DRY
DRY DAYS
DRY DAYS WE COULD SEE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
I'LL GET YOUR FULL FORECAST
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
TEN NEWS IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN
HIGH DEFINITION EXCLUSIVELY4@ B@
TOYOTA AND LEXUS OF KNOXVILLE
WBAY 10 NEWS STARTS NOW.
>>4@ WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO STAY4@ SAY NOWW THAT
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ARE BACK
IN CLASSROOMS FOR IN-PERSON
LEARNING.
SCHOOL NURSES ARE ALSO4@ BACK AT
WORK ON TOP OF THE NORMAL BUMPS
,BRUISES AND STOMACH ACHES4@
THAT THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF
WORKING ON CONTACT TRACING FOR
HUNDREDS OF KIDS WITH CAUVIN,
19 IS YET ANOTHER4@ OF THEIR
TASKS.
TANISHA >> PORTER
CALLS SULLIVAN SHOWS US HOW
SCHOOL NURSES4@4@ THAN EVER.
KEEPING KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES
SAFE.
WE'RE DOING >> EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO STAY SAY THEY ARE THE
UNSUNG HEROES OF THE HALLWAYS4@
PATIENTS OF LOT PATIENTS >>
DISPENSING4@ BAND AIDS, CHECKING
FOR LICE AND NOW LEADING THE
CHARGE4@ TO STOP COVID-19 IN THE
CLASSROOM.
SEPARATELY >>, EVEN A CHANGE4@
NEVER REALIZED GOING TO NURSING
SCHOOL YOU WOULD BE IN A
PANDEMIC.
CATHERINE PRICE IS THE NURSE
MANAGER AT ANDREASSEN COUNTY
SCHOOLS4@ AND HER WORK IS
NONSTOP.
>> BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK4@ I
JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED A4@
>> BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK4@ I JUST FELT LIKE I NEEDED A4@4@ MENTAL HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, I WAS GETTING REALLY
WORN OUT.
HER TEAM >> CONTACT TRACED MORE
THAN 300 CASES LAST SEMESTER
AND NOW THEY'RE GEARING UP FOR
AN ONSLAUGHT.
AFTER THE HOLIDAYS >> OUR CASES
ARE GOING TO GO UP BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE ALL CONGREGATING.
>> SHE SAYS THEY FOUND4@ FEWER
CASES OF IN SCHOOL TRANSMISSION
BUT MORE HOUSEHOLD SPREAD.4@
THE RANGE OF SYMPTOMS IS WIDE.
SO IS THE NUMBER OF CLOSE
CONTACTS WHILE ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS TYPICALLY HAVE >> TWO
OR THREE4@ HIGH SCHOOLS >>.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON ARE THEY
IN ANY KIND OF SPORTS4@.
THE SYSTEM COUNTS ON PARENTS TO
CALL IN WHEN THEY NOTICE
SYMPTOMS OR GET POSITIVE TEST.
>> THAT WAY4@ WE COULD GO AHEAD
AND NOTIFY4@ THE4@ PRINCIPALS O@
THE TEACHERS AND THEN WE ALSO
STARTED OUR KOKEL COURT TO
NOTIFY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO
GET THAT CONFIRMED RETURN TO
SCHOOL DATE FOR THOSE KIDS >>
AS NURSES WORK TO KEEP FAMILIES
HEALTHY4@4@ AND KIDS BACK IN SCL
.
REPORTING IN KNOXVILLE, I'M
CARL SULLIVAN.
>> ANDERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS DID
GO BACK TO CLASS TODAY FOR BOTH
VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON LEARNERS4@
.
RIGHT NOW KNOXVLLE COUNTY
SCHOOLS REPORTS TO CAUVIN 19
METRIX4@ THAT ARE IN THE RED ZOE
.
THOSE ARE CAFETERIA4@ AND
CUSTODIAL SUPPORT STAFF
ATTENDANCE.
KCA SAYS4@ ALL OTHER METRICS ARE
IN THE GREEN AND THAT INCLUDES
ATTENDANCE, BUS SERVICES AND
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORTING
140 ACTIVE CAUVIN 19 CASES
TODAY4@.
OF THOSE 102 WERE STUDENTS.
THE DISTRICT ALSO REPORTS SIX
OF THOSE 102 WERE STUDENTS. THE DISTRICT ALSO REPORTS SIX4@ HUNDRED FORTY THREE STUDENTS
AND STAFF ARE IN ISOLATION.
THAT'S SIXTY NINE FROM
YESTERDAY WHILE SOME KNOXVLLE
COUNTY PARENTS4@ ARE CONFIDENT N
THEIR DECISION TO SEND THEIR
KIDS BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM,
OTHERS ARE HAVING SECOND
THOUGHTS.
