PRACTICES THAT VESERVE LOUISIANA.

>>: THE GOAL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IT TO INSURE OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ASK BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDING BY THE FRED B AND RUTH B FOUNDATION LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL FOCUS ON EMERGING LOUISIANA HORROR ORCYST CULTURE CENTER FOR SOUTH WEST LOUISIANA AND THE FRUNGZ FOR EXCELLENCE LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

I'M NOT UP SET THAT HE DIDN'T GEPT IT I'M JUST SAD THAT HE DIED FROM COVID.

>>: A MORNING MOTHER MAKES A PLEA.

>>: UNDER A YEAR OLD AND GENERALLY FROM THE MONTH OF LIKE OCTOBER TO MAY YOUR FLU SEASON.

>>: ANOTHER VIRUS THREATENING CHILDREN.

>>: THEY LEAVE EMPTY HANDED WHICH I THINK WAS A SHOCKER.

>>: THE BLOW FOR THE GOP.

>>: I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A HARD TIME.

>>: HI EVERYONE.

>>: IUM RN AN DRAW HEALTH LEADERS SAY THE UNVACCINATED ARE FUELING THE SURGE OF NEW COVID CASES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS THE NUMBERS TOOK THIS BREATH AWAY.

MORE THAN 5,000 NEW CASES THE THIRD HIGHEST DAY SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

>>: THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE'VE LOST FOUR MONTH OF PROGRESSISM SHE SAID QUOTE THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT REAR RR GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION CAN AND WE'RE GOING THERE IN A HURRY.

THERE WAS A SMALL SIEVER LINING DR. KATHY SAYS WE'RE SEEING THE VACCINATION NUMBERS GO UP SLOWINGLY BUT IT STILL ISN'T ENOUGH TO KEEP US OUT OF THIS SURGE.

>>: HERE IS THE LATEST.

>>: BECAUSE OF THE TROUBLING TRENDS WE ARE ISSUING SOME UPDATED ADDITIONAL GLIDANCE TODAY TO THE PUBLIC.

FIRST OF ALL WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT ALL PEOPLE VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED MASK WHILE INDOOR IF 6 FEET OF PHYSICAL DISSESTANCE CANT MAINTAIN.

SECOND BUSINESSES REVIEW ACCOMMODATION IN A WAY THAT LIMITS CONTACT AND POTENTIAL COVID EXOAKS PORES.

THIRD WE RECOMMEND ALL PEOPLE EVEN VACCINATED INDIVIDUAL TEST IMMEDIATELY AFTER A KNOWN EXPOSER TO COVID 19.

IF POSITIVE YOU SHOULDISHILATE IMMEDIATELY.

IF NEGATIVE YOU SHOULD RETEST AGAIN BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE EXPOSURE OR IF YOU DEVELOP SYMPTOMS YOU SHOULD TEST IMMEDIATELY PENDING THE RESULTS.

>>: AND NOW WE'VE NOT MORE NEWS.

>>: UL LAFAYETTE IS ENCOURAGING STUDENTS DON'T WAIT VACCINATED ELIABLE TO WIN ONE OF TEN PRIZES IN A SERIES OF DRAWINGS.

SCHOOL PRESIDENT DR. JOSEPH SAYS VACCINES ARE FREE AND SAFE AND THE BEST SHOT WE HAVE THE END THE PANDEMIC.

NEW ORLEANS CITY LEADERSITHSUSE ANIDEORY WEDNESDAY STRONGLY RECOMMEND PEOPLE RESUME WEARING MASK INDOORS HOPING TO AVOID THE VIRUS RELATED SHUT DOWN THAT CRUSHED THE TOURISM IN 2020.

MAY STOPPED SHORT SAYING THE ADVISORY PUTS IT ON INDIVIDUAL THEMSELVES.

TEN LOUISIANA RESIDENTS THAT ARE ACCUSE IN SCAMS THAT DEFRAUDED PROGRAM IN OUR STATE AND IN CALIFORNIA OUT OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.

MULTIPLE GROUPS ALLEGEDLY CONSPIRED TO RIP OFF THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS IGNORED ITS MANUAL WHEN IT OPENED THE BONNY CARRY SPILL WAY IN NEW ORLEANS IN 2019 AACCORDING TO MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR WHO SAYS IT LED TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL COME ECONOMIC DISASTER WITH ENGAGERED SEE TURTLES THE NATIONAL ODDPEN CITY LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI INTO REGIONAL OFFICE ODDPEN DELTA.

