Podcasts about lafourche

Alice d'Orgeval, journaliste spécialisée sur les questions écologiques et environnementales, elle publie un dossier prochainement sur le compost dans Les Echos week-end Celine de Sousa, cheffe cuisinier spécialisée dans l'alimentation des bébés et la diversification alimentaire. Elle a co-écrit Cuisiner en famille c'est que du bonheur ... ou pas? (Éd. Solar) Lucas Lefebvre, co-fondateur de Lafourche.fr, magasin en ligne qui se bat pour rendre les produits bio et la consommation responsables accessibles à tousHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Carson Orgeron to Kolt Decuir for a 55 yard touchdown.

Landin Dardar with a 2 yard TD run

Carson Orgeron to Kamden Bourg for a 73 yard touchdown.

Landin Dardar with a 43 yard touchdown run

Carson Orgeron to Kamden Bourg for a big 40 yard pass completion.

Carson Orgeron to Kamden Bourg for a 10 yard touchdown

Carson Orgeron to Titan Allemand for a 20 yard touchdown.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about how Lafourche Parish is recovering from Hurricane Ida. 

Teche Action Clinic in St. Mary, Terrebonne, Lafourche, Assumption, St James and St John  Parishes, offers this commercial in #Spanish (#Espagnol), reminding parents to vaccinate themselves and their children with the COVID-19 vaccine or booster, before school starts. 

This week, we have four short battles with 3 of them involving the Gettysburg campaign in whice J.E.B. Stuart is tasked with preventing Union Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton from discovering Robert. E. Lee's position. Those battles are Aldie on June 17th, 1863, Middleburg on June 17th-19th, and Upperville on June 21st. Sandwiched between Middleburg and Upperville, we have the battle of LaFourche Crossing in Louisiana on June 20th-21st in the Confederates are attempting to disrupt Union supply lines.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about how his parish is preparing for hurricane season in 2023. 

When you look at a map of Louisiana, the South Lafourche community stands out almost as an island surrounded by water and a withering marsh. The reason this area stands out so much is because of the hurricane protection levee that surrounds the community. Since the 1960's, the South Lafourche Levee District has been working diligently to protect the South Lafourche community from floods and coastal erosion. In this episode, Brennan Matherne sits down with recently retired General Manager, Windell Curole, and new General Manager Nicholas Matherne. They give us a glimpse into how the levee came to be, the constant work done to maintain its integrity, and what they see for the future. For more information on the South Lafourche Levee District, you can visit their website at www.slld.org or find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/slld17904. The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can follow us at: www.blessyourheartnonprofit.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can donate at blessyourheartnonprofit.com or one of the platforms below: PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-dtb-podcast/support

If you are a survivor of domestic or sexual violence, please listen with care. Maci and Julie, the director and trauma therapist and advocate are here to share an informative message about interpersonal violence and how we as women can rally in support, come forward and end violence in our community. I can't thank Maci and Julie enough for coming on the podcast and sharing this incredible information with all of us.  The Haven provides safety, advocacy, crisis response, and education to survivors of sexual assault and domestic, dating, and family violence. The Haven proudly serves Terrebonne, Lafourche, and Assumption parishes.

Lucas Lefebvre, cofondateur de La Fourche, était l'invité de Christophe Jakubyszyn dans Good Morning Business, ce lundi 19 décembre. Ils sont revenus sur le bio en e-commerce par La Fourche avec une logique d'adhésion à un club fermé sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l'émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en podcast.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about the latest from Lafourche Parish and its recovery. 

In the times of crisis, heroes and leaders emerge. Many times, these heroes and leaders come from the local fire departments. When choosing to be part of a fire department, it takes more than just courage, it is about sacrificing themselves for something greater than themselves. The people of Lafourche Parish Fire District #3, are prime examples of courage and sacrifice. In the past couple of years, they have had to respond to major incidents that drew national attention and have done so just as heroes and leaders would do! In this episode, Devin Dedon, Lynn Rogers, and Jada Pitre, give us a glimpse into what they do for our community. For more information on the Lafourche Parish Fire District #3, check them out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Lafourche-Parish-Fire-District-3-109825679193906. The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can follow them at: · www.blessyourheartnonprofit.com · Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit · Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can donate at blessyourheartnonprofit.com or one of the platforms below: · PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com · Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-dtb-podcast/support

Hurricane Ida killed dozens of Lousianans and displaced tens of thousands of others. Among the hardest hit were bilingual and French-speaking communities close to the Mississippi Delta. Alces Adams lives halfway between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico in the small community of Cut Off in Lafourche Parish. Hurricane Ida destroyed his trailer.People in this part of Louisiana — bayou country — have long learned to live under adverse weather conditions. But things have gotten much worse in recent years. Rising sea levels, erosion and storm after storm have flooded entire communities. For some French speakers, Hurricane Ida was the last straw, and now many are moving away.A year after Ida, Adams' trailer looks just as it did the day after the storm — twisted and torn apart with furniture spilling out, as if attacked by a pack of wild animals. Next to it is a new trailer, Adams' temporary home provided by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Alces Adams in front of what is left of his trailer, Cut Off, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Adams was born a block away in his grandparents' house. His family's older generation spoke only French. Adams said his grandmother learned English, but refused to speak it, except for one word: “Yeah.” “English was forced on us about 100 years ago,” Adams said. That's when English was declared the only language of instruction in public schools.Adams recalled listening to his older relatives as they told him stories in French. Even then, he said, he considered the language beautiful. “I loved listening to that.”Adams' grandmother and others told him stories of storms and floods they had survived. It helped prepare him — still a child — when Hurricane Betsy battered the region in 1965.“I was thinking of getting a sash or vest or something: ‘I survived Betsy, Katrina, Ida,'" Adams said. “All the monsters that I survived."Adams doesn't know what's next for him. He comes from a long line of Cajuns who he said were compelled to move from one place to another, to escape poverty or discrimination, or hurricanes and flooding. The French language has been a constant in all of this generational change. Adams knows that each time a French speaker moves away, it's another micro-blow to the survival of French in southern Louisiana. Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko and Alces Adams in a storage unit containing Alces' possessions, Cut Off, Louisiana. Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko has been tracking the decline of French in Lafourche and neighboring Terrebonne Parishes for nearly 20 years. She was in graduate school at Tulane when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. It left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Some even ended up in camps that were scattered across several southern states. Dajko visited a few of the camps as part of a gig she had with Save the Children, a nongovernmental organization.“Every now and again, we'd come across these French speakers,” Dajko said.“They would be so excited to meet somebody who spoke French, and they would talk about how they missed the French.”They told Dajko about constantly moving, about the language dying and the land eroding. She came to understand the strength of their attachment to the land.After that, she began visiting French speakers still living in bayou country. She recorded their conversations as part of a research project that eventually became a book, “French on Shifting Ground,” about the double loss of language and land. Louisiana French isn't standard Parisian French. But French has had longstanding roots in the region after France claimed it in 1682. With the area drawing French speakers, the language gained a foothold. It even spread to local Indigenous tribes in the 1700s. They'd formed protective alliances with the colonial French against the British. Some of their descendants still speak French, especially those who live closer to the ocean — and the floods and storms.Across a causeway from one of the larger bayous in Terrebonne Parish is an island called Isle de Jean Charles. Abandoned dwellings are everywhere: collapsed walls, caved-in roofs, debris. A couple of the houses are being fixed up. But most aren't. Near the end of the road, a house with a sign outside says, “Isle de Jean Charles is not dead. Climate change sucks.” Chris Brunet, who answered the door in a wheelchair, said he spoke French at home and English at school. Like Alces Adams, Brunet's grandmother only spoke French; his parents were bilingual. Everyone living on the island was a member of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe.  Chris Brunet outside his home, Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Brunet said he's always lived on Isle de Jean Charles, even as most others left. “Hurricane Ida is the first storm to damage the house,” he said, pointing out his damaged roof. “But it's still standing and it's repairable.” It's one of the few salvageable dwellings here. Most are, as Brunet put it, “gone.”Also likely to be gone soon is this entire island. In the past 65 years, Isle de Jean Charles has shrunk from 22,000 acres to just 320. It's not just the storms. There are many reasons why the land is vanishing: rising sea levels, the rerouting of the Mississippi river — some of it natural, some engineered — canal construction, land erosion, some of that caused by oil and gas extraction. Then there's the levee system, expanded after Hurricane Katrina: a life-saver for those living within it; potentially catastrophic if you're on the outside of it.That's why Brunet, and almost everyone else on the island, is leaving, with federal government assistance, to a city 35 miles inland where virtually no one speaks French.“If I had to predict, I would suggest that people are not going to maintain French,” linguist Nathalie Dajko said.That's the usual pattern when a community is forced to move, Dajko added. As closely as they may stick together in their new home, they're leaving a place — an isolated place — that holds strong associations with the French language. Still, Dajko has studied these French and bilingual communities for close to two decades, and said they're full of surprises. “People have been predicting the death of Louisiana French for generations and it just won't die,” she said. “You cannot predict what people are going to do. They're worse than predicting the weather. They always do something you don't expect.”Dajko clings to this sliver of hope. Indeed, it is the hope of many in the region that the French language will survive the floods of bayou country. For more on the French speakers of southern Louisiana, listen to this episode of "Subtitle," a podcast about languages and the people who speak them. "Subtitle" is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida. 

