official, dr. michelle fiskus because she circulated a memo explaining the doctors in existing state law allow vaccinations for minors over 14 years old without consent from parents. and tennessee officials aren t content with terminating their state s top expert. here s what the doctor told my colleague, chris hayes, this week. and now it has devolved into a moratorium on messaging for any kind of vaccine to children, whether that s infants or children for back-to-school vaccines or hpv vaccinations, and even canceling school-based flu munition clinics for the fall as a result of the saber rattling amongst legislators. the tennessee department of health responded to these claims on twitter, saying, quote, there has been no disruption to the
dr. michelle fiskus with was chris hayes last night. that has now evolved into the department of health not only pulling back on messaging to teenagers about getting covid-19 vaccine, but creating various for ways to access the vaccine and has evolved into a moratorium on messaging for any kind of vaccine to children. it s pretty shocking. joining mae now dr. vin gupta, pulmonologist and assistant professor of health metric sciences at university of washington. when we start firing health officials because they re trying to tell teenagers to take care of themselves, where do you go? good afternoon, andrea. this is a root cause of a rising problem with people with m.d.s behind their name, scott atlas,
vaccine somehow props up the left-wing part of our political system. and so it s really that, that politicization of public health and people s choosing not to protect themselves that has been the biggest challenge for us to overcome. dr. michelle fiskus on how vaccine disinformation fueled by the gop and right-wing media is now the biggest challenge facing public health officials in this country right now. she was fired from her job. she s no longer in her job over a memo about covid vaccinations for teens that outraged republican lawmakers there. in a statement fiscus said, quote, i ve been terminated for doing my job because some of our politicians have bought into the anti-vaccine misinformation campaign rather than taking the time to speak with the medical experts. they believe what they choose to believe rather than what is
president trump s white house. an insider including the former president himself. a very good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, july 13th and we are beginning with the firing of tennessee s top vaccine official, dr. michelle fiskus says she lost her job over an argument about vaccinating teenagers against coronavirus. now she s worried about her state. all of this stems from a memo she sent in may to medical providers about minors getting medical care without their parents position. cnn reached out to the tennessee state department. they said they cannot couldn t on health care matters.