Governor Edwards says new data indicates the state may be beginning to flatten the curve of new infections, and that if we can just keep staying home and practicing proper hygiene that the state could avoid what was once a worst-case scenario of 1,800 COVID deaths. The Governor also credited healthcare workers for reducing the average amount of time patients stay on ventilators.
If we maintain the current mitigation measures through June 1st, a CDC model estimates 800 COVID fatalities in the state.
LSU Health Shreveport is running trials to test whether or not nitric oxide could be effective for healing lungs damaged by COVID-19. Professor of Pediatrics, Surgery & Medicine Dr. Keith Scott says the treatment is FDA approved for other diseases, readily available in hospitals, and potentially effective.
Following the deaths of five prisoners, the ACLU is suing Oakdale Federal Prison for the release of inmates that are most at-risk for COVID-19. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Polling from Public Policy Polling shows Louisianans are quite happy with Governor Edwards response to the COVID crisis. 68 percent of respondents approved of the Governor’s handling, while only 16 percent disapproved. The poll also showed only 5 percent of Louisianans are “not that concerned” about coronavirus and it’s impacts.