This afternoon State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter said if the Johnson and Johnson vaccine receives emergency use approval from the FDA the state could begin receiving the J& J vaccine as early as next week. LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Professor Dr. Fred Lopez says this one-dose vaccine is showing positive results.
During Governor Edwards briefing this afternoon he along with Dr. Kanter made a plea for those able to donate blood to give the gift of life as several hospitals are noting blood shortages. Dr. Kanter also shared that his wife is expecting and will be getting her first COVID vaccine tomorrow, in an effort to encourage other pregnant women to be vaccinated now that they are eligible for the vaccine in Louisiana.
Louisiana’s U-S Senators voted against the nomination of former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm as the country’s new Energy Secretary. Granholm told the Senate Energy committee that incentives for companies looking to produce green energy can help create thousands of jobs to offset the ones lost as the country moves away from fossil fuel production…
During the hearing, Bill Cassidy said learning that President Joe Biden’s plans to move away from fossil fuels to green energy is a job killer.
An LSU study shows since the Clean Water Act’s passage in 192 the Mississippi River has seen a vast improvement in water quality. Coastal Sciences Professor Eugene Turner says before the 70s there was so much waste, that waterways like the Mississippi River had become highly toxic…