With students set to return to school, along with faculty and staff, they will face their third pandemic impacted school year. Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Larry Carter says members have mixed emotions about returning, excitement, and…
Cut 4 (08) “…the game.”
Ochsner Health System Chair of Pediatrics Doctor William Lennarz says the average age of pediatric patients hospitalized has dropped from 16 years old in June to 12 years old in July…
cut 15 (08) “….not vaccinated”
But Lennarz says so far the data indicates that children do not appear to be proportionately more severely affected by the Delta variant.

The total number of people hospitalized in Louisiana due to COVID is 2,247, an all-time high.

There are reports that the Pfizer Vaccine could get final F-D-A approval by September. It received emergency authorization late last year and Tulane School of Medicine Epidemiologist Doctor Susan Hassig says full authorization could result in many people deciding to get the vaccine…
cut 9 (08) “…hesitant”
LSU is not making it mandatory for students to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but students who are not vaccinated will be required to test monthly.

The Louisiana Lottery says it just had its best year ever for sales with nearly 625-million dollars in revenue. Spokesperson Kim Chopin says 35 cents of every dollar spent on Lotto games go towards K-through-12 education funding, so that means 207-million dollars will go to public education, up 28-million from last year…
cut 11 (11) “…education”