TENNNESSEE REPORTER KATIE INMAN
TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
>> BUSSES IS LOADED AND CAR
LINED SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST DAY
BACK TO SCHOOL IN KNOX COUNTY.
PARENTS OF FORTY FIVE THOUSAND4@
STUDENTS CHOSE THE IN-PERSON
LEARNING OPTION FOR THE SPRING
SEMESTER4@.
THE DECISION HAD TO BE MADE AND
SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER BEFORE A
HOLIDAY CAUVIN 19 SPIKE.
WHILE SOME PARENTS ARE
CONFIDENT4@ IN THEIR FACE TO FAE
LEARNING CHOICE, OTHERS ARE
HAVING SECOND4@ THOUGHTS.
WE FEEL LIKE THEY FAILED OUR
CHILD WHEN WE >> HAD TO MAKE A
DECISION.
ELEVEN WEEKS AGO WE FELT PRETTY
GOOD ABOUT EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW IT'S SCARY SCARY TO
SEND THEM BACK LIKE THIS NOT >>
LEARNING TO READ, NOT LEARNING
HER SOUNDING OUT HER LETTERS.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A LONGER
TERM DETRIMENTAL EFFECT FOR HER
THEN4@ CAUVIN >>.
WE HAVEN'T FELT NERVOUS ABOUT
IT AT ALL OR QUESTIONED4@ ABOUT
IT AT ALL >>.
ONE THING PARENTS AGREE ON IS
THEY'RE GRATEFUL FOR T4@HEIR
TEACHERS AND FAMILIES SHOULD DO
WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM4@.
I'M KATIE INMAN REPORTING.
>>4@ IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY MORE
STUDENTS WILL BE GOING VIRTUAL
.4@
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY BECAUSE OF
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY BECAUSE OF4@ THE HIGH NUMBER OF ACTIVE
COVID19 TEEN CASES STUDENTS AND
PRE-K THROUGH SECOND GRADE.
THEY WILL ATTEND CLASSES
IN-PERSON ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE
.
STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE
THROUGH EIGHT THEY WILL START
REMOTE LEARNING 4@TOMORROW4@
THROUGH FRIDAY, JANUARY 8TH AND
THOSE IN GRADES NINE4@ THROUGH 2
THEY WILL BE ON A HYBRID
SCHEDULE BASED ON LAST NAME.
THEY WILL ATTEND CLASSES
IN-PERSON ON ALTERNATING DAYS
THROUGH THE4@ END OF THE WEEK.
RIGHT NOW ONLINE WE HAVE A LIST
OF START4@ DATES FOR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS ALL ACROSS EAST
TENNESSEE INCLUDING HOW
CLASSROOM WILL LOOK THIS
SEMESTER WITH VIRTUAL AND
IN-PERSON LEARNING4@.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT NOW.
SO WILL YOU BE ARCOM AND THE
NEWS APP?
WE MOVE TO THE FORECAST.
SOME OF US WOKE UP TO RAIN
SHOWERS THIS MORNING.
THEN >> WE DRIED OUT THR4@OUGHOT
THE DAY.
BUT LOOK4@ WHAT'S ON THE HORIZO.
YEAH, YEAH.
WE4@'RE WATCHING THAT AND SO IS
CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TODD HOWE
JOIN4@ING US FROM HIS HOME
STUDIO.
HEY, TODD.
YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH4@, ROBIN AND
JOHN.
THIS IS THE NEXT SYSTEM.
NOW WE STILL HAVE ALMOST THREE
DAYS AWAY BEFORE IT ARRIVES.
IT WILL MOVE IN LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT IN A FRANTONI4@ AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THE CHANCES FOR
SOME RAIN SHOWERS MOVING IN
LATER THURSDAY4@ NIGHT AND THEN
SWITCH IT OVER MIXING WITH SOME
SNOW SHOWERS.
PARTICULARLY BY FRIDAY MORNING
.
NOW STILL WAY TOO EARLY TO SAY
HOW MUCH4@ YOU CAN SAY BEST
CHANCE RIGHT NOW AND SAY FOR
WINTRY WEATHER IS C4@ERTAINLY TE
PLANT TO A4@ MOUNTAINS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS BUT EVEN PARTS THE
VALLEY WE COULD SEE SOME RAIN
MIXING SNOW SHOWERS, MAYBE SOME
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE
FOR4@ FRIDAY MORNING.
WE'LL CERTAINLY BE KEEPING YOU
UPDATED ON THAT AS WE GO IN
TIME. 4@
AGAIN, THAT'S ABOUT TWO AND A
HALF TO THREE DAYS AWAY BY THE
END OF THE WEEK.
MEANWHILE, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW.
HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD
TUESDAY.
IT IS BREEZY AND CHILLY RECENT
CLOUDS AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON NOW EARLY EVENING
BUNDLE THIS EVENING WHILE THE
MOUNTAINS STILL HAVE A FEW
LEFTOVER SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME
DECENT SNOWS OVERNIGHT TOMORROW
AND THIS MORNING SCUSE ME.
BY TOMORROW WE'LL SEE PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES, SEASONALLY COOL
AND DRY4@ WEATHER RETURNING FOR
YOUR WEDNESDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S
TO NEAR 50 DEGREES RIGHT NOW.
IT IS BREEZY AND COOL IN
KNOXVLLE 43 BUT IT FEELS LIKE
THIRTY NINE OUTSIDE.
LET'S GO BACK TO YOU.
>> ALL4@ RIGHT, 4@TODD, THANK Y
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME
ALARMING KOVIK 19 NUMBERS
ACROSS KNOX COUNTY TODAY.
THE COUNTY IS REPORTING4@ THIS
NUMBER 13 NEW RELATED DEATHS4@
TIED TO KOVEN 19.
AND THAT RAISES THE TOTAL
NUMBER IN JUST THE FIRST FIVE
DAYS TO 22 ON THIS GRAPH AND
YOU CAN SEE THAT IS MORE THAN
THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT TWENTY
ONE.
4@AGAIN JUST FIVE DAYS INTO THIS
MONTH HOSPITALZATIONS ALSO HIT
A RECORD HIGH IN THE COUNTY
TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IT IS NOW AT
TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE AND THE
STATE IS ALSO REPORTING RECORD4@
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL AT MORE THAN 30 200.
THE EXACT NUMBER IS RIGHT THERE
ON THIS FAR CORNER OF YOUR4@
SCREEN THERE IN JUST THE FIRST
THREE DAYS OF JANUARY4@
TENNNESSEE THE STATE REPORTED.
EIGHTY FIVE DEATHS.
THAT MEANS AN AVERAGE OF AT
LEAST ONE TENNNESSEE AND DYING
FROM THE VIRUS EVERY 504@ MINUTS
.
>> NOW IT'S SIX TEACHERS ARE NO
LONGER ELIGIBLE4@ TO RECEIVE THE
COVID-19 VACCINE ACROSS THESE
TENNNESSEE.
THIS ACCORDING TO THE TENNESSEE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH THAT
ALL THE COUNTIES IN OUR AREA
ARE STILL ONLY OFFERING SHOTS4@
TO THOSE IN PHASE ONE.
AND THOSE OVER THE AGE OF
SEVENTY FIVE.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
HAS NOT EXPLAINED WHY4@ THE
VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE TO
TEACHERS IN SOME PLACES.
4@4@4@4@4@AND NOW IT'S NOT.
RIGHT NOW A LITTLE MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND
TENNESSEANS HAVE GOTTEN THE
VACCINE.
THAT IS ROUGHLY 2.5 PERCENT OF
THE ENTIRE STATE NOW.
LATE LAST YEAR GOVERNOR BILL
LEE SAID THE GOAL WAS TO HIT
200000 VACCINATIONS BY THE END
OF 2020.
HERE KNOX COUNTY TWO POINT FIVE
PERCENT ARE VACCINATED SO FAR
AND WHILE PROGRESS MAY BE SLOW,
KNOX COUNTY HEALT4@H LEADERS SAY
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION WILL PICK
UP >> BILLY4@ >> HEAD VACCINE IN
KNOX COUNTY FOR TWO WEEKS.
THE STATE HAS JUST BEEN
DISTRIBUTING VACCINE FOR I
THINK MAYBE THREE WEEKS NOW.
SO WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED
IN GETTING VACCINE OUT4@ THERE.
IT'S IT'S A LITTLE SLOW AND
CLUNKY AT THE BEGINNING.
WE'LL GET INTO OUR STRIDE AND
WE'LL HAVE REGULAR REGULAR
AMOUNTS4@ VACCINE COMING TO US.
WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL
HAPPEN4@ IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
>> WELL, WE ASKED WHEN TEACHERS
WILL RECEIVE THE VACCINE IN
KNOX COUNTY.
THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD.4@
THEY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYING
THERE IS NO EXACT DATE BUT
ADDED IT4@ IS HAVING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DISTRICT
SCHOOLS TO HOPEFULLY PLAN FOR
DISTRIBUTION TO EDUCATORS SOON
>>.
4@IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE OF
COLOR TO BE A PART OF A PROCESS
TO MAKE SURE THINGS GET RIGHT. @
VACCINE TRIALS ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES ARE IN NEED OF
MORE4@ MINORITY PARTICIPANTS IN
ONE KNOXVLLE WOMAN IS TRYING TO
HELP WITH THAT.
