The entire police force of a small town in Tennessee allegedly quit due to the new mayor “micromanaging” the department. According to NewsChannel5, all three police officers in Alexandria, Tennessee, quit in roughly a one-week span. “To just up and leave like I did, it bothers me. But it is just what I felt was in the best interest for myself, and I had to do that,” Alexandria Police Chief Travis Bryant said. Bryant said new Mayor Beth Tripp was “micromanaging” his department despite having no policing experience. The town’s other two police officers followed his lead. Entire police force of Tennessee town quits after being "micromanaged" by female mayor: reporthttps://t.co/CkuWFPvfxM — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 30, 2024 NewsChannel5 reports: Bryant resigned Friday, August 16 along with another officer. Then, the last officer standing resigned this past weekend. Now, with none, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department stationed 25 minutes away is tasked with responding to calls. “I come down here and let them know I’ve talked to the Sheriff’s Department. He’s still going to continue answering calls. I’ve talked to constables in this area, especially the ones for Alexandria, and the Liberty area. They all know what’s going on. If needed, they can help answer calls as well,” Bryant said. During our candid conversation, the former police chief told me he couldn’t work with Alexandria’s new administration elected on August 1. “This is my third mayor. The previous two I had no problems with. I could sit down and talk to them. When the new mayor came in, she tried to reassign our duties to the sheriff’s department and then it was becoming a micromanaging issue where she wanted to try to control the police department and she has no experience,” Bryant said. Tennessee town's entire police department QUITS after accusing new female mayor of 'micromanaging' them https://t.co/UlFWx1eNtL pic.twitter.com/4jCaOxtura — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 29, 2024 The small town is also dealing with water quality problems. Per Daily Mail: In a response interview with the outlet, Tripp said she was left with a mess caused by previous elected officials in the town and denied ‘micromanaging’ the police force. ‘I don’t understand that,’ she said. ‘Because I was asking them to do their jobs, so if I was asking them to do their job, does that sound like I’m going to give it over to county?’ Tripp said her early days in office have been consumed by trying to find more police officers, and insists she is ‘working on every solution.’ The mayor was elected as the only candidate on the ballot, although two others mounted write-in campaigns, and she won with just 88 votes in the small town of roughly 900 people. Tripp said that her brief time in office has so far been an ordeal, as she says she inherited several issues that she is working to address. ‘Every day is something new and something different, but I’m working my hardest to get them all fixed,’ she told NewsChannel5.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the nod to Emergent BioSolutions’ smallpox vaccine for mpox. With the FDA’s approval, Emergent BioSolutions’ shot becomes the second vaccine for mpox approved in the United States. “FDA approves Emergent BioSolutions’ ACAM2000 vaccine (live vaccinia virus) for MPOX, which has black box warnings for myopericarditis, encephalitis, and severe vaccinial infections that can result in severe disability and/or death,” McCullough Foundation wrote. “The approval is for prevention of MPOX disease in individuals determined to be at high risk for MPOX infection. The vaccine was first approved by the FDA in 2007 for active immunization for the prevention of smallpox disease in individuals determined to be at high risk for smallpox infection,” it continued. “The decision to approve this vaccine for MPOX prevention is concerning, especially given its known risks. Considering that the alternative MPOX vaccine (JYNNEOS) has a significantly better safety profile and that Tecovirimat has demonstrated effectiveness in treating MPOX, this approval raises serious questions about the prioritization of safety,” it added. JUST IN – FDA approves Emergent BioSolutions’ ACAM2000 vaccine (live vaccinia virus) for MPOX, which has black box warnings for myopericarditis, encephalitis, and severe vaccinial infections that can result in severe disability and/or death. The approval is for prevention of… pic.twitter.com/yWPdSbq9Df — McCullough Foundation (@McCulloughFund) August 31, 2024 * Image from McCullough Foundation X Post * From Emergent BioSolutions: Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for the expansion of the indication for ACAM2000®, (Smallpox and Mpox (Vaccinia) Vaccine, Live) to include prevention of mpox disease in individuals determined to be at high risk for mpox infection. The approval is based on previously available human safety data and data from a well-controlled animal study in which ACAM2000® vaccine was shown to be effective in protecting against mpox virus exposure. ACAM2000® is a single-dose vaccine administered percutaneously via a bifurcated needle that is dipped into the vaccine solution and the skin is pricked several times in the upper arm with a droplet of the vaccine. The vaccine was first approved by the FDA in 2007 for active immunization for the prevention of smallpox disease in individuals determined to be at high risk for smallpox infection. Mpox, previously called monkeypox, is an infectious disease endemic to central and west Africa caused by the double-stranded DNA mpox virus. The virus is a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family, related to the virus which caused smallpox, which was eradicated in 1980. Emergent BioSolutions’ stock soars 23% after FDA approves its smallpox vaccine for mpox https://t.co/o3VsMVgJYy — MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) August 31, 2024 Fierce Pharma reports: Mpox is a zoonotic disease that can be spread from animals to humans. Emergent’s vaccine option is administered by a needle dipped in the vaccine solution and pricked into the upper arm several times to deliver a droplet of the vaccine. With a recently identified mpox strain called the clade Ib variant leading to viral spread across Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing outbreak a public health emergency. So far, the virus has spread to 12 African countries and stacked up a count of more than 2,000 confirmed cases and 517 deaths, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Emergent last week linked up with the U.S. government and the World Health Organization (WHO) to donate 50,000 doses of ACAM2000 to the impacted countries the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda through relief organization Direct Relief.

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Nancy Pelosi said the quiet part out loud when Bill Maher asked her if she supported California giving tax dollars – $30,000 tax dollars – to illegal aliens to buy homes. Pelosi said she supports giving the American dream to everybody. More than that, she supports amnesty for all illegal aliens in this country. Bill […] The post Pelosi and Harris Call for Citizenship for All Here Illegally appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

A state court Friday halted enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots. The ruling will likely keep several thousand Pennsylvania votes from being thrown out in November. Without this requirement, unsavory people could keep ‘finding’ ballots until their candidate wins. The Commonwealth Court ruled 4-1 […] The post PA Commonwealth Court: Mail-In Ballots with Inaccurate Dates Must Be Counted appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

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