SAY THE WORK WILL GAL VANIZE THE WORK IN THE REGION AND IN NORTH AMERICAN.

>>: THE HISTORIC VETO OVER VIDE SESSION ENDED ON WEDNESDAY OUT OF 28 BILLS THE GOVERNOR VETOED DURING THE REGULAR SESSION NONE WERE OVER RIDDEN.

THAT'S INCLUDING THE FAIRNESS IN WOMAN SPORTS BILL AND THE CONCEALED CARRY BILL.

>>: BOTH GAINED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT IN THE REGULAR SESSION BUT JUST SORT OF THE VOTES NEEDED TO OVELINGS OVER TURNED THE GOVERNOR DECISION.

THIS HISTORIC SESSION WAS THE FIRST SINCE LOUISIANA MODERN CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED IN THE 70.

THE GOVERNOR SAID IN A PRESS CONFERENCE WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH LAW MAKERS DESPITE ANY DISAGREEMENTS.

>>: I'M GOING DO WAKE UP TOMORROW AND I'M AS WILLING TO WORK WITH ANYBODY AS WE WAS EARL EARLIER TODAY OR LAST WEEK OR LAST MONTH OR LAST YEAR.

WITH NO VETO OVER RIDE IT WAS A MAJOR BLOW TO BOP EFFORTS TO ASSERT INDEPENDENCE FROM OUR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR.

I TRIED TO SCHEXNYDER.

I DID HEAR FROM PLITICAL EXPERT CRAIG.

>>: MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE BUT VOE TOOVER RIDE SESSIONS IN THE CONSTITUTION ARE AUTOMATIC UNLESS LAW MAKERS OPT OUT.

WELL EXPLAIN THAT TO ME AUTOMATIC.

>>: SO ITS SET THE VETO SESSION AFTER EACH SESSION UNLESS LAW MAKERS DECIDE THEY DON'T WANT TO COME IN.

SO THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY SEND IN BALLOTS SAYING WE DON'T WANT A VETO SESSION AND A MAJORITY OF THEM TO HAVE TO DO THAT FOR IT NOT TO HAPPEN.

THAT'S WHOPS RR ALWAYS HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

THIS TIME NO OVERWHELMINGLY THE LEGISLATURES DECIDE TO COME IN HAVE THIS HISTORIC VETO SESSION.

>>: SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF STRENGTH FROM THE SPEAKERS VERSES THE GOVERNOR.

>>: RIGHT.

ALL OF THE REPUBLICAGE LEADERSHIP ADVOCATED FOR THIS SESSION.

AND RIGHT NOW IN THE LEGISLATOR YOU HAVE A BIG YOU KNOW THE BALANCE OF POWER IS SPLIT BETWEEN THE LEGISLATOR AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNOR.

THE REPUBLICAN DOMINATE BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS ANOLOGY OF DEMOGRAPHICS GOVERNOR AND OF COURSE GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS THE OMONE IN THE DEEP SOUTH.

>>: EXACTLY.

AND IN THIS CASE TWO REALLY CONTRAVERSIONAL SOBJECTS.

>>: THE TWO TOP TARGETS WAS A BILL TO BAN TRANCE GENDER ATHLETES FROM COMPETING ON GIRLS SPORTS TEAMS AND THE SECOND ONE WAS A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED CONCEALED CARRY OF A HAND GUN WITHOUT A PERMIT OR TRAINING.

RIGHT NOW IN LOUISIANA AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN CARRY A GUN ON IN A HULL TOR WALK DOWN THE STREET WITH ONE AND CONCEALAL CARRY IS AVAILABLE TO YOU BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT AND TRAINING.

SO THEZ TE WERE THE TWO TARGETS AND I THINK THAT THE MOST LIKELY OVER RIDE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TRANCE GENDER BILL BECAUSE 78 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE VOTED FOR THET BILL DURING THE REGULAR SESSION AND AN OVER RIDE TAKES TWO 3RDS VOTES WHICH IS 70 IN THE HOUSE.

>>: THEY GO THROUGH ALL THIS WORK AND THIS EXTRA SESSION AND NOTHING IS OVER RIDDEN.

