As of May 18, 2020, there are less than 300 Covid-deaths in Tennessee. This is despite the fact that every death with other causes is being counted as a Covid-death, as long as the person tests positive for Covid or had Covid-like symptoms.
Put into perspective, Tennessee has a population of roughly 6.5 million people. Antibody-tests suggest that up to a third of the population has already been exposed to the virus and the vast majority recovered with little or no symptoms. This could mean that up to two million Tennesseans already had contact with the Wuhan-Coronavirus and now have Covid-immunity. With 295 deaths attributed to the virus, this would mean a lethality of 0.00015% – a fraction of the lethality of other common diseases, such as the flu.
This also means, that even if every Tennessean, who has not yet had contact with the virus, would get infected today, i.e. the entire population at once, Tennessee would still have sufficient hospital capacity to treat every Tennessean suffering from complications.
Hence, there is no longer ANY justification for ANY Covid-based restrictions in Tennessee, be it closings of churches or businesses, such as bars, limitations of gatherings, or demanding people wear face-masks or stay a certain distance apart from each other.
https://tennesseestar.com/2020/05/18/nearly-10000-tennesseans-have-recovered-from-covid-19/