Louisiana will be receiving a lot fewer doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine next week than they did this week. Governor Edward earlier this week told reporters he expected we’d get a shipment of 40,000 doses over the weekend but that’s now been cut down to just over 28,000.
Despite that setback Governor Edwards says he’s been highly encouraged by our progress in vaccinating so far. He notes we have over 11,000 officially vaccinated frontline healthcare workers, with the true number likely being much higher. But he warns it will be a long process and we won’t have the majority of the state inoculated until summer, and in the meantime our case count is rapidly climbing…
A number of prominent state officials have been infected recently including Congressman Cedric Richmond, Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, and Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser.
Drew Brees will start at quarterback against Kansas City Sunday afternoon, after being out the past four weeks on injured reserve. Saints analyst Mike Detillier says having Brees return ahead of schedule gives you some insight into how Coach Sean Payton views the Taysom Hill experiment.
Kickoff in the Dome is set for 3:25. The Saints will be without star wideout Michael Thomas.
Congressional negotiators will work over the weekend on a COVID-19 economic relief package that Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy has helped put together. The 900-billion-dollar proposal includes money for renters and helps landlords who are not getting regular rent checks