8:30 LRN Newscast July 28

The CDC has reversed course and is now recommending that all individuals wear masks indoors in states like Louisiana where coronavirus cases are surging. Tulane Epidemiologist Doctor Susan Hassig…

Cut 4 (10) “…as well.”

There are nearly 14-hundred patients in Louisiana hospitalized with COVID. A 530-percent increase from four weeks ago. It’s a concern because there is a significant nursing shortage. Dean of LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine in New Orleans, Doctor Steve Nelson, says the risks associated with being a healthcare worker have played a role in the shortage…
cut 9 (10) “….I pose to them”

State Health Officer Doctor Joe Kanter says over the past two weeks the number of vaccine shots administered has tripled, which he says is critical to slowing down this fourth wave of coronavirus infections. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy says the side effects associated with the vaccine are like .01-percent, while the death rate from the coronavirus is far higher. He says even if you don’t die, there’s the problem of the long-haulers…
cut 11 (10) “…the coronavirus”

After not competing in the women’s gymnastics team competition at the Summer Olympics, Seimone Biles has decided not to compete in the individual all-around final due to mental health concerns. Chair of Psychiatry at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, Doctor Rahn Bailey, says Biles is showing it’s okay not to be okay…
cut 15 (08) “…illness”