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“The mitigation measures really do work, but only to the extent that people follow them,” he said.
While he stopped short of toughening the rules, Edwards called on Louisiana’s business owners to allow workers to do their jobs remotely where feasible, rather than in offices around the state. He said that would help limit unnecessary exposure to the COVID-19 illness caused by the virus.
Edwards said he’ll keep the current coronavirus rules in place for at least another four weeks, though he’s indicated people and businesses should expect to face restrictions until wider distribution of the coronavirus vaccine is available - likely to be months away.
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BATON ROUGE, La. - With an unrelenting coronavirus spike bearing down on Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards called on the state s employers Tuesday to keep as many workers as possible
Read time: 8 mins By Julie Dermansky • Wednesday, December 23, 2020 - 03:00
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season had a record-breaking 30 named storms, so many that the National Hurricane Center ran through the standard list of names and moved on to the Greek alphabet with over two months of the season left. In all, 12 storms made landfall in the continental United States, with five hitting the Gulf Coast. I photographed the aftermath the destroyed homes, damaged oil and gas sites, and contaminated wetlands from four of those Gulf Coast storms, including Hurricanes Laura, Sally, Delta, and Zeta.
This selection of photos shows the devastating impact hurricanes have had primarily in Louisiana but also in Alabama and Florida, in an already difficult year beset by a pandemic and subsequent economic downturn.