Members of the Metro Nashville Public Health Department (MPHD) this week issued new recommendations to restrict interscholastic sporting events in Davidson County.
This, according to a press release that members of the department emailed this week.
“Metro Public Health Department recommends that no interscholastic sporting events take place until each of the participating schools determines that students can safely attend classes in person,” according to the press release.
“In the event that a secondary school or youth sports league in Davidson County decides to hold a sporting event after Labor Day, Metro Public Health Department guidance is for the sporting event to occur outdoors with attendance limited to no more than two spectators per student athlete and coach. No general student body attendance allowed. No marching bands in attendance.”
Spectators, the press release went on to say, must wear masks and maintain social distancing.
“Hand sanitation stations must be provided at all entry and exit points. Concessions shall remain closed,” according to the press release.
“There must be a plan in place to address ‘choke points/clustering’ such as entering/exiting the event space and restrooms.”
This guidance corresponds with a letter that Metro officials sent on July 29, which asked for no in-person interscholastic sports and extracurricular activities until at least after Labor Day.
The letter represented the guidance from MPHD and Nashville’s planning committee on how to safely reopen schools.
As The Tennessee Star reported this month, Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced Order 10 from the Metro Public Health Department pertaining to alcohol.
According to a press release that Metro officials published on the city’s website, Order 10 prohibits the following:
• The open consumption or possession in an open container of any alcoholic beverage outside of permitted establishments.
• Any sale of alcohol by a restaurant except when sold for consumption on premises or for off-premises delivery.
• Any sale of alcohol by a limited service or restaurant or bar except when sold for off-premises delivery.
• All curbside and to-go sales of alcoholic beverages.
As reported last month, because of COVID-19, Nashville business owners will likely have their worst year ever. Cooper, though, said that they and others in the city must still pay dramatically higher property taxes. As reported, Nashville Metro Council members voted to impose a 34 percent property tax hike upon city residents.
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Chris Butler is an investigative journalist at The Tennessee Star. Follow Chris on Facebook. Email tips to [email protected].
Call off football. Many other states have … and several have wisely postpone the start of football until January. Makes no sense to put children in the close proximity football demands … use crowded locker rooms, and allow spectators to gather. Defies logic. Postponing the season makes all of the sense in the world. If by January Covid has been safely reduced (science and data matters), begin play. Winter weather in Nashville is perfect for football … safer that wearing uniforms in the August and September sun. I looove hs football … but for the sake of our children can easily wait a few more months.
There has never been any logic nor evidence base behind any lockdown , social distancing , or mark wearing measures that have been imposed. Even so the ” metrics” for Davidson County have been improving for some time now – just check the governments own health department site. (Interesting that there is no posting of the “COVID-19” death rate). So, why are these harmful measures ( mask wearing, lockdowns, and social distancing) still being forced on everyone?
These elected officials and the unelected bureaucrats they install will keep pushing this garbage until citizens stand up and refuse to submit to their garbage any longer. Rise up an retake ownership of your communities or continue to be obedient sheep.
You are 100% correct. It is past time to resist the outrageous mandates of the bureaucrats.
You are 100% correct. It is way past the time to take back control of the lives of yourself and your children.
Metro Public Health or their new title “THE DEPT OF METRO HOSTAGE’S’ “ with their behind the curtain leader giving all directions it’s Mayor Pooper Cooper, the i will not raise your taxes but, I did ! Political morons!
Sumner County is no better. “Mayor” Holt is attempting to keep us all under his heavy thumb.