This morning the first frontline healthcare workers in Louisiana received the Pfizer COVID vaccine, a historic moment marking a major step forward in fighting the pandemic. Governor John Bel Edwards was on hand at the Ochsner Jefferson Parish campus where the first vaccines of the day were administered. He says this is the beginning of the end of COVID-19…
But he warns it will be another six months before it is available to the general public.
One of the first to be vaccinated was Dr. Obinna Nnedu (Oh-bee Nah-doo) an Infectious Disease Senior Physician at Ochsner. After getting his shot Ndedu walked up to the mic and assured people that it is highly effective…
Roughly 40 percent of Americans polled last week according to Pew say they wouldn’t take the vaccine right now.
Electors for the Electoral College met in State Capitols across the country today to cast their votes for the next President. It’s a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden will get enough votes to win nationally but Louisiana’s eight electors all cast their ballots for Donald Trump, and state Republican Party member Ross Little Jr. noted the Trump campaign visited Louisiana in 2016 during the great flood despite it not being a battleground.
Two LSU players were named SEC Players of the Week for their performance in the Tigers’ upset win over Florida. Cade York was named Special Teams Player of the Week. He nailed a game-winning, school-record 57-yard field goal and also made two other field goals. York is glad he had the chance to make history
Freshman Max Johnson was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 239 yards and three scores.