Hurricane Ida killed dozens of Lousianans and displaced tens of thousands of others. Among the hardest hit were bilingual and French-speaking communities close to the Mississippi Delta. Alces Adams lives halfway between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico in the small community of Cut Off in Lafourche Parish. Hurricane Ida destroyed his trailer.People in this part of Louisiana — bayou country — have long learned to live under adverse weather conditions. But things have gotten much worse in recent years. Rising sea levels, erosion and storm after storm have flooded entire communities. For some French speakers, Hurricane Ida was the last straw, and now many are moving away.A year after Ida, Adams' trailer looks just as it did the day after the storm — twisted and torn apart with furniture spilling out, as if attacked by a pack of wild animals. Next to it is a new trailer, Adams' temporary home provided by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Alces Adams in front of what is left of his trailer, Cut Off, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Adams was born a block away in his grandparents' house. His family's older generation spoke only French. Adams said his grandmother learned English, but refused to speak it, except for one word: “Yeah.” “English was forced on us about 100 years ago,” Adams said. That's when English was declared the only language of instruction in public schools.Adams recalled listening to his older relatives as they told him stories in French. Even then, he said, he considered the language beautiful. “I loved listening to that.”Adams' grandmother and others told him stories of storms and floods they had survived. It helped prepare him — still a child — when Hurricane Betsy battered the region in 1965.“I was thinking of getting a sash or vest or something: ‘I survived Betsy, Katrina, Ida,'" Adams said. “All the monsters that I survived."Adams doesn't know what's next for him. He comes from a long line of Cajuns who he said were compelled to move from one place to another, to escape poverty or discrimination, or hurricanes and flooding. The French language has been a constant in all of this generational change. Adams knows that each time a French speaker moves away, it's another micro-blow to the survival of French in southern Louisiana. Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko and Alces Adams in a storage unit containing Alces' possessions, Cut Off, Louisiana. Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Tulane University linguist Nathalie Dajko has been tracking the decline of French in Lafourche and neighboring Terrebonne Parishes for nearly 20 years. She was in graduate school at Tulane when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. It left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Some even ended up in camps that were scattered across several southern states. Dajko visited a few of the camps as part of a gig she had with Save the Children, a nongovernmental organization.“Every now and again, we'd come across these French speakers,” Dajko said.“They would be so excited to meet somebody who spoke French, and they would talk about how they missed the French.”They told Dajko about constantly moving, about the language dying and the land eroding. She came to understand the strength of their attachment to the land.After that, she began visiting French speakers still living in bayou country. She recorded their conversations as part of a research project that eventually became a book, “French on Shifting Ground,” about the double loss of language and land. Louisiana French isn't standard Parisian French. But French has had longstanding roots in the region after France claimed it in 1682. With the area drawing French speakers, the language gained a foothold. It even spread to local Indigenous tribes in the 1700s. They'd formed protective alliances with the colonial French against the British. Some of their descendants still speak French, especially those who live closer to the ocean — and the floods and storms.Across a causeway from one of the larger bayous in Terrebonne Parish is an island called Isle de Jean Charles. Abandoned dwellings are everywhere: collapsed walls, caved-in roofs, debris. A couple of the houses are being fixed up. But most aren't. Near the end of the road, a house with a sign outside says, “Isle de Jean Charles is not dead. Climate change sucks.” Chris Brunet, who answered the door in a wheelchair, said he spoke French at home and English at school. Like Alces Adams, Brunet's grandmother only spoke French; his parents were bilingual. Everyone living on the island was a member of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe.  Chris Brunet outside his home, Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana.  Credit: Courtesy of Julia Kumari Drapkin Brunet said he's always lived on Isle de Jean Charles, even as most others left. “Hurricane Ida is the first storm to damage the house,” he said, pointing out his damaged roof. “But it's still standing and it's repairable.” It's one of the few salvageable dwellings here. Most are, as Brunet put it, “gone.”Also likely to be gone soon is this entire island. In the past 65 years, Isle de Jean Charles has shrunk from 22,000 acres to just 320. It's not just the storms. There are many reasons why the land is vanishing: rising sea levels, the rerouting of the Mississippi river — some of it natural, some engineered — canal construction, land erosion, some of that caused by oil and gas extraction. Then there's the levee system, expanded after Hurricane Katrina: a life-saver for those living within it; potentially catastrophic if you're on the outside of it.That's why Brunet, and almost everyone else on the island, is leaving, with federal government assistance, to a city 35 miles inland where virtually no one speaks French.“If I had to predict, I would suggest that people are not going to maintain French,” linguist Nathalie Dajko said.That's the usual pattern when a community is forced to move, Dajko added. As closely as they may stick together in their new home, they're leaving a place — an isolated place — that holds strong associations with the French language. Still, Dajko has studied these French and bilingual communities for close to two decades, and said they're full of surprises. “People have been predicting the death of Louisiana French for generations and it just won't die,” she said. “You cannot predict what people are going to do. They're worse than predicting the weather. They always do something you don't expect.”Dajko clings to this sliver of hope. Indeed, it is the hope of many in the region that the French language will survive the floods of bayou country. For more on the French speakers of southern Louisiana, listen to this episode of "Subtitle," a podcast about languages and the people who speak them. "Subtitle" is supported by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Archie Chaisson joins Tommy to talk about how Lafourche Parish is preparing for hurricane season. 

