State Physicians Say Governor Lee Should Have Ordered State Mask Mandate Sunday, December 20, 2020
The president of the Tennessee Medical Association said Governor Bill Lee should have ordered a statewide mask mandate due to the increasing COVID-19 crisis.
Dr. M. Kevin Smith said, “The physicians of the Tennessee Medical Association have consistently recommended that mask requirement orders be issued in all counties with over 10 new cases per 100,000 population per day. Since the best county in Tennessee at present has over 80 new cases/100,000/day over the past seven days, we believe all Tennessee counties should be under mask requirement orders at this time.