Statewide since our first COVID linked fatality in March, we’ve had enough COVID deaths to fill eight average flu seasons. The numbers come from New Orleans-based data analyst Jeff Asher who says he averaged flu deaths every year from 2012 to 2016 and the average is 765. Asher says the high number of COVID fatalities came despite a historic effort to prevent the spread.
Can you lose your job if your employer requires a COVID vaccine and you refuse? According to Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino in Louisiana the short answer is yes. He says exceptions would be, for example, if an employee has a collective bargaining agreement, or protected under certain federal laws if they have a disability, a sincere religious belief…
Two are dead and three injured including a four-year-old after a shooting incident in Lacombe Tuesday. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Captain Scott Lee says four people allegedly entered a home with guns, two of them were shot dead, two were injured…
LSU freshman Tight End Arik Gilbert is opting out for the remainder of the football season. With all of the opt-outs in college football this season, the mental health of athletes has been in the spotlight, and coach Ed Orgeron says the school does a great job addressing mental health issues.