In 1965, The Greater Lafourche Gazette started printing newspapers to provide the people of our community with local news. Since then, the way people receive news has changed drastically with websites and social media. Fast forward 57 years later though, The Lafourche Gazette has stuck to its roots by continuing to print a newspaper while also adapting to the digital age. The names and faces of the paper may have changed, but they still pride themselves on publishing the positive stories that come from our great community. In this episode, Brennan sits down with Owner/Publisher Addy Melancon and Editor Casey Gisclair to discuss the history of the paper, the evolution to the digital world, and what the future holds for The Lafourche Gazette. You can checkout The Lafourche Gazette at news stands around the parish or at the links below: https://www.lafourchegazette.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheLafourcheGazette The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can follow them at:  - www.blessyourheartnonprofit.com  - Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit  - Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can donate at blessyourheartnonprofit.com or one of the platforms below:  - PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com  - Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-dtb-podcast/support

In 2019, Lafourche Parish elected its youngest parish president. At the age of 34, Archie Chaisson III, became the leader of Lafourche Parish, which was heading into unprecedented times. In his first two years of office, Parish President Chaisson had to lead our community through a global pandemic and one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the Louisiana coast. In this episode, we get incredible insight into these events from the view of Parish President Chaisson, but also from Archie, the Lockport native, the husband, and the father. Take a listen to get an idea of what Parish President Chaisson visions for Lafourche Parish in the years to come. For more information you can follow Parish President Chaisson and/or Lafourche Parish Government at the links below. https://www.facebook.com/ArchieChaisson https://www.lafourchegov.org/ https://www.facebook.com/lafourchegov The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart Nonprofit, you can follow them at: - www.blessyourheartnonprofit.com - Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit - Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart, you can donate at blessyourheartnonprofit.com or one of the platforms below: - PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com - Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-dtb-podcast/support

In the last week of March, FEMA officials gave updates to Lafourche parish residents and council members on proposed group sites for temporary housing. This comes close to 8 months after Hurricane Ida made landfall, displacing an estimated one thousand residents in the parish. WWNO's Coastal reporter Kezia Setyawan spoke with Dan Copp, reporter for the Houma Courier/Thibodaux Daily Comet, to learn more.  Today, April 7 marks Major League Baseball's opening day. And while Louisiana does not have any team in the league, the state is full with rich baseball history. We revisit a conversation with Bob Kendrick, president of the Negro League Baseball Museum, to learn more about the history and legacy of black baseball teams in Louisiana. In partnership with the journalism initiative, America Amplified, we are excited to bring you the first edition of Liner Notes, a new project where we talk to Louisiana bands and dissect one of their original songs. Today we are joined by New Orleans band Pocket Chocolate to learn how they collaborated to compose, lyricize, and mix their latest song, Waxing Gibbous. Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Alana Schreiber. Our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz and our engineers are Garrett Pittman, Aubrey Procell, and Thomas Walsh.  You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts.  Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's been 5 months since Hurricane Ida made landfall destroying much of what southeastern Louisiana calls home. Since August 29th 2021 the bayou region has been slowly rebuilding itself with little to no help from the state or federal governments. The Cajun people are a strong, proud, and resilient people, some still living with minimum resources. Our hearts go out to the broken. Rebirth is on the rise, and we're back baby! Thanks for coming back for Part II of Hurricane IDA Post Coverage with The Dank Swamp Rebellion.   Simone Crochet @simone_pzen “The Bayou Anarchist”   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @environmentalist_gotc Instagram   Help Support DSR and our Buds! New Orleans' own Elmer's CheeWees  Grab your Music Gear with Bayou Merchandise & Specialties Hang with Daniel Merry on ALT 9.23 DSR Distrokid Pickled Pepper Hop Shop Save 20% on your order by using promo code: DSRTALKS See what else DSR is up too! Dank Swamp Rebellion

It's been 5 months since Hurricane Ida made landfall destroying much of what southeastern Louisiana calls home. Since August 29th 2021 the bayou region has been slowly rebuilding itself with little to no help from the state or federal governments. The Cajun people are a strong, proud, and resilient people, some still living with minimum resources. Our hearts go out to the broken. Rebirth is on the rise, and we're back baby! Thanks for coming back for 2 parts of Hurricane IDA Post Coverage with The Dank Swamp Rebellion.   Simone Crochet @simone_pzen “The Bayou Anarchist”   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @environmentalist_gotc Instagram   Help Support DSR and our Buds! New Orleans' own Elmer's CheeWees  Grab your Music Gear with Bayou Merchandise & Specialties Hang with Daniel Merry on ALT 9.23 DSR Distrokid Pickled Pepper Hop Shop Save 20% on your order by using promo code: DSRTALKS See what else DSR is up too! Dank Swamp Rebellion

Scoot talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson about his administration's Herculean effort to clear roadways of hurricane debris See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scoot talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson about conditions there 30 days after Hurricane Ida passed through See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Delta Dispatches, Jacques and Simone chat with Jeray Jambon Jarreau from Bless Your Heart Nonprofit. Jeray talks about life in South Lafourche after the devastation of Hurricane Ida. Bless Your Heart Nonprofit is working on the ground to address the needs of some of the most impacted communities in South Louisiana. Learn about the work they're doing and how you can help through their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit/

Windell Curole has been General Manager for the South Lafourche Levee District for 41 years. He has been through every storm this levee district south of the New Orleans area has seen since its inception in the 1970s. It just faced one of its biggest challenges ever with Hurricane Ida. How did the levees hold up? How many people does it protect? If you're a hurricane history buff, Windell will answer those questions and more. 

This week on Delta Dispatches, Jacques and Simone chat with Jeray Jambon Jarreau from Bless Your Heart Nonprofit. Jeray talks about life in South Lafourche after the devastation of Hurricane Ida. Bless Your Heart Nonprofit is working on the ground to address the needs of some of the most impacted communities in South Louisiana. Learn about the work they're doing and how you can help through their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit/

Residents in Louisiana have begun the long process of recovery following Hurricane Ida, which destroyed or caused major damage for about 8,000 homes statewide. While the city of New Orleans has largely recovered, the coastal parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne are struggling with prolonged power outages and a growing housing crisis. Community reporter Roby Chavez reports from the ground. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Residents in Louisiana have begun the long process of recovery following Hurricane Ida, which destroyed or caused major damage for about 8,000 homes statewide. While the city of New Orleans has largely recovered, the coastal parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne are struggling with prolonged power outages and a growing housing crisis. Community reporter Roby Chavez reports from the ground. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Residents in Louisiana have begun the long process of recovery following Hurricane Ida, which destroyed or caused major damage for about 8,000 homes statewide. While the city of New Orleans has largely recovered, the coastal parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne are struggling with prolonged power outages and a growing housing crisis. Community reporter Roby Chavez reports from the ground. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Scoot talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson about challenges on the ground there in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attrapez-vous vos nouvelles de LACréole Show, l'émission créée par la jeunesse louisianaise. Louisiane Mondiale, un segment qui est présenté par Ian Faul Cette semaine du 5 septembre 2021: Ouragan Ida Malheureusement, il y a toujours des communautés louisianaises qui n'ont pas d'électricité dans les paroisses Terrebonne et Lafourche. La Louisiane a souffrit les morts de 13 louisianais et louisianaises à cause de l'ouragan. Nous avons un tas de communautés amérindiennes qui ont été dévastés dans ces paroisses, notamment les tribus Houma, Chacta et Pointe-aux-chiens. Nous vous demander de soutenir la Louisiane dans ces temps difficles. 