>>: NO THEY LEAVE EMPTY HANDED WHICH WAS I THINK A SHOCKER.

TIGHT BUT IN THE SENATE THE GUN BILL DID NOT GET ENOUGH VOTES.

26 VOTES IN THE 39 MEMBER SENATE.

BUT THE TRANSGENDER BAN BILL, SENATOR BETH MIZEL BILLS IT GOT THE EXACT NUMBER OF VOTES 26 VOTES.

26 VOTES SO IT CLEARED THE SENATE AND THEN IT WENT TO THE HOUSE.

WELL IN THE HOUSE THEY'RE NOT QUITE MAJORITY REPUCK PUBLICANS BUT THEY WERE CONFIDENT BECAUSE THEY WERE QUITE OF FEW DEMOCRATS VOTED ON THIS BILL.

BUT IN THE END THE GOVERNORS POWER AMONG HIS DELEGATION OF DEMOCRATS IT HELD.

SO IN THE END 68 VOTES, TO VOTES SHORT AND AFTER THAT NO OTHER BILLS WERE HEARD.

IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE GOING TO BE NO VETOES.

>>: EMBARRASSMENT FOR THE SPEAKER AND A BIG VICTORY FOR THE BUBNER.

>>: A BIG VICITARY FOR THE GOVERNOR HE USED ALL THIS POWER ALL OF HIS RESOURCES ALL OF HISS CARTS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

HE HAS BEEN ON A FULL COURT PRESS ON HIS DELGRATION ON DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO PRESENT.

THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF VETO OVER RIDES THAT HAPPENED IN THE NINETIES ONE WITH EDWARDS AND ONE WITH GOVERNOR ROWMER BUT THEY WERE WHILE THE LEGISLATOR WAS STILL IN SESSION IT WASN'T DURING AN OVER RIDE SESSION.

>>: WHAT DOES IT MEAN RIGHT NOW AND THEN WHAT DOES IT MEAN GOING FORWARD.

>>: IT SHOWED THAT STILL EVEN THOU THE LEGISLATOR IS DOMINATED BY REPUBLICANS NOW IN LOUISIANA, THERE'S STILL THAT TWO VOTE SHORT OF A SUPERMAJORITY OF HOUSE IT SHOWED THE GOVERNOR CAN HOLD THAT LINE.

WHICH IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT MAY BE NOT FOR INDIVIDUAL BILLS, BUT GOING INTO NEXT YEAR AS YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESTRICTING AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS EVERY TEN YEARS AFTER THE CENSUS EVERY STATE REDRAWS ITS POLITICAL LINES.

THE DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE LAW MAKERRERS SERVE THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS WHICH IS HUGELY IMPORTANT.

NOW THAT'S LATE THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMICKISM NORMALLY THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING THIS FALL.

BUT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING TO HAPPEN IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

WELL, THE GOVERNOR ALSO HAS VETO POWER OVER THAT MAP.

SO IT SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE A SAY IN THIS CRITICAL REDISTRICTING PROCESS WHICH IS I THINK HUGELY IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAP THAT WE'LL GO BY FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

>>: WHAT DOES IT SAY FOR THE SPEAKER.

>>: THE SPEAKER OF CLAY SCHEXNYDER HE'S A REPUBLICAN HE WILL FACE CRITICISM IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADJOURNMENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE AN EMAIL SAYING THAT THEY DEMANDED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ANY DEMOCRATIC CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE HE APPOINT ASKED HE HAS A FEW DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND IF HE DIDN'T NOT SO VEIL THREAT THAT THERE SHOULD BE CHALKS IN THE OPERATION OF THE HOUSE WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD ADVOCATE PERHAPS FOR HIS REMOVAL WITH ANOTHER REPUBLICAN SPEAKER.

SO IT DEFINITELY WILL HAVE REPROCUSHIONENS MOVING FORWARD.

SO NONE OF THE GOVERNORS DECISION WERE VEVERSED SOME ORGANIZATION FEEL EVEN IF THE VETOES WEREN'T OVER RIDDEN THE SESSION ITSELF COULD CAUSE A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN LOUISIANA.

>>: THIS OVER RIDE VETO SESSION WAS UNPRESSED.

