Delaware News Journal
Vaccine skepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic has revived a debate over a nearly 20-year-old law allowing Delaware to quarantine and isolate people if they refuse an inoculation.
The law was originally written to help the state respond to bioterrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Gov. John Carney s office said he does not plan to use the authority during the COVID-19 pandemic, but Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill to make sure that he doesn t.
Senate Bill 58 by Sen. Dave Lawson, R-Marydel, would remove the governor s ability to isolate or quarantine people against their will during Carney s COVID-19 state of emergency. The bill does not take the powers away from the governor for future emergencies.
My New Orleans
02/03/2021
In this two-part episode, we discuss the history and current state of LGBTQ+ Mardi Gras in New Orleans. First, Roberts Batson and Errol Laborde discuss the founding of gay Carnival balls in the city and some of the struggles the community had to endure in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. Then, Rich Collins chats with Tony Leggio about all the costumes, events and pageantry that are a big part of the contemporary LGBTQ+ Carnival season.
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Errol Laborde holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of New Orleans. He also serves as executive editor of
January 26, 2021 finance & economy
Everbridge Awarded Statewide Vaccine Distribution Deployment Across West Virginia; Everbridge Software Enables Governments, Hospitals and Businesses to Coordinate Rapid Delivery and Communications of COVID-19 Vaccine
Statewide West Virginia contract awarded on the heels of rapid deployment of Everbridge Critical Event Management (CEM) software in Sarasota County, Florida, enabling 50,000 residents to sign up in first hour for COVID-19 vaccine, and reported as a ‘giant leap forward’
Everbridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVBG), the global leader in critical event management (CEM), today announced COVID-19 Shield™: Vaccine Distribution, an extension to its CEM platform offering risk insights, logistics awareness and vaccine appointment management to support the full spectrum of organizations that develop, manufacture, transport, distribute, regulate, and administer the coronavirus vaccine. The offering also provides governments with
New drive-thru COVID vaccination site opens at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota Drive-thru COVID vaccination site opens in Sarasota. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | January 21, 2021 at 6:14 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 6:16 PM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County health officials say their new drive-thru vaccination site at Twin Lakes Park in Sarasota went well. 1100 vaccine shots were administered on Thursday. 1800 more will be given out on Friday.
“It is a lot more resource intensive to do a drive-thru, we did it out here so we could test it out, see how it would work,” said Chuck Henry, Health Officer for the Sarasota County Health Department. “I’m not certain that we’re going to stay here, we’re looking around at other options throughout the community.”
It will be a different Carnival this year, not just in New Orleans but the world, as people are forced to wear different types of masks. Still, the traditions survive, if only in memory. Carnival expert Errol Laborde, with interviewer Rich Collins, discusses some of the major Carnival celebrations around the world. Learn about what we will be missing with.