Scoot talks to Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson about conditions on the ground there See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's an eerie feeling on the 16th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina another Hurricane devastates South East Louisiana. Hurricane Ida was that storm.. Yes, Ida pummeled New Orleans and absolutely deserves relief, but Cajun Country of Lafourche and Terrebonne Parish has been devastated by THE strongest storm to ever hit our area and needs much more attention. The media coverage has been mostly focused on the aftermath in New Orleans, but DSR is here to tell you that more focused efforts are needed down here at home..   We appreciate any support you can lend. In these times we come up together as a community. This is OUR Dank Swamp Rebellion   Any Donations sent will go too disaster relief for supplies, and human necessities for our community in our area. Looks like very little government assistance is coming..  Paypal: treemossgfx@gmail.com Links to resources: Lafourche Parish Ida Group Cajun Navy   Email Us: dsrtalks@gmail.com   DSR will be back.. Thank you!   Dank Swamp Rebellion

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 17th, 2021.For the first time since February when things were pre-vaccine, the US reported more than 900,000 cases last week. Cases are on the rise in 46 states. Just yesterday the US reported 382 deaths. Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, reported its worst day of the pandemic yesterday with 478 new infections and seven deaths. Two of the dead had gotten one dose of a two-shot vaccine. The rest were unvaccinated. Australia has one of the slowest vaccine rollouts among wealthy countries. Meanwhile Japan's state of emergency has been extended through Sept. 12 as cases continue to surge. The CDC added four places to their list of the highest-risk destinations for travelers. The newcomers are Dominica, the Island of Jersey, Montenegro, and TurkeyWith half of America rejecting the vaccines, testing for COVID is taking on a renewed sense of importance. And scientists at the National Institutes of Health believe they've developed a new, better, cheaper, and faster way to do it. The existing way involves amplifying viral RNA to detectable levels. But the RNA has to be extracted first, which is the time-consuming part. The new way can not only directly test RNA without extraction, it also inactivates the virus, making things safer for lab personnel.The NFL's Atlanta Falcons may or may not have a conference championship to boast about this year, but they do now have the distinction of being the first team in the league to reach 100% vaccination. The team had the NFL's first in-season positive COVID test and another COVID shutdown a month after that, but they have clearly turned things around. There is, however, no trophy for this. In the United States cases were up 64%, deaths are up 113%, and hospitalizations are up 70% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,870,886 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,216. California 9,542. Texas 7,985. Georgia 6,480. And Louisiana 4,457. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Stone, MS. Columbia, FL. Wayne, MS. Lafourche, LA. Livingston, LA. Newton, MS. Tift, GA. George, MS. And Ascension, LA. There have been at least 622,292 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67%, Massachusetts at 64.7%, and Maine at 64.6%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 35.4%, Mississippi at 35.8%, and Wyoming unchanged at 37.3%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.7%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Trinidad and Tobago up 5%. Kyrgyzstan 4%. And Malaysia, Suriname, and Bangladesh 3%. Globally, cases were up 7% and deaths were up 5% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 17,228,724 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 103,697. Iran 41,194. The U.K. 28,438. India 24,725. And Thailand 21,157. There have now been at least 4,370,447 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 17th, 2021. For the first time since February when things were pre-vaccine, the US reported more than 900,000 cases last week. Cases are on the rise in 46 states. Just yesterday the US reported 382 deaths. Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, reported its worst day of the pandemic yesterday with 478 new infections and seven deaths. Two of the dead had gotten one dose of a two-shot vaccine. The rest were unvaccinated. Australia has one of the slowest vaccine rollouts among wealthy countries. Meanwhile Japan's state of emergency has been extended through Sept. 12 as cases continue to surge. The CDC added four places to their list of the highest-risk destinations for travelers. The newcomers are Dominica, the Island of Jersey, Montenegro, and Turkey With half of America rejecting the vaccines, testing for COVID is taking on a renewed sense of importance. And scientists at the National Institutes of Health believe they've developed a new, better, cheaper, and faster way to do it. The existing way involves amplifying viral RNA to detectable levels. But the RNA has to be extracted first, which is the time-consuming part. The new way can not only directly test RNA without extraction, it also inactivates the virus, making things safer for lab personnel. The NFL's Atlanta Falcons may or may not have a conference championship to boast about this year, but they do now have the distinction of being the first team in the league to reach 100% vaccination. The team had the NFL's first in-season positive COVID test and another COVID shutdown a month after that, but they have clearly turned things around. There is, however, no trophy for this. In the United States cases were up 64%, deaths are up 113%, and hospitalizations are up 70% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,870,886 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,216. California 9,542. Texas 7,985. Georgia 6,480. And Louisiana 4,457. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Stone, MS. Columbia, FL. Wayne, MS. Lafourche, LA. Livingston, LA. Newton, MS. Tift, GA. George, MS. And Ascension, LA. There have been at least 622,292 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67%, Massachusetts at 64.7%, and Maine at 64.6%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 35.4%, Mississippi at 35.8%, and Wyoming unchanged at 37.3%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.7%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Trinidad and Tobago up 5%. Kyrgyzstan 4%. And Malaysia, Suriname, and Bangladesh 3%. Globally, cases were up 7% and deaths were up 5% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 17,228,724 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 103,697. Iran 41,194. The U.K. 28,438. India 24,725. And Thailand 21,157. There have now been at least 4,370,447 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Vaccine 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 16th, 2021. The director of the National Institutes of Health said the U.S. could decide in a couple of weeks to offer booster shots to Americans this fall. First in line to get them would be health care workers, nursing home residents and other older Americans. It's been peer reviewed, published in the American Journal of Therapeutics, and is the most comprehensive review of data taken from clinical, in vitro, animal, and real-world studies. The report's conclusion - ivermectin is an effective prophylaxis and treatment for COVID-19. Statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in COVID-19 patients. South Africa, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Mexico, and India have already approved the drug for use. Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban, and while that has many implications, there are also implications related to COVID. They have reportedly already started banning the vaccine in certain regions of the country. Regional hospital employees have been warned to stop distributing it and vaccine wards are being closed. The number of children hospitalized for COVID-19 reached an all-time high in the US over the weekend according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Kids now make up 2.4% of those hospitalized with COVID. Texas leads the country in that with 311 pediatric hospitalizations. A 70-year-old hermit lives in a small mountain cave in Serbia. He moved there 20 years ago, sleeps on a bed of hay and lives mostly on foraged mushroom and fish from a nearby creek. He emerged from isolation a year ago to discover the pandemic ravaging the world. And even though he's an isolated hermit, even he wanted the vaccine immediately. He said he didn't understand the hesitancy, and that the virus isn't picky, and it could come to his cave. In the United States cases were up 65%, deaths are up 113%, and hospitalizations are up 69% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,675,581 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 6,524. Texas 4,627. New York 4,597. Arizona 3,052. And Pennsylvania 1,982. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Stone, MS. Columbia, FL. Wayne, MS. Lafourche, LA. Livingston, LA. Newton, MS. Tift, GA. George, MS. And Ascension, LA. There have been at least 621,605 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 66.8%, Massachusetts at 64.6%, and Maine unchanged at 64.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 35.1%, Mississippi at 35.5%, and Wyoming at 37.3%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.4%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Russia up 5%. Suriname 4%. And Malaysia, Trinidad & Tobago, and Argentina 3%. Globally, cases were up 8% and deaths were up 5% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are once again over 17 million active cases around the world, at 17,160,916. The five countries with the most new cases: Iran 36,736. India 33,221. The United States 30,883. The U.K. 26,750. And Mexico 23,642. There have now been at least 4,361,399 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Vaccine 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 16th, 2021. The director of the National Institutes of Health said the U.S. could decide in a couple of weeks to offer booster shots to Americans this fall. First in line to get them would be health care workers, nursing home residents and other older Americans. It's been peer reviewed, published in the American Journal of Therapeutics, and is the most comprehensive review of data taken from clinical, in vitro, animal, and real-world studies. The report's conclusion - ivermectin is an effective prophylaxis and treatment for COVID-19. Statistically significant reduction in mortality, time to recovery and viral clearance in COVID-19 patients. South Africa, Zimbabwe, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Mexico, and India have already approved the drug for use. Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban, and while that has many implications, there are also implications related to COVID. They have reportedly already started banning the vaccine in certain regions of the country. Regional hospital employees have been warned to stop distributing it and vaccine wards are being closed. The number of children hospitalized for COVID-19 reached an all-time high in the US over the weekend according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Kids now make up 2.4% of those hospitalized with COVID. Texas leads the country in that with 311 pediatric hospitalizations. A 70-year-old hermit lives in a small mountain cave in Serbia. He moved there 20 years ago, sleeps on a bed of hay and lives mostly on foraged mushroom and fish from a nearby creek. He emerged from isolation a year ago to discover the pandemic ravaging the world. And even though he's an isolated hermit, even he wanted the vaccine immediately. He said he didn't understand the hesitancy, and that the virus isn't picky, and it could come to his cave. In the United States cases were up 65%, deaths are up 113%, and hospitalizations are up 69% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,675,581 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 6,524. Texas 4,627. New York 4,597. Arizona 3,052. And Pennsylvania 1,982. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Stone, MS. Columbia, FL. Wayne, MS. Lafourche, LA. Livingston, LA. Newton, MS. Tift, GA. George, MS. And Ascension, LA. There have been at least 621,605 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 66.8%, Massachusetts at 64.6%, and Maine unchanged at 64.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 35.1%, Mississippi at 35.5%, and Wyoming at 37.3%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.4%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Russia up 5%. Suriname 4%. And Malaysia, Trinidad & Tobago, and Argentina 3%. Globally, cases were up 8% and deaths were up 5% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are once again over 17 million active cases around the world, at 17,160,916. The five countries with the most new cases: Iran 36,736. India 33,221. The United States 30,883. The U.K. 26,750. And Mexico 23,642. There have now been at least 4,361,399 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In episode 13, Brennan Matherne visits with Chett Chiasson of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission. Chett gives us some history on Port Fourchon and the impact it has on our local community as well as our entire nation. He also provides us with an outlook for the future of the port and our area. For more information on the port, you can follow Port Fourchon on the social media platforms as well as their website at www.portfourchon.com. The DTB Podcast is presented by Bless Your Heart Nonprofit Corporation. For more information on Bless Your Heart, you can follow them at: Facebook - www.facebook.com/blessyourheartnonprofit Twitter - @BYHNonprofit To support to Bless Your Heart, you can donate at: PayPal: blessyourheartnonprofit@gmail.com Venmo: @blessyourheartnonprofit --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-dtb-podcast/support