LAW MAKERS GATHERED TO OVER RULE SEVERAL BILLS THE GOVERNOR DIDN'T SIGN WITH TWO IN PARTICULAR GARNING THE MOST INTEREST THE CONCEALED CARRY BILL AND THE FAIRNESS IN WOMAN SPORTS BILL.

>>: BUT WE HAVE A PROCESS HERE IN LOUISIANA AND THE CONSTITUTION CALLS FOR A VETO OVER RIDE SESSION AUTOMATICALLY 40 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR SESSION UNLESS A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE OR THE SENT RETURN THEIR BALLOTS SAYING OTHERWISE.

>>: THOU BOTH BILLS GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE FIRST LEJ SLATIVE SESSION CONSERRATIVE LAW MAKERS COULDN'T BRING IN THE SAME SUPPORT.

THE CONCEALED CARRY BILL DIED IN THE SENATE AND THE WOMAN IN SPORTS BILL DIED IN THE HOUSE.

EVEN AS PROTESTERS AND ORGANIZATIONS REJOICE OVER THE NEWS STILL WORRIEDUBLE THE IMPACT ESPECIALLY THE FAIRNESS OF WOMAN SPORTS BILL WAS ON THE AGENDA.

>>: GETTING THIS FAR I THINK IT CONTRIBUTES TO A NEGATIVE STIGMA THAT LOUISIANA HAS AROUND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

AS BEING VERY REGRESSIVE IN ITS APPROACH TO CULTURAL ISSUES UNPARTICULAR.

>>: PETER ROBINS BROWN SAID WE COULD SEE THAT NEGATIVE IMPACT IN OUR ECONOMICKISM ORGANIZATIONS AND BIG NAMES CAN REFUSE TO BRING BUSINESS HERE OR LOUISIANA POPULATION COULD SUFFER BECAUSE THE LESS PEOPLE WILL MOVE IN AND MORE PEOPLE WILL MOVE OUT.

>>: THEY DECIDE TO LOCATE ON QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE HEALTHCARE EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE BUT ALSO BASED ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SIDE OF IT, YOU KNOW.

AND AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THESE KINDS OF POLICIES FORWARD I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A HARD TIME BECOMING A STATE WHERE BUSINESSES WANT TO COME, WHERE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IS EVERYWHERE AND OUR PEOPLE CAN FLOURISH AND FIND GOOD JOBS.

>>: WHEN OTHER STATES PASS LAW THAT SUPERCORPORATIONS SEE AS DISCRIMINATORY THEY MOVE.

WE'VE SEEN THIS IN LOUISIANA TOO.

THE NBA GAME WAS MOVED TO MOORE ORLEANS.

NEXT YEAR LOUISIANA UP TO HOST LOUISIANA .

>>: I THINK IT SPEAKS TO A BROADER PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE A ATTRACTING AND RETAINING BUSINESSES AND JUST OUR OWN TALENT IN OUR STATE.

>>: ROBPS BROWN THIS COULD BE AT RISK BECAUSE OF THE OVER RIDE SESSIONISM AND HESENT THE OBONE SAID HE'S SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE.

>>: I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR ALMOST FIFTY YEARS AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I WAS WORKING FOR THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU WE HAD ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT DECIDED NOT TO MEET IN NEW ORLEANS BECAUSE AT THAT TIME LOUISIANA HAD NOT RATIFIED THE ECUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT WAS IN THE LATE 70S ON THE EIGHTIES.

I CAN RECALL WHEN I WAS WITH NEW ORLEANS SOME ORGANIZATIONS DECIDED NOT TO MEET IN LOUISIANA BECAUSE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAVID DUKE BECOMING GOVERNOR.

THAT WAS MANY MANY YEARS AGO.

ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS ARE NOTHING NEW.

>>: BUT NOT EVERYONE FEELS THIS WAY.

GENE MILLS WITH LOUISIANA FAMILY FORUM THINKS THAT PEOPLE MAY LEAVE BECAUSE THE FAIRNESS OF WOMAN SPORTS BILL ISN'T IN PLACE.

>>: THIS NEVER WAS A TRANCE GENDER BILL THIS PROTECTED FAIRNESS IN WOMAN SPORTS.

AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT MIGRATION.

>>: THINK THAT PEOPLE IN LOUISIANA WHO DON'T AGROOEWITH THE BILL MAY GO TO OTHER STATES LIKE TEXAS WHO DO HAVE THIS LEGISLATION IN PLACE.

