WBBJ TV
December 21, 2020
JACKSON, Tenn. The Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department received the first doses of the Moderna vaccine this morning.
“I’ve been frustrated, worried, scared, downright angry at the world on how they acted over this,” said Wayne Arnold, regional hospital director for the health department. “For the first time, I feel hopeful.”
On Monday, Arnold was the first person at the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department to receive the Moderna vaccine.
The first shipment arrived Monday, just days after healthcare workers received the first doses of the Pfizer vaccine at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Healthcare workers and first responders are slated to be the first to receive these vaccinations.
COVID-19 continues to strain local healthcare system
December 16, 2020
Now, it’s causing an unprecedented strain on our healthcare system.
Jackson-Madison County General Hospital is currently using all of their ventilators and more, according to Amy Garner with West Tennessee Healthcare.
“We’ve ordered more ventilators and are asking for more from the state,” she said.
And finding one?
“I spent hours last night in contact between the state and EMA trying to find ventilators to send down here,” said Wayne Arnold, the regional hospital coordinator for the Jackson-Madison County Regional Health Department.
Garner says they currently they have 117 COVID-positive patients. That’s 21% of the overall census at the hospital. And others in the system aren’t faring any better. Garner said roughly half of Dyersburg’s patients are also COVID-positive.
Itâs all about the smell. Like buttered popcorn, cinnamon-roasted nuts give off an intoxicating aroma that makes people almost powerless to resist.
People walk into Conestoga Mall, get a whiff âand they follow their nose,â said Wayne Arnold, the man behind the smell.
Arnold and his wife, Lydia, have operated the Cinnamon Roasted Nuts kiosk in the Grand Island mall since 2009. Most years, the seasonal business sets up shop from October through December. The Arnolds, who live in Lincoln, came to town this year in mid-November because of COVID-19.
Arnold, a skilled salesman, knows all about the power of smell. Free samples are the other main method of ringing up sales.