Tennessee to publish school-related COVID-19 data beginning next week: How we got to this point and why #journalismmatters.

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At the time Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn and Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey said neither department would collect, track or release data on confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to schools.

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Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey alleged that her comments had been misconstrued and reported. She said the Tennessee Department of Health had always intended on tracking the data, the question was just whether it would be reported publicly.
(Shout out to the @indystar for inspiring this database).
If this thread doesn& #39;t show you how hard folks work to hold governmental institutions accountable and make sure you have access to the information you deserve, I don& #39;t know what will.

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