HE ALSO THINKS THE SESSIONS TOPIC WILL POP UP AGAIN.

>>: THIS ISSUE IS NOT GOING AWAY.

IT WILL BE BACK AND I PREPICT IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

>>: IT ISN'T CLIQUE WHAT IT WILL SET IN THE COMING YEARS BUT ROBINS BROWN AND MILLS SAY THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S NEXT.

>>: HOW SPEAKER CLAY SAID HE WAS DISH APOIRCHTED NIGH LAW BUT ENCOURAGE BY THE LEGISLATOR SHOW OF INDEPENDENCE.

IN THE MIDST OF ANOTHER SURGE ORPHCOVID 19 OVER MEMBER WHELMED BY ANOTHER VIRUS CHILDREN ARE CATCHING RSV.

FAMILY PHYSICIAN SAYS REONG MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

>>: WHILE DOCTORS SCRAMBLE CHILDREN ARE CATCHING RSV.

>>: WE NORMALLY SEE KIDS IN DAY CARE UNDER A YEAR OLD AND GENERALLY FROM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER TO MAY VERY TYPICAL FLU SEASON.

>>: THIS YEAR DR. RACHEL THE PHYSICIAN AT BATON ROUGE GENERAL HOSPITAL SAYS WE'RE SEEING THOSE CASE SORE AHEAD OF SIEGE THIS VIRUS YEALZ POPS UP IN THE FALL AND WINTER TIME AND DIES OUT.

BUT RIGHT NOW CERTAIN RENALES ARE SEEING AN INFLUX.

MORE CHILDREN ARE OUTSIDE IN DAY CARES WHERE MOST HAVEN'T BEEN IN OVER A YEAR.

AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORST ADUTIES ARE ALSO CATCHING THE VIRUS.

>>: RIGHT NOW CAUSE WE'RE KIND OF OPENING THUNS BACK UP SEEING A BIGGER INCREASE IN IT ACTUALLY GETTING RSV SEASON NOW INSTEAD ORPHWHEN IT WOULD NORMALLY HAPPEN.

EVEN HEARD OF SOME DAY CARES IN ST. FRANCIS VILL BEING SHUT DOWN TO GET A DEEP CLEAN SO WE CAN STOP IT PASSING.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM.

KIND OF A STRESS ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM RIGHT NOW SPEAK THE SIMTISMS ARE SIMILAR TO COVID THAT YOU HAVE A COUGH SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND A FEASOR.

YOU CAN CATCH IT FROM DROPLETS IN THE AIR OR FROM TOUCHINGCON TAMINATED COUNTER TOPS.

>>: A LOT OF IT IS KIND OF LIKE A COMMON COLD ESPECIALLY FOR ADULTSISM ADULTS KIND OF HAVE IN THE UPPER REST PRUATORY TRACKISM PRETTY MUCH MEAN THROAT ON UP EARS NOSE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THOU IN KIDDOS IT CAN BECOME A LORE RESPRIATORY TRACK INFECTION INTO YOUR LUNGS AND THE TUBES.

AND EVEN IN LIKE SOME PEOPLE COMPROMISED STATE OR HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE COPD THEY CAN HAVE IT PROGRESS INTO LOWER RESPRUPOI ISSUE WHICH CAN SOMETIMES DEVELOP INTO BRIBING YA LITIS WHICH IS AN INSPECTION.

>>: WHEN IT GOES IN TREATED IN BABIES AND SMALL CHILDREN IT CAN BE DEADLY.

BATON ROUGE CHILDREN AND LADY OF THE LAKE ARE OPENING TESTING CENTERS OUTSIDE A LOT SIMILAR WHAT THEY DID FOR COVID.

ITS A WAY TO GEP PEOPLE HELD FAST BUT ALSO A WAY TO KEEP HEALTHCARE WORKERS FROM GETTING TOO OVERWHELM.

THIS MONTH ALONE SEEN 15 PATIENTS WITH RSV COMPARED TO THE ONE OR TWO SHE WOULD NORMALLY SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THAT ALONG WITH COVID HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR HOSPITALS TO MANAGE.

>>: WE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE THE RSV TESTING BUT SINCE WE STARTED SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES WE HAVE BEEN HAVING IT THERE.