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 13th, 2021. The Department of Health and Human Services is the latest federal agency requiring employees who provide care or services for patients be vaccinated. That affects more than 25,000 clinicians, researchers, contractors, trainees, and volunteers. The Supreme Court said yes, universities can impose a vaccine mandate on students and faculty. It declined to block a mandate at Indiana University or provide emergency relief requested by some students who said the mandate violates their constitutional right to bodily integrity under the 14th Amendment. A vaccine sentiment survey by Verywell Health shows 27% of vaccinated respondents said they were previously against getting the vaccine. So the important question is, what was able to change their minds? The top reason—chosen by 40%—was the risk of COVID overtaking the risks of getting vaccinated. Other converts just needed some time to warm up to the idea. Vermont, as you hear almost every day in this podcast, has the highest vaccination rate in the country. Yet cases in the state rose 245% in the past two weeks, according to a Fortune analysis of New York Times data. That's the highest increase in the country over that period. The state is still among those with the lowest cases per capita. And, of course, the messaging on the vaccines has shifted from it will help you keep from getting infected to it will mitigate the severity of your COVID case. We have gone from anyone who thinks the virus leaked from a lab in China is a conspiratorial nutcase to it's a “likely hypothesis.” And that characterization comes from the head of the World Health Organization's investigation. Dr. Peter Embarek said their team was forced to conclude a lab leak was "extremely unlikely" in their official report to avoid conflicts with the Communist Chinese government. In the United States cases were up 86%, deaths are up 75%, and hospitalizations are up 82% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,469,453 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 24,869. Texas 14,182. California 12,063. Georgia 7,016. And North Carolina 5,900. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. East Feliciana, LA. Wayne, MS. Tift, GA. Iberia, LA. Terrebonne, LA. Tangipahoa, LA. And Stone, MS. There have been at least 619,098 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 68%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.5%, and Maine at 64.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 35%, Mississippi at 35.4%, and Wyoming at 37.2%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is unchanged at 50.3%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Kyrgyzstan up 9%. Nepal and Vietnam 6%. And Trinidad & Tobago and Taiwan 5%. Globally, cases were up 13% and deaths were up 11% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,804,693 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 143,537. India 40,078. Iran 39,049. Brazil 35,891. And the U.K. 33,074. There have now been at least 4,333,370 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Vaccine 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 13th, 2021.The Department of Health and Human Services is the latest federal agency requiring employees who provide care or services for patients be vaccinated. That affects more than 25,000 clinicians, researchers, contractors, trainees, and volunteers. The Supreme Court said yes, universities can impose a vaccine mandate on students and faculty. It declined to block a mandate at Indiana University or provide emergency relief requested by some students who said the mandate violates their constitutional right to bodily integrity under the 14th Amendment.A vaccine sentiment survey by Verywell Health shows 27% of vaccinated respondents said they were previously against getting the vaccine. So the important question is, what was able to change their minds? The top reason—chosen by 40%—was the risk of COVID overtaking the risks of getting vaccinated. Other converts just needed some time to warm up to the idea. Vermont, as you hear almost every day in this podcast, has the highest vaccination rate in the country. Yet cases in the state rose 245% in the past two weeks, according to a Fortune analysis of New York Times data. That's the highest increase in the country over that period. The state is still among those with the lowest cases per capita. And, of course, the messaging on the vaccines has shifted from it will help you keep from getting infected to it will mitigate the severity of your COVID case. We have gone from anyone who thinks the virus leaked from a lab in China is a conspiratorial nutcase to it's a “likely hypothesis.” And that characterization comes from the head of the World Health Organization's investigation. Dr. Peter Embarek said their team was forced to conclude a lab leak was "extremely unlikely" in their official report to avoid conflicts with the Communist Chinese government.In the United States cases were up 86%, deaths are up 75%, and hospitalizations are up 82% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,469,453 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 24,869. Texas 14,182. California 12,063. Georgia 7,016. And North Carolina 5,900. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. East Feliciana, LA. Wayne, MS. Tift, GA. Iberia, LA. Terrebonne, LA. Tangipahoa, LA. And Stone, MS.There have been at least 619,098 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 68%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.5%, and Maine at 64.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 35%, Mississippi at 35.4%, and Wyoming at 37.2%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is unchanged at 50.3%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Kyrgyzstan up 9%. Nepal and Vietnam 6%. And Trinidad & Tobago and Taiwan 5%. Globally, cases were up 13% and deaths were up 11% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,804,693 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 143,537. India 40,078. Iran 39,049. Brazil 35,891. And the U.K. 33,074. There have now been at least 4,333,370 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 12th, 2021. California will become the first state to require all teachers and school staff to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. That applies to public and private schools, and it will also apply to school volunteers. California's two largest teachers' unions announced their full support. The FDA is expected to in the next day or so authorize vaccine booster shots for the immunocompromised. That'd be a third shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Even after authorization, the CDC would advise on whether to use a vaccine booster. A recent study by Johns Hopkins found vaccinated immunocompromised people are 485x more likely to end up in the hospital or die from COVID compared to the general vaccinated population. Your friends who think the vaccines endanger current and future pregnancies aren't going to like this. The CDC yesterday urged all pregnant women to get the vaccine. Hospitals in various hot spots are seeing disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. Expectant women run a higher risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications from the virus, but only about 23% have gotten at least one vaccine dose. Research in several states by the Mayo Clinic appears to show Moderna's vaccine is considerably more effective against the Delta variant than Pfizer's. While Moderna's effectiveness was down to 76%, Pfizer's was down to 42%. The study also found across multiple states, those inoculated with Pfizer were twice as likely to have a breakthrough infection compared to Moderna.If you do wind up in the hospital, you'll need people to take care of you. But in some hot spots, there's now a shortage of nurses. Just one example, one person who suffered a heart attack in Louisiana was bounced around to six hospitals before finding an ER that could take him. Hospitals are losing nurses to staffing agencies, hospitals in other states at double or triple the salary, and burnout to the point some will never return to nursing.In the United States cases were up 86%, deaths are up 102%, and hospitalizations are up 85% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,414,400 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 24,753. Texas 16,436. California 12,254. Georgia 6,958. And Louisiana 5,407. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. George, MS. Stone, MS. Terrebonne, LA. Iberia, LA. Tangipahoa, LA. Gulf, FL. And Columbia, FL. There have been at least 618,434 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 68%, Massachusetts at 64.5%, and Maine at 64.3%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 35%, Mississippi unchanged at 35.2%, and Wyoming at 37.1%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.3%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Kyrgyzstan up 10%. Trinidad and Tobago 5%. And Japan, El Salvador, and Nepal 4%. Globally, cases were up 15% and deaths were up 16% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,699,848 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 143,459. India 43,641. Iran 42,541. Brazil 35,788. And France 30,920. There have now been at least 4,322,964 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 12th, 2021. California will become the first state to require all teachers and school staff to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. That applies to public and private schools, and it will also apply to school volunteers. California's two largest teachers' unions announced their full support. The FDA is expected to in the next day or so authorize vaccine booster shots for the immunocompromised. That'd be a third shot of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Even after authorization, the CDC would advise on whether to use a vaccine booster. A recent study by Johns Hopkins found vaccinated immunocompromised people are 485x more likely to end up in the hospital or die from COVID compared to the general vaccinated population. Your friends who think the vaccines endanger current and future pregnancies aren't going to like this. The CDC yesterday urged all pregnant women to get the vaccine. Hospitals in various hot spots are seeing disturbing numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. Expectant women run a higher risk of severe illness and pregnancy complications from the virus, but only about 23% have gotten at least one vaccine dose. Research in several states by the Mayo Clinic appears to show Moderna's vaccine is considerably more effective against the Delta variant than Pfizer's. While Moderna's effectiveness was down to 76%, Pfizer's was down to 42%. The study also found across multiple states, those inoculated with Pfizer were twice as likely to have a breakthrough infection compared to Moderna. If you do wind up in the hospital, you'll need people to take care of you. But in some hot spots, there's now a shortage of nurses. Just one example, one person who suffered a heart attack in Louisiana was bounced around to six hospitals before finding an ER that could take him. Hospitals are losing nurses to staffing agencies, hospitals in other states at double or triple the salary, and burnout to the point some will never return to nursing. In the United States cases were up 86%, deaths are up 102%, and hospitalizations are up 85% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,414,400 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 24,753. Texas 16,436. California 12,254. Georgia 6,958. And Louisiana 5,407. