Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Checking in with Middle Tennesseans about the COVID-19 pandemic
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Checking in with Middle Tennesseans about the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic has been going on for more than two years so how are Middle Tennesseans now approaching pandemic safety?
Last week, a judge in Florida struck down the federal mask mandate. Travelers are now no longer required to wear a masks on planes, trains or buses, but the CDC is still recommending that people continue to wear masks on public transit while the ruling is challenged.
In Middle Tennessee, COVID-19 cases are starting to slowly creep up again just as Nashville plans to close a key testing and vaccination site. Some in Nashville are now wondering where to turn.
Today, we'll hear from a panel of community members on how their lives have changed during the pandemic and how normal now looks like for them. Then, Dr. James E.K. Hildreth answers listener questions about masking, vaccines, protecting the most vulnerable and more.
Guests:
Blake Farmer, WPLN senior healthcare reporter
Stacey Irvin, photographer living with multiple sclerosis
Megan Staggs, vice president, head of customer experience at AIG and mother of twin baby girls
Grace Tseng, owner of Mama Yang and Daughter
Dr. James Hildreth, president and CEO of Meharry Medical College, as well as a member of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee
View all episodes
By WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio
4.7
5858 ratings
The pandemic has been going on for more than two years so how are Middle Tennesseans now approaching pandemic safety?
Last week, a judge in Florida struck down the federal mask mandate. Travelers are now no longer required to wear a masks on planes, trains or buses, but the CDC is still recommending that people continue to wear masks on public transit while the ruling is challenged.
In Middle Tennessee, COVID-19 cases are starting to slowly creep up again just as Nashville plans to close a key testing and vaccination site. Some in Nashville are now wondering where to turn.
Today, we'll hear from a panel of community members on how their lives have changed during the pandemic and how normal now looks like for them. Then, Dr. James E.K. Hildreth answers listener questions about masking, vaccines, protecting the most vulnerable and more.
Guests:
Blake Farmer, WPLN senior healthcare reporter
Stacey Irvin, photographer living with multiple sclerosis
Megan Staggs, vice president, head of customer experience at AIG and mother of twin baby girls
Grace Tseng, owner of Mama Yang and Daughter
Dr. James Hildreth, president and CEO of Meharry Medical College, as well as a member of President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee
More shows like This Is Nashville
View all
Fresh Air
38,609 Listeners
The New Yorker Radio Hour
6,780 Listeners
Hidden Brain
43,561 Listeners
The Book Review
3,959 Listeners
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
4,003 Listeners
Travel with Rick Steves
2,509 Listeners
The Daily
113,344 Listeners
It's Been a Minute
9,108 Listeners
Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
3,752 Listeners
Throughline
16,476 Listeners
The Ezra Klein Show
16,421 Listeners
The Interview
1,606 Listeners
NashVillager
43 Listeners
This Old House Radio Hour
101 Listeners
Sources & Methods
854 Listeners