Those who are grocery store workers, postal workers, those in the hotel and manufacturing industries, higher education, media, and roughly 20 other professions are now eligible to receive a COVID vaccine as of today’s expansion in eligibility. This now makes the overwhelming majority of those over the age of 15 in Louisiana eligible to receive a COVID vaccine at approved pharmacies.
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Former LSU and current Oregon State President F. King Alexander is on probation for his alleged mishandling of sexual assault and harassment reports during his tenure at LSU. He’s accused of being fully aware of allegations against former coach Les Miles but failing to act. Baton Rouge Senator Regina Barrow says probation is a surprisingly light sentence.
Barrow is a member of a legislative committee that has been tasked with digging further into the Alexander tenure at LSU and its alleged indifference towards sexual misconduct incidents.
So far Southwest Louisiana has the lowest vaccination rate of 7.8-percent. That’s almost half of the 13-percent rate of the New Orleans region, but Southwest Louisiana Medical Director Lacey Cavanaugh believes the numbers are misleading since many have evacuated from the area after two hurricanes last summer.