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. George, MS. Stone, MS. Terrebonne, LA. Iberia, LA. Tangipahoa, LA. Gulf, FL. And Columbia, FL. There have been at least 618,434 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 68%, Massachusetts at 64.5%, and Maine at 64.3%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 35%, Mississippi unchanged at 35.2%, and Wyoming at 37.1%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.3%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Kyrgyzstan up 10%. Trinidad and Tobago 5%. And Japan, El Salvador, and Nepal 4%. Globally, cases were up 15% and deaths were up 16% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,699,848 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 143,459. India 43,641. Iran 42,541. Brazil 35,788. And France 30,920. There have now been at least 4,322,964 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 11th, 2021. New state level data analyzed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association shows cases among children are rising, with kids accounting for roughly 15% of all newly reported cases across the U.S. for the week ending August 5. Comedian Chris Rock may call it the McDonalds of vaccines, but a trial involving almost 480,000 health workers in South Africa shows the Johnson & Johnson vaccine helps prevent severe disease in those infected with the Delta variant. 71% effective against hospitalization and up to 96% effective against death, with a durability of eight months. The CDC announced late last month it'd move away from using the PCR test it designed to look for the virus that causes COVID-19. No, it's not because they don't work. They got approval from the FDA in July 2020 for a new one that detects coronavirus and flu and RSV. Also, hundreds of new tests have become available, many of which are more efficient for labs to process so more daily testing is possible. When doctors and nurses go on social media with anti-vaccination messages, it's especially destructive because a new poll finds most Americans have a great deal of trust in doctors, nurses and pharmacists. 70% trust them to do what's right for them and their families most or all of the time, and that's true of both Democrats and Republicans, men and women, and white, Black and Hispanic Americans. The catchphrase has been follow the science. But it could be follow the dogs. Yet another test, this one in France, has shown a golden retriever with just a month of training had a 100% COVID detection rate for nursing home patients who were symptomatic and a 94% success rate even in those who were asymptomatic. Not only that, the dog was able to sniff out the virus 48 hours before it's detectible by a PCR test. In the United States cases were up 118%, deaths are up 101%, and hospitalizations are up 87% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,291,232 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Texas 16,801. California 12,902. Georgia 6,968. Louisiana 6,088. And Tennessee 3,490. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. Iberia, LA. Gulf, FL. Terrebonne, LA. Columbia, FL. Tift, GA. Ascension, LA. And Livingston, LA. There have been at least 618,108 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 68%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.4%, and Maine unchanged at 64.2%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.9%, Mississippi unchanged at 35.2%, and Wyoming unchanged at 37%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.2%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Kyrgyzstan up 9%. Vietnam 6%. Nepal 5%. And Taiwan, Cambodia, and Georgia 4%. Globally, cases were up 19% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,550,767 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 101,254. Iran 39,139. India 36,316. Brazil 35,245. And Indonesia 32,081. There have now been at least 4,313,342 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Vaccine 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 11th, 2021.New state level data analyzed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association shows cases among children are rising, with kids accounting for roughly 15% of all newly reported cases across the U.S. for the week ending August 5.Comedian Chris Rock may call it the McDonalds of vaccines, but a trial involving almost 480,000 health workers in South Africa shows the Johnson & Johnson vaccine helps prevent severe disease in those infected with the Delta variant. 71% effective against hospitalization and up to 96% effective against death, with a durability of eight months. The CDC announced late last month it'd move away from using the PCR test it designed to look for the virus that causes COVID-19. No, it's not because they don't work. They got approval from the FDA in July 2020 for a new one that detects coronavirus and flu and RSV. Also, hundreds of new tests have become available, many of which are more efficient for labs to process so more daily testing is possible.When doctors and nurses go on social media with anti-vaccination messages, it's especially destructive because a new poll finds most Americans have a great deal of trust in doctors, nurses and pharmacists. 70% trust them to do what's right for them and their families most or all of the time, and that's true of both Democrats and Republicans, men and women, and white, Black and Hispanic Americans.The catchphrase has been follow the science. But it could be follow the dogs. Yet another test, this one in France, has shown a golden retriever with just a month of training had a 100% COVID detection rate for nursing home patients who were symptomatic and a 94% success rate even in those who were asymptomatic. Not only that, the dog was able to sniff out the virus 48 hours before it's detectible by a PCR test. In the United States cases were up 118%, deaths are up 101%, and hospitalizations are up 87% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,291,232 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Texas 16,801. California 12,902. Georgia 6,968. Louisiana 6,088. And Tennessee 3,490. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Neshoba, MS. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. Iberia, LA. Gulf, FL. Terrebonne, LA. Columbia, FL. Tift, GA. Ascension, LA. And Livingston, LA. There have been at least 618,108 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 68%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.4%, and Maine unchanged at 64.2%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.9%, Mississippi unchanged at 35.2%, and Wyoming unchanged at 37%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.2%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Kyrgyzstan up 9%. Vietnam 6%. Nepal 5%. And Taiwan, Cambodia, and Georgia 4%. Globally, cases were up 19% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,550,767 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 101,254. Iran 39,139. India 36,316. Brazil 35,245. And Indonesia 32,081. There have now been at least 4,313,342 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 10th, 2021. As anticipated, members of the U.S. military will be required to get the vaccine starting next month. Memos have been distributed to all troops this is necessary to maintain military readiness. The Defense Secretary said that deadline could be accelerated if the vaccine gets final FDA approval or infection rates keep rising. A couple of good bits of news for Moderna. Its vaccine has been granted a provisional authorization in Australia to adults who are at least 18 years old. And in Switzerland, Moderna has been approved for 12- to 17-year-olds. The CDC added seven destinations to their highest risk category for travel, meaning travel to these places should be avoided. Joining the club are Aruba, Eswatini, France, French Polynesia, Iceland, Israel, and Thailand. The CDC continues to recommend against all international travel unless you are fully vaccinated. Meanwhile Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit. The US is however keeping those restrictions in place for Canadians. Healthcare workers may soon have a big decision to make as nearly 1,500 hospitals, about a fourth of all hospitals in the U.S., require all staffers be vaccinated. More are being added every day. At least seven states have laws against vaccine mandates. Some of those exempt health care facilities, but some prohibit employers, including hospitals, from discrimination based on vaccination status, nor do workers have to tell employers their vaccination status. A few judges in Ohio have either ordered defendants to get a vaccine or reduced sentences if the defendant got a vaccine. In the most recent case last week, a judge ordered a 21-year-old who pleaded guilty to possession of a fentanyl-related compound to get a vaccine within two months as one of several conditions to get two years' probation. The defendant's attorney did not challenge the order. In the United States cases were up 112%, deaths are up 92%, and hospitalizations are up 90% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,223,361 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 28,317. California 9,976. Texas 6,158. Louisiana 5,515. And North Carolina 3,863. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Neshoba, MS. Gulf, FL. Columbia, FL. Chambers, TX. Lafourche, LA. Terrebonne, LA. Iberia, LA. Jackson, FL. And St. James, LA. There have been at least 617,307 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.9%, Massachusetts at 64.4%, and Maine at 64.2%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.8%, Mississippi at 35.2%, and Wyoming at 37%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.1%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 7%. Nepal 6%. Kyrgyzstan 5%. Suriname 4%. And Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia 3%. Globally, cases were up 17% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,497,595 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 102,375. Iran 40,808. India 27,429. The U.K. 25,161. And Turkey 23,731. There have now been at least 4,301,576 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Vaccine 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A COVID-19 HEALTH DISCUSSION with Dr. Mary Eschete, M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist, Dr. John C King, M.D., Pulmonology Specialist, M.D., and Dr. Elena Mann, M.D., Obstetrician/Gynecologist, and Steven Kenney, Ph.D., of Nicholls State University, regarding COVID-19 Vaccinations. The call was held Aug 9, 2021, and the public was allowed to ask questions. Region 3 of the La. Department of Health includes these parishes: St. Mary, Lafourche, Terrebonne, Assumption, St. James, St. John, and St. Charles.  #COVID19  #VACCINES #LDH #GETHESHOT #SLEEVESUP 

