430 PM LRN News

A CDC real-world study confirms what many thought was likely, that those who are fully vaccinated are highly unlikely to spread COVID. State Health Officer Dr. Joe Kanter says the results show full vaccination reduces the chances of asymptomatic and symptomatic infection by 90 percent. Kanter calls the study comprehensive.

 

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“Fully vaccinated” is considered to be two weeks after your second shot.

 

AccuWeather releases predictions for the 2021 hurricane season and we’re in store for another above-average season in the Atlantic. They are calling for 16 to 20 named storms and expect 7 to 10 to become hurricanes. Three to five of those to be major hurricanes. State Climatologist Barry Kiem…

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Oil City Representative Danny McCormick introduces legislation that will make employers civilly liable if they force an employee to take a vaccine and that employee suffers health impacts. It also holds companies liable if they force you to be vaccinated to use their services, for example, to fly on a plane or buy groceries…

Cut 10 (10) “….with them.” 

 

The LSU Vet School receives an 11 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a new cancer research facility. LSU Professor Rhonda Cardin wrote the grant application and says COBRE, or the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, is a major step forward for the university.

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COBRE will support cancer research projects at both LSU and Southern University.