Senator Bill Cassidy says the historic pace of COVID vaccine development, is a triumph of the Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed. Matt Doyle has more
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A second miner has been found dead following Monday’s roof collapse at the Avery Island salt mine. Don Molino has more…
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Senator Bill Cassidy says the Trump Administration’s Operation Warp Speed should be praised for producing a COVID vaccine in record time. Cassidy says the program built an innovative way to fast-track development and set a precedent for future vaccine research.
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The first vaccines were administered in Louisiana on Monday, just 275 days after the state suffered its first COVID death.
But that rapid pace of development has many Americans fearing the vaccine is not safe. Cassidy says if you feel that way talk to one of the nurses that got vaccinated this week.
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Cassidy says he would take the vaccine if offered but expects he is far down the priority list due to his prior infection and likely current immunity.
Cassidy says vaccine compliance will be the key to ending this pandemic and restarting the economy.
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A new wasp species has been discovered by a grad student at the LSU Ag Center and has been named Joeburrowi, after former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow. Entomologist Nathan Lord with the LSU Ag Center says the name is appropriate due to the insect’s unique pattern.
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Ilgoo Kang discovered the wasp during LSU’s championship run. Lord says it’s a great way for his student to honor Burrow.
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This particular species is very rare, as Lord says so far this is the only Wasp of its kind that has been discovered.
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Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser has doubled down on his comments that New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell had Christian performer Lauren Daigle of Lafayette booted from Dick Clark’s Rockin New Year’s Eve television show. A NOLA.com report contradicted that claim, but Nungesser says he confirmed Daigle’s participation with ABC before Cantrell found out about the proposed performance from Jackson Square…
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The NOLA.com report has ABC and Daigle sources that claim the Grammy-winning Christian music artist was never offered a slot on the program in the first place, calling the accusations “categorically false”.
Nungesser exected Daigle to play the gig until Cantrell sent a letter to ABC attacking the singer for participating in an illegal, crowded, and mostly unmasked French Quarter Christian concert.
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Nungesser says after he was told Daigle would not be a part of the show he pulled the state’s support for the program. The Fleur Dis Lis is still set to drop New Year’s Eve in New Orleans as ABC looks set to work directly with the City instead.
Nungesser says the City needs to bounce back with a big tourism year in 2021, so…
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The Louisiana Insurance Department says they’ve received over 700 consumer complaints from hurricane victims this year, with over 600 of them coming from policyholders who suffered Hurricane Laura damage. Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Consumer Services Jeffrey Zewe says 450 of the complaints are closed…
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Zewe says they still have 250 disaster complaints open and most of the complaints are the result claim delays and estimate amounts. He says the estimate from an adjuster is just an estimate on what it will cost to repair the damage
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Zewe says right after Hurricane Laura they received a lot of calls from policyholders about the amount of the hurricane deductible…
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