National report highlights Louisiana s low vaccination rate
National report highlights Louisiana s low vaccination rate
and last updated 2021-07-14 19:43:37-04
Louisiana is one of five states making up a third of COVID-19 cases in the nation.
The high case count among the unvaccinated comes amid news of a forecasted rise in coronavirus hospitalizations in the next month, according to the CDC.
Since late April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been reporting a steady decline in hospitalizations. Now, the forecast shows up to 11,000 new hospital admissions by early August.
About 34% of people living in Lafayette Parish are fully vaccinated against COVID 19, but as the Delta variant spreads, health officials worry the number of people getting the shot isn t high enough. And it s now getting attention at a national level.
Healthcare officials discuss what the new strain of COVID-19 means for Acadiana
Healthcare officials discuss what the new strain of COVID-19 means for Acadiana
and last updated 2021-06-29 18:13:16-04
LAFAYETTE â A new strain of COVID-19 has emerged in India called the Delta Variant, and according to healthcare officials this new strain is more contagious than previous strains. You know we have the original COVID virus that was circulating, and then we had the UK variant which became the predominant circulating strain, and that is about fifty percent more transmissible than the original COVID virus, says Dr. Tina Stefanski, the regional medical director for the office of public health in Acadiana. This new Delta variant is about sixty percent more transmissible than the UK variant, so we can see that this strain spreads more easily.
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and last updated 2021-04-13 20:21:02-04
LAFAYETTE PARISH â Johnson & Johnson s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine has been temporarily shelved throughout the U.S. over blood clot concerns. Out of more than 6.8 million people who ve received the single dose shot, there s been six reported cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot.
As investigators are looking into those cases, some who ve already received the shot say they stand by their decision to get vaccinated. Initially when I saw the headline, I was like Oh my gosh. I just got the vaccine. I saw it was only six. I was like this really isn t a lot, Holly Besse said.
Cupid shares father s experience; speaks out about vaccines, pre-existing conditions
Cupid speaks out about vaccinations, pre-existing conditions 04/08/2021
and last updated 2021-04-08 20:12:45-04
LAFAYETTE, La. â He shuffled his way into our lives, and now he s using his voice to speak out about vaccinations.
We sat down with Lafayette s own Cupid to hear how his personal experience has sparked his concern for those with underlying conditions.
But why use his celebrity to address this? Cause I care. I care about people with conditions. I care about people like my daddy, he said.
Just over a week after he was vaccinated, Cupid s father ended up in the emergency room twice with severe chest pains.