The restaurant industry has been among the hardest hit during the pandemic and earlier this week Health Officials said if hospitalizations don’t let up soon, more mitigation measures could be issued. Louisiana Restaurant Association President Stan Harris says
Staffing shortages have also been an ongoing issue for the restaurant industry and Harris says they are starting to see more people apply for jobs since the end of federally enhanced unemployment benefits, but not as many as they hoped.
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State superintendent of education, Cade Brumley has announced a 132 million dollar plan to recover learning loss following last weeks announcement that test scores fell in math, science, and social studies. Brumley also says the 69 school districts in the state will have to produce a plan to use nearly 4 billion dollars in federal stimulus dollars.

The CDC is urging pregnant women to get vaccinated, citing mounting numbers of severe cases among soon-to-be moms.
LSU New Orleans Chief of Maternal-Fetal Health Dr. Robert Maupin says pregnant women who develop COVID are three times more likely to end up in the ICU than not pregnant women.
Only 23 percent of pregnant women are vaccinated according to the CDC. Maupin says mother’s fear of taking a vaccine they don’t understand is understandable, but the shot is proven safe and effective.
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Health officials say it’s the Delta variant of COVID that is responsible for a majority of breakthrough cases among the vaccinated. Ochsner Health Director of Hospital Quality Dr. Sandra Kemmerly says
The FDA is reportedly expected to authorize the use of booster shots for both Moderna and Pfizer among the immunocompromised in the coming days.
Both Pfizer and Moderna have issued research touting the need for booster shots but as to who would ideally receive them first, those who are immune-compromised or among the first to be vaccinated, Kemmerly says it remains to be seen.
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