Tennessee Health Official Ordered Not to Acknowledge National Immunization Awareness Month
On 7/13/21 at 9:36 PM EDT
A Tennesee health department official was told in an email last week that there should be no public acknowledgement that August is National Immunization Awareness Month in the United States.
Dr. Michelle D. Fiscus, who has since been fired for a separate but closely related issue, wrote an email to health department leaders John Dunn and Tim Jones asking for direction.
"August is National Immunization Awareness Month and we would typically do a news release, a Governor's proclamation (in the before times) and communications out to LHDS (local health departments) and partners," Fiscus wrote. "Please let me know if we'll be permitted to acknowledge the occasion."