4@REPORTER GRACE KING INTRODUCES
US TO CYNTHIA FINCH AND HER
MISSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>>4@ DO YOU HAVE >> ANY
DISCOMFORT WITH YOUR LAST FOR
CYNTHIA FINCH, SIGNING UP FOR A
VACCINE TRIAL WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO4@ DO.
AS A CLINICIAN, AS A PERSON OF
COLOR, AS4@ A PERSON WHO WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT HER COMMITTEE,
HER COMMUNITY, I FELT IT
IMPORTANT TO BE A PART.
ONE MONTH AGO SHE >> GOT HER
FIRST4@ SHOT.
ON TUESDAY SHE GOT HER SECOND.
I KNOW4@ THAT STATISTICS HAVE
SHOWN THAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN
HESITANT TO TAKE THE VACCINE
FOR MANY4@ DIFFERENT REASONS MAY
OF THEM VERY, VERY LEGITIMATE,
DR. BILL SMITH SAID.
GETTING MORE MINORITY
PARTICIPANTS IS KEY TO GETTING
MORE VACCINES >>.
EVERY ADDITIONAL VACCINE4@ THAT@
WE GET.
JUST ENABLES4@ US TO VACCINATE
MORE PEOPLE FASTER AND TO REACH
THE POINT WHERE WE CAN4@ START O
GET BACK TO NORMAL >>.
CYNTHIA FINCH IS A PART OF THE
GET BACK TO NORMAL >>. CYNTHIA FINCH IS A PART OF THE4@ ACTRESS4@ NACA TRIAL.
I WANT TO SET AN EXAMPLE THAT I
TOOK MY SHOT4@ AND I WANT
EVERYBODY ELSE TO CONSIDER
TAKING THEIR SHO4@T >> EVERYWHE@
SHE GOES SHE TRIES TO START A
CONVERSATION.
>> WHEN YOU'RE INFORMED, YOU'RE
KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WHEN YOU HAVE
ACCESS THEN YOU WILL SAY YES, A
CONVERSATION TO4@ HELP BUILD
TRUST.
HOW DO WE MOVE PEOPLE FROM NO
TO MAYBE TWO?
YES.
AND ONE SHE HOPES WILL FRANCE.
I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO BE
TRUSTFUL.
I'M GRACE KING REPOR4@TING4@ AN
I WANT US TO BE ABLE TO BE TRUSTFUL. I'M GRACE KING REPOR4@TING4@ ANO
SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THE
ASTRAZENECA4@ TRIAL OR ANY OTHER
TRIAL YOU CAN CALL THIS NUMBER
EIGHT SIX FIVE THREE OH FIVE
DRUG FOR THE VERY LATEST4@ ON
VACCINE CLINICS HOW TO SIGN UP
AND ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS.
JUST TEXT THE WORD VACCINE TWO
EIGHT SIX FIVE SIX THREE SEVEN
10 TEN.4@
EIGHT SIX FIVE SIX THREE SEVEN 10 TEN.4@4@ >> WELL, IT'S4@ TIME AGAIN THAT
CHRISTMAS OR NOT, CHRISTMAS WAS
A FEW DAYS AGO, RIGHT?4@
GROCERY LIST.
LET'S MOVE AHEAD.
NOURISH KNOXVILLE'S WINTER A
FARMER'S MARKET KICKS OFF THIS
SATURDAY4@ STILL HAVE CHRISTMAS
ON THE BRAIN.
THIS YEAR THE EVENT WILL STILL4@
BE HELD AT THE MARY COSTA PLAZA
NEAR THE CIVIC COLISEUM.
BUT THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES
DUE TO CAUVIN 19.
EVERYONE4@ TWO4@ YEARS AND OLDER
WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR MASKS
AND OURS WILL BE FROM 11:00 TO
1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. 4@
AND OURS WILL BE FROM 11:00 TO 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. 4@4@ ONE THING THAT WON'T CHANGE THE
MANY ITEMS THAT YOU CAN BUY >>4@
THERE'S HONEY EGGS MEAT BUT OF
COURSE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
GREAT PRODUCE. 4@
WE HAVE COLLARD GREENS,
LETTUCES, SWEET POTATOES, ALL
SORTS OF WINTER SQUASH,
RADISHES, CARROTS REALLY4@
ANYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY
WANT.
WE CAN MAKE A HECK OF A SALAD
FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET
OFFERINGS >>.
SOUNDS TASTY.
WELL, THIS YEAR THE MARKET4@ WIL
ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE ORDERING
SYSTEM CALLED MARKETS4@ GO WHERE
YOU CAN ORDER ITEMS ON THEIR