Blount County, which is not under a mask mandate by Mitchell, has Maryville as its county seat and largest city. It lies in Tennessee’s eastern grand division adjacent to Knox and Sevier counties, both of which have mask mandates in place.
Mitchell’s post comes as positive test results for COVID-19 continue to rise around the country and mayors and governors impose increasingly tighter restrictions and enforcement related to masks and gatherings.
Screen grabbed it all just in case it gets memory holed. Amazing seeing a politician suggest personal responsibility.
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But-but-but...science!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sensible approach! We lived in Maryville, my wife's home town, for seven years earlier in the century. Decades behind Georgia in diversity, the friendliest people - maybe not unrelated. I told my wife it was the only place I'd ever lived that when I came home from going to city hall or the courthouse and came home with a smile. From more recent visits, Maryville, like so many places in the South is being overrun by outsiders, drawn by too many damn "Best Place to Live" articles. Traffic and Yankees. I miss it every day. We moved back to Georgia to be close to our son and his family. Ask me if it was worth it. I miss Maryville every day. I suppose I'm prejudiced because this isn't Georgia. It's a university town.
ReplyDeleteHead a little West or East from Mrrrrville, you'll find that type of town again. I'm in Roane county, have said the same thing. Lady at the DMV actually saved me 100 bucks when renewing my carry permit.
DeleteThat's about the way I feel about my town of Lafayette. I couldn't have picked a better place to live. It helps that I've tried my hardest to blend in with native folks instead of condemning them as hillbillies and being ignorant.
DeleteThankfully it's small enough and far enough from big city amenities (there isn't a Starbucks within 35 miles) that it's not attractive to most out-of-state people.
As a native of Atlanta (where everyone's from somewhere else), I really appreciate your approach. Too many non-Southerners spend way too much time complaining about things not being like where they came from. They don't like the South and they don't like Southerners and wonder where is that Southern Hospitality they've heard about.
DeleteBorn in Athens and spent a good chunk of my childhood between Tellico Plains in Monroe County and Niota in McMinn County. Most of my relatives are scattered up and down 411 between Madisonville and Maryville. No place I’d rather be.
DeleteKen great story and info thanks.
ReplyDeleteI am Florida born and raised. I'm 69. I regularly hear Nooyawkers start a complaint "you people down here". I interrup and tell them that things were just fine until all the Nooyawkers showed up
ReplyDeleteI live in "Murvull" and am dam glad to be here. Knox and Sevier couties have become no-go places for me, unless required by Dr appointments. We have a bit more conservative stance here. Yes, we have an inordinate amount of Yankees moving here and bringing their "voting record" with them. Ever since Gen Joe Johnston abandoned Nashville, it ain't been the same.
ReplyDeleteFor the record HCQ still works just like Dr fauci confirmed almost 20 years ago.
ReplyDeleteC19studyDOTcom Over 100 peer reviewed studies show 64% Average efficacy = no cytokine storm, no hospitalization, no vent and no death.
64% of 270,000 dead = 170,000 SAVED. Just give HCQ, Zinc and zpak upon positive result and/or clear symptoms.
What pAnDeMiC has the protocol = go home. Call us if you start to crash. Seriously WTF.
Go look, each study is linked. They are intentionally killing people.
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Masks 'work', but only in a specific scenario that isn't very common: blocking spittle/sputum ("droplet" in hospital lingo.) If an infected person sneezes out a big chunk of phlegm and it lands in your mouth--a mask on either one of you would have obviously prevented that. But we can solve that problem just by coughing/sneezing towards the ground or into your arm; no need for masks.
ReplyDeleteIf you keep wearing that mask which absorbed the infectious loogie, you can still become exposed to the disease if you don't replace soon with a fresh mask. People wearing their masks all day, every day effectively renders them worthless even in the uncommon scenario that masks could actually help with.
Mask mandates are dumb and have never been supported by good science.