THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME: State reduces info reported in coronavirus cases. “The Tennessee Department of Health will no longer report the counties where coronavirus cases have been confirmed, state officials said Monday, taking a step away from reporting protocols being used by other states across the nation. The department will from now on disclose only whether a case was identified in East, Middle or West Tennessee, per Department of Insurance and Commerce commissioner Hodgen Mainda. The department cited patient privacy concerns and standard procedures for the change.”

Rather than “patient privacy,” I wonder if it isn’t an effort to keep Nashville from being mentioned, since that might hurt tourism. Is that too cynical of me?