Louisiana crossed the 70,000 COVID-19 case mark yesterday as Governor Edwards announces we’re number five in the nation in per capita new positive tests. Despite the recent spike and a string of local governments issuing mandatory mask-wearing orders Edwards says he’s still not backing a statewide mandate. Mandates aside though he says it is still the right thing to do…
This recent spike in cases prompted a letter by Baton Rouge Senator Cleo Fields to BESE President Sandy Holloway asking for fall K-12 sports activities to be canceled. That letter provoked a backlash from many, including Houma Representative Tanner Magee who sent his own letter to Holloway sayings Fields doesn’t speak for the entire legislature.
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Governor Edwards told reporters yesterday it’s too early to make that kind of call.
A OnePoll survey of Americans finds two-thirds of Americans admit to gaining weight since the pandemic began with most saying its due to snacking. This despite data suggesting COVID impacts those who are overweight more. LSU Health New Orleans Professor of Public Health Melinda Sothern says the trend isn’t surprising due to the amount of upheaval people have faced since March.
69 percent of respondents said the increased snacking was due to boredom.
Hard Seltzer sales were up 73% between spring and fall last year, and those numbers have inspired the Louisiana craft brewers to hop on the trend with locally inspired offerings. Founder of Acadiana-based Bayou Teche Brewing Karlos Knott says the growth in popularity and the sustained market share indicate that hard seltzers in the craft beer industry are not just another fad.