OR AT LEAST MORE READILY STALKED WITH THE TESTING.

A LOT OF PEDIATRIC OFFICES ARE RSV TESTING AT THEM.

BUT IT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT THE URGENT CARES DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE AND WE'RE ALWAYS TESTING ADULTS FOR.

NORMALLY WITH ADULTS YOU KIND OF JUST HAVE A COLD AND YOUR BODY FIGHTS IT OFF.

BUT BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING SUCH AN INCREASE IN THE COMMUNITY WE HAVE STARTEDDED TESTING MORE THAN JUST YOUNG KIDDOS WITH IT.

>>: DOCTOR CARMEN SAYS WEARING A MASK AND KEEPING THE PRACTICES ENCOURAGED WITH COVID ARE THE BEST WAY TOOZ KEEP YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN SAFE.

>>: IF YOU THINK YOUR CHILD HAS SOME OF THESE SYMPTOMS PLEASE SCHEDULE A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AND GET TESTED.

THIS VIRUS IS VERY CONTAGIOUS.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE THAT GAVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE COVID SAC SEEN RIGHT THERE AT THE SERVICE TOOK PLACE THIS PAST SUNDAY IN PORT ALLEN.

BETTY IS THE PERSON WHO SPEAR HEADED THIS.

BETTY YOU'RE HERE WITH US NOW AND YOU DID THIS BECAUSE OF YOUR SON WHO DIED OF COVID AND DID NOT GET THE VAC SOON.

>>: NO BRANDON DID NOT GET THE VACCINE.

HE SAID NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH HAD GONE INTO IT.

SO BREN DAN HAD LOT OF FRIENDS WHO BELIEVED IN HIM HE WAS A GURU OF THE GROUP.

AND WHAT BRANDON SAID THEY DID.

SO BREN DAN TOLD THEM NOT TO GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH TO GO THROUGHISM SO BRAN DAN GOT SICK.

>>: WHEN.

>>: PROBABLY JUNE 4th.

SO WHEN I GOT TO HIS HOUSE SOMEONE HAS CLEANED YOUR HOUSE.

HE SAID I JUST WANT MY BED DONE.

SO I WALKED OUT OF HIS BED REMEMBER TO GET SOMETHING AND HE CALLED ME IN AND HE SAID MOM, YOU NEED TO CALL THE AMBULANCE.

YOU NEED TO CALL 911.

WHICH WAS VERY.

BRANDON WOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR BECAUSE OF HIS UNDERLYING PROBLEM.

>>: WHAT.

>>: HEART PROBLEMS, THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEART WAS DAMAGED.

HE HAD LUNG PROBLEMS COPD.

HE HAD GONE BLIND IN 183 EYE WHERE AS HE HAD FLUID BEHIND THE EYE SO HE HAD TO HAVE A OPERATION DONISM IN THE YEAR OF 2015.

A LOT OF THINGS GOING ONISM HE WAS ON OXYGEN CONTLY.

>>: A HISTORY OF UNDERLYING CONDITIONS SO SOMEONE WHO WAS CERTAINLY THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO WOULD BE FIRST IN LINE TO GET THE VACCINE BECAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS HISTORY.

AND YET.

>>: HE DIDN'T WANT TO.

>>: A GURE GREW AGAINST GETTING THE VACCINATION LIKE MANY PEOPLE AREMENT ONLY 40 POSSER HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED SO FAR AND THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET SICK AGAIN WITH THE NEW VARIANT AND THOSE PEOPLE CAN GET THE PEOPLE VACCINATED SICK AGAIN AND WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE WHICH IS WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO BE.

>>: THAT'S RIGHT.

THE MORNING BRANDON DIED UNDERGONE HOME THE NIGHT BEFORE BECAUSE HIS STATS WERE LOOKING GOODISM YES, MA'AM HAZE OXYGEN LEVEL EVERYTHING SO THEY TOLD ME TO GO HOME.

THE DOCTORS TOLD ME TO GO HOME BECAUSE I WAS STAYING UP THERE ALMOST 247.

BUT THE NEXT MORNING THE NURSE CALLED AND SHE ASKED ME WAS I IN THE WAITING ROOM.

I SAID NO I'M AT HOME.

SHE SAID WELL ARE YOU COMING UP I SAID YES.

