for hours to be heard, blasted the school board for defying florida s republican governor with a no op tr-out mask mandate and instituting scientifically proven covid mitigation protocols. no one spoke in favor of masking and some who did speak couldn t contain their anger. you need to step up and shine your own [ bleep ] light. this is ridiculous! turn off the microphone. watch the language, ma am. desantis issued an executive order blocking mask mandates in school. that order was upheld in a federal court earlier this month. sir. at least two people were escorted out for disrupting the meeting including this woman who says the decision of masking students should be left up to parents. do you worry at all that your child might get the virus not wearing a mask might spread the virus. i feel that from what i can gather that if they did
events in adolescents to the vaccine are non-serious. now, with all this in mind more states, even red states, amped up calls to get the vaccine. georgia, which is not even 39% vaccinated, state officials saying hospitalization have risen 50% in the last two weeks and deaths by 18%. more companies requiring employees to be vaccinated. disney and walmart becoming the latest today. in addition, walmart employees will be told to mask up regardless of vaccination status. and of course there is the president late today opening the door to federal measures. that said, not everyone is onboard even with the threat to the unvaccinated becoming clearer, florida s governor issued an executive order blocking mask mandates in schools. blocking mask mandates that would protect unvaccinated students against a virus that is exploding in his state. the governor saying there will be no lockdowns, school closures, restrictions or man mandates in his state. the war might have changed today, but some on th
more companies are requiring employees to be vaccinated. disney and walmart becoming the latest today. in addition, walmart employees will, once again, be told to mask up, regardless of vaccination status. and of course, there is the president, late today, opening the door to new, federal measures. that said, not everyone s getting onboard. even with the threat to the unvaccinated becoming clearer than ever, today, florida s governor ron desantis issued an executive order blocking mask mandates in schools. blocking mask mandates, that would protect unvaccinated students against a virus that s exploding in his state. the governor saying there will be no lockdowns, school closures, restrictions, or mandates in his state. the war might have changed today but some on the battlefield have not. here to talk about it and take your questions are dr. peter hotez. author of the aptly titled preventing the next pandemic vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science. also joining us, michael
mayor, how is this awful delta variant, the surge in the delta variant impacting new orleans? well, the city of new orleans is the most vaccinated in the state of louisiana at 65%. however, or leans parish, our hospitalizations are much lower than the state. but the state hospitalizations have doubled more than what they are in orleans. so that means that the transfers are coming to orleans parish. they re coming to the city. kids are preparing to go back to school in florida. but your governor just signed an executive order blocking mask mandates in schools. he says it is up to the parents. what does that mean with this delta variant spreading from your perspective? you are the mayor of miami-dade county. yeah. i am very concerned. and i know lots of parents and teachers are concerned as well. l look, we have walmart, disney,