Following Fiscus' firing, the state's Department of Health went a step further, saying it would halt all advertising about vaccines -- not just for Covid-19 -- that was aimed at adolescents. And 35 states, including Tennessee, have seen case rates increase by more than 50% compared to the previous week. This week, faced with national backlash over the state's moves, Tennessee Republicans have been largely silent. The Delta variant is spreading, people are dying, we can't actually just wait for things to get more rational," Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, told CNN Wednesday. "This state still has a little bit of a way to go," Biden told the crowd there.

Source: CNN July 15, 2021 19:27 UTC