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 10th, 2021. As anticipated, members of the U.S. military will be required to get the vaccine starting next month. Memos have been distributed to all troops this is necessary to maintain military readiness. The Defense Secretary said that deadline could be accelerated if the vaccine gets final FDA approval or infection rates keep rising. A couple of good bits of news for Moderna. Its vaccine has been granted a provisional authorization in Australia to adults who are at least 18 years old. And in Switzerland, Moderna has been approved for 12- to 17-year-olds. The CDC added seven destinations to their highest risk category for travel, meaning travel to these places should be avoided. Joining the club are Aruba, Eswatini, France, French Polynesia, Iceland, Israel, and Thailand. The CDC continues to recommend against all international travel unless you are fully vaccinated. Meanwhile Canada lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, vacation or visit. The US is however keeping those restrictions in place for Canadians. Healthcare workers may soon have a big decision to make as nearly 1,500 hospitals, about a fourth of all hospitals in the U.S., require all staffers be vaccinated. More are being added every day. At least seven states have laws against vaccine mandates. Some of those exempt health care facilities, but some prohibit employers, including hospitals, from discrimination based on vaccination status, nor do workers have to tell employers their vaccination status. A few judges in Ohio have either ordered defendants to get a vaccine or reduced sentences if the defendant got a vaccine. In the most recent case last week, a judge ordered a 21-year-old who pleaded guilty to possession of a fentanyl-related compound to get a vaccine within two months as one of several conditions to get two years' probation. The defendant's attorney did not challenge the order. In the United States cases were up 112%, deaths are up 92%, and hospitalizations are up 90% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are 6,223,361 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 28,317. California 9,976. Texas 6,158. Louisiana 5,515. And North Carolina 3,863. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Neshoba, MS. Gulf, FL. Columbia, FL. Chambers, TX. Lafourche, LA. Terrebonne, LA. Iberia, LA. Jackson, FL. And St. James, LA. There have been at least 617,307 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.9%, Massachusetts at 64.4%, and Maine at 64.2%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.8%, Mississippi at 35.2%, and Wyoming at 37%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 50.1%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 7%. Nepal 6%. Kyrgyzstan 5%. Suriname 4%. And Cambodia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia 3%. Globally, cases were up 17% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 16,497,595 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 102,375. Iran 40,808. India 27,429. The U.K. 25,161. And Turkey 23,731. There have now been at least 4,301,576 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 9th, 2021. Hospitalizations are reaching all-time highs, especially in parts of the South. Some patients and their doctors are struggling to find hospitals that will take them, even if it's out of state. Louisiana set a new record for hospitalizations last week. Florida's hospitalizations recently jumped 13% above the previous peak and 60% of the state's hospitals expect a "critical staffing shortage" by this week. Houston's United Memorial Medical Center says, "We have no beds. Over the last 12 hours, we've lost more patients than in the last 5-6 weeks." Among the problems in Florida, pediatric hospitals have become “completely overwhelmed” with young patients battling COVID. Yesterday, Florida reported having the highest number of children — 172 — hospitalized. Sharp rises in admissions involving kids have also been recorded in other states like Arkansas. The head of the U.S.' second-largest teachers union made her position clear yesterday; vaccines should be required for educators before they go back to the classroom. Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said mandates are necessary because kids can't get vaccinated and are getting COVID. Evidence out of Israel indicates even boosters won't stop breakthrough infections. 14 of its citizens got COVID despite having been inoculated with a third vaccine dose. Two are sick enough to have been hospitalized. Some 420,000 Israelis have been administered a third booster shot so far in a drive that began last week. What happens when there've been so many coronavirus variants we run out of Greek letters? Well if we're still here as a species, the World Health Organization is considering using constellations like Gemini and Aries. So far, we've used 11 of the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet so as not to offend or stigmatize countries of discovery. No word yet on if people who claim to be from the constellation Orion will have their feelings hurt. In the United States cases were up 112%, deaths are up 92%, and hospitalizations are up 83% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now once again over 6 million active cases in the United States, at 6,051,160. Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 7,105. New York 3,572. Arizona 2,639. Texas 2,141. And Missouri 1,768. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Neshoba, MS. Gulf, FL. Columbia, FL. Chambers, TX. Lafourche, LA. Terrebonne, LA. Iberia, LA. Jackson, FL. And St. James, LA. There have been at least 616,827 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.7%, Massachusetts at 64.2%, and Maine at 64.1%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.6%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.8%, and Wyoming unchanged at 36.7%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.9%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Nepal up 7%. Trinidad and Tobago 6%. Kyrgyzstan 5%. And Zambia and Cambodia 4%. Globally, cases were up 15% and deaths were down 6% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are once again over 16 million active cases around the world, at 16,392,735. The five countries with the most new cases: Iran 39,619. India 36,035. The U.K. 27,429. Indonesia 26,415. And the United States 24,390. There have now been at least 4,293,555 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide.... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 9th, 2021.Hospitalizations are reaching all-time highs, especially in parts of the South. Some patients and their doctors are struggling to find hospitals that will take them, even if it's out of state. Louisiana set a new record for hospitalizations last week. Florida's hospitalizations recently jumped 13% above the previous peak and 60% of the state's hospitals expect a "critical staffing shortage" by this week. Houston's United Memorial Medical Center says, "We have no beds. Over the last 12 hours, we've lost more patients than in the last 5-6 weeks."Among the problems in Florida, pediatric hospitals have become “completely overwhelmed” with young patients battling COVID. Yesterday, Florida reported having the highest number of children — 172 — hospitalized. Sharp rises in admissions involving kids have also been recorded in other states like Arkansas.The head of the U.S.' second-largest teachers union made her position clear yesterday; vaccines should be required for educators before they go back to the classroom. Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers said mandates are necessary because kids can't get vaccinated and are getting COVID. Evidence out of Israel indicates even boosters won't stop breakthrough infections. 14 of its citizens got COVID despite having been inoculated with a third vaccine dose. Two are sick enough to have been hospitalized. Some 420,000 Israelis have been administered a third booster shot so far in a drive that began last week.What happens when there've been so many coronavirus variants we run out of Greek letters? Well if we're still here as a species, the World Health Organization is considering using constellations like Gemini and Aries. So far, we've used 11 of the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet so as not to offend or stigmatize countries of discovery. No word yet on if people who claim to be from the constellation Orion will have their feelings hurt.In the United States cases were up 112%, deaths are up 92%, and hospitalizations are up 83% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now once again over 6 million active cases in the United States, at 6,051,160.Keeping in mind several states stopped reporting daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 7,105. New York 3,572. Arizona 2,639. Texas 2,141. And Missouri 1,768. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Neshoba, MS. Gulf, FL. Columbia, FL. Chambers, TX. Lafourche, LA. Terrebonne, LA. Iberia, LA. Jackson, FL. And St. James, LA. There have been at least 616,827 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.7%, Massachusetts at 64.2%, and Maine at 64.1%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.6%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.8%, and Wyoming unchanged at 36.7%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.9%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Nepal up 7%. Trinidad and Tobago 6%. Kyrgyzstan 5%. And Zambia and Cambodia 4%. Globally, cases were up 15% and deaths were down 6% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are once again over 16 million active cases around the world, at 16,392,735.The five countries with the most new cases: Iran 39,619. India