New Orleans based data analyst Jeff Asher’s analyst proves the flu is in no way comparable to COVID. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Forty percent of the American’s say they won’t be vaccinated for COVID… but can they lose their job over it? Brooke Thorington has more.
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Statewide in the eight and a half months since our first COVID linked fatality, we’ve had enough COVID deaths to fill eight average flu seasons.
Those numbers come from New Orleans-based data analyst Jeff Asher who says when extrapolating current rates out to 12 months COVID will likely rival cancer and heart disease deaths.
The average flu season was taken by averaging flu deaths every year between 2012 and 2016 which came out to 765.
Asher says the high number of COVID fatalities came despite a historic effort to prevent the spread.
Louisiana has the fifth-highest number of COVID fatalities per capita in the nation.
The state reports 6,684 COVID deaths. Asher says that number is likely undercounting the real total.
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Rumors have swirled that LSU freshman Tight End Arik Gilbert would opting out of the remainder of the season, and head coach Ed Orgeron confirmed that Gilbert has left the team. Orgeron says he spoke with Gilbert yesterday
While Gilbert has not announced any plans to transfer, Orgeron says LSU will re-recruit him to get him back next season.
There were also reports that Gilbert was homesick and his mother came in from Georgia to speak with him this week. The mental health of players has also been brought up during this difficult season. Orgeron says the school does a great job addressing mental health issues.
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Sixty percent of people questioned by a Pew Research Survey say they plan to get vaccinated for COVID. But for the other 40 percent can your employer require you to be inoculated? According to Loyola Law Professor Dane Ciolino in Louisiana the short answer is yes.
Ciolino says exceptions would be, for example, if an employee has a collective bargaining agreement, or they could be protected under certain federal laws if they have a disability, a sincere religious belief…
Health experts say vaccine mandates are to be expected in some professions such as healthcare and public education. Ciolino says this is not the first time the issue has gone to court.
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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 shortly after 10 AM yesterday deputies were called to the 28-thousand block of Palmer Drive…
Scott says the homeowner was not struck by gunfire, but two of the four-armed people who entered his house were fatally shot and the other two wounded…
It’s unclear if any of the alleged home invaders actually fired their weapons. Scott says the incident is still under investigation.
Sheriff Randy Smith says this was an isolated incident and all partied involved have been accounted for.