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Tennessee to halt sharing COVID-19 patient data

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee will soon stop providing the names and addresses of COVID-19 patients to first responders, after initially arguing that doing so would protect those on the front line.

Gov. Bill Lee’s administration decided on the change this week, conceding that the data may have created a false sense of security to those responding to emergency calls.

The data sharing will stop at the end of the month. The announcement follows an Associated Press review that found public officials in at least two-thirds of states are sharing the addresses of people who tested positive with first responders.

A small handful of those states, including Tennessee at the time, also shared the patients’ names. Supporters argue that the information

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