SHE SAID DO YOU HAVE ANYONE WITH YOUISM AND I SAID NO BUT I'M COMING.

SO I GOT UP GOT DRESSED GOT ON THE INTERNET COMING FROM DENHAM SPRINGS AND YOU KNOW THE TRACK AND THE DOCTOR CALLED AND HE SAID ARE YOU ON YOUR WAY AND I SAID YES I AM.

AND I SAID WAY HAS HE DIED HE SAID JUST COME ON.

I SAID I'VE ALWAYS BEEN STRAIGHT WITH YOU YOU'VE BEEN STRAIGHT WITH HAS HE DIED.

HE SAID YES HE'S DEAD AND I WAS REALLY OMOTIONINALLY GOING TO THE HOSPITAL.

>>: DRIVING THERE.

>>: YES.

SO I GET THERE AND I SEE MY SON 46 AND HE WAS STILL MY BABY.

AND HE WAS DEAD THERE AND HE DIED FROM COVID.

AND I SAID THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD DO IS TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT BRANDON DIED FROM COVID BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE HIS VACCINE AND HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY SHOULD GO AND GET THAT.

>>: AND ITS AMAZING THAT YOU HAD THE WHEREWITHAL TO EVEN THINK THAT IN THAT MOME AND THAT YOU HAD THE ABILITY TO CARRY IT THROUGH WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF OCHSNER PPT H. WHO WAS THERE TO PROVIDE VACCINATIONS BUT STILL THE STRENGTH TO DO THIS AND THE PURPOSE TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT BECAUSE BRANDON DID NOT GET A VACCINE SHE CAN HE DID NOT AND AGAIN HIS FRIENDS BELIEVED EVERYTHING THAT HE WOULD SAY BECAUSE HE WOULD INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING.

SO THEY SAID BRANDON SAID NOT TO GET THE VACCINE WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT VACCINE.

>>: HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HEARSAY I HEARD THIS ON FACEBOOK ON TWITTER SO AND SO SAID THIS SO I'M NOT GETTING IT INSTEAD OF NECESSARILY LOOKING OF WHAT THE SCIENCE IS BEING SAID.

>>: SO AFTER THAT A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS BEFORE THE MEMORIAL HAD GONE OUT TO GET THE VACCINE THEY WOULD TEXT ME THEIR CARD MS. BETTY I'VE GOT IT.

YOU SEE MY FRIENDS WERE BRANDONS FRIENDS AND BRANDONS FRIENDS WERE MY FRIENDS THAT'S HOW WE GOT TOGETHER.

SO I'M GLAD THAT THEY WERE GOING OUT TO GET THE VAC SOON.

>>: SO ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOUR MESSAGE SERVICE WAS PICKED UP BY LOUISIANA LARGEST NEWSPAPER THE ADVOCATE.

>>: THAT'S CORRECT.

>>: REPORTED CBS NEWS IS FOLLOWING YOU AROUND DOING A REPORT ON YOU.

>>: YES.

>>: I RANT INTO YOU AT WHOLE FOODS HOW I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE STORY AND BROUGHT UIN HERE.

SO YOUR MESSAGE IS GETTING OUT.

>>: THAT'S GREAT.

>>: WHAT YOUR PURPOSE WAS.

>>: THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT.

>>: WHAT ELSE COULD YOU DO.

>>: I CAN CONTINUE TO TELL PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND GET THE VACCINE.

BECAUSE MY SON DIED FROM NOT GETTING THE VACCINE.

I'M NOT UP SET THAT HE DIDN'T GET IT I'M JUST SAD THAT HE DIED FROM COVID I'M SAD AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY ELSE WHO CAN GET THE VACCINE NOT TO GET THE VACCINE AND THEN DIE.

>>: BETTY THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>: THANK YOU.

>>: I APPRECIATE IT.

>>: OKAY.

>>: AND EVERYONE THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCH ANYTHING LPB ANYMORE WHENEVER YOU ARE WITH OUR LBB AP.

>>: YOU CAN CATCH NEWS AS WELL AS OTHER LOUISIANA PROGRAMS YOU HAVE COME TO ENJOY OVER THE YEARS AND PLEASE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK TWITTER.

>>: FOR EVERYONE PUBLIC BROADCASTING UNTIL NEXT TIME THAT'S THE STATE WE'RE IN.