TN: Public will not be informed as to which schools have covid cases

[Tanuki]

https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/lee-backtracks-on-pledge-to-tell-public-about-covid-19-cases-in-schools

"Two weeks after Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee promised to be completely transparent about COVID-19 outbreaks in Tennessee schools, he and his administration are backtracking.

Now, Lee says he'll leave that up to parents to figure out for themselves.

The governor told reporters Tuesday that he's more worried about people potentially figuring out who has COVID in their communities if his administration reveals where the problems are.

"It's really important that people in a school district can't figure out which children individually have a case," Lee said.

Tennessee has begun releasing data on the number of school-age children in each county who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, but the state will not identify which schools have outbreaks."...(more)

[Docreed2003]

1. This is such bullshit

This has nothing to do with protecting kids and everything to do with protecting their plan to keep schools open no matter what! Such bullshit but I'd expect nothing less from Lee

[think4yourself]

2. Good luck with that.

Unless you want to shut down cell sevice ala Wuhan, these kids will know immediately and en masse. This joker really doesn’t get it. Any of it.

[Tanuki]

3. Yep, and as is usually the case with "the grapevine" there will probably

also be a lot of rumor and misinformation, instead of just letting the facts be reported in an orderly way so that citizens can make rational, informed choices.