tyson announced they would expect all of their employees to be vaccinated by fall. today president biden sent a message directly to governors who are resisting such mandates even as their hospitals are setting off alarms. worst of all, some state officials are passing laws or signing orders that forbid people from doing the right thing. as of now, seven states not only banned mask mandates but also banned them in their school districts. i say to these governors, please help. if you re not going to help, at least get out of the way. this statement from the president comes as covid is once again overwhelming hospitals in states like louisiana, which is leading the nation in new cases and has become the first state to reissue a statewide indoor mask mandate that goes into effect tomorrow. joining me now is dr. katherine
On today s episode of the 5 Things podcast: Covid-19 cases are again soaring. Plus, we give an update on the Olympics and hear from Michael Phelps on vaccinating athletes, a giant heat wave (again) bakes the West, talks move forward on a bipartisan infrastructure bill and President Joe Biden meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.
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Taylor Wilson:
Good morning, I m Taylor Wilson and this is Five Things You Need to Know, Monday, the 26th of July, 2021.
the vaccine. before you got sick, if you would have had a chance to get the vaccine and prevent this, would you have taken the vaccine? nope. so you would have gone through this? i would have gone through this, yes, sir. don t shove it down my throat. that s what s local, state, federally administration is trying to do is shove it down your throat. what are they shoving, the science? no. they re shoving the fact that that s their agenda. their agenda is to get you vaccinated. yeah, to save the agenda is to get you vaccinated to save more people from dying. joining me now is katherine o neill, the chief medical officer at our lady of the lake regional medical center in baton rouge. thank you so much. i m very familiar with our lady of the lake. my nieces were born there and whatever. we know it and it s a great hospital. thank you, doctor. i appreciate it. yesterday coronavirus hospitalizations in louisiana rose to 844 patients, the highest since mid-february. an additio
you can, try to vaccinate as many people as you can because we re going to see another surge just like this. but we re going to lose a lot of members of our community over the next couple of weeks who just did not have to die. dr. o neill, you and all the frontline health care workers, we thank you for coming on and delivering this message, not only to the folks of baton rouge but to the country. thank you for having us. absolutely. hours of arguments with some schools opening up in just a few weeks. will more board meetings look like this one in virginia beach? you do not co-parent my children. do your job and take the masks off our kids and stick to education. i have, like, five more sentences. why do you keep interrupting?
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