The state’s largest healthcare system, Ochsner Health says the vaccination rate among employees has increased to 81-percent since their announcement of mandatory vaccinations. Ochsner Health CEO Warner Thomas says the deadline to comply is October 29th. Thomas supports the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
The state reports over 16-hundred new COVID-19 cases today; the lowest daily case count since July 20th. Hospitalizations have dropped to just over 1400. Ochsner Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Hart credits the wearing of masks and the recent increase in vaccinations.
Today is Governor John Bel Edwards’ 55th birthday and he has nearly two and half years left in his second and final term. During his monthly, “Ask the Governor” radio show, Edwards was asked about running for President or Senate against Republican John Kennedy and the governor responded that he doesn’t see a presidential or a Senate campaign in his future.
The movie “Heart of a Lion” based on the life of boxer George Foreman will now be shot in Shreveport rather than New Orleans because of Ida. Sony line producer, Wendy Williams, says the film will likely be shot in two blocks.
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Williams says the film starring Khris Davis will reflect on Foreman’s life from the time he was 11 until he was 45.