life
So stay home! Selfish so damn selfish.
What amazes me more than anything about Dolly is that she hasn't given up.
ddiamond Just got back from pigeon forge today and it is a total mad house…no masks, like Covid never happened.
Ummm... it’s Tennessee. 🤷♀️🥴
cc DougJBalloon
Whomp whomp
Why do we have celebrities funding pharmaceutical companies? I thought the outrageously exorbitant prescription costs we pay fund research?
I love that Dolly helped fund this w/her own money. What I’m confused about is why....and not because she isn’t gracious, I know she is, but did our govt not have the money to fund it What am I missing?
Virus is safer than the vaccine
I look forward to their obituaries...immediately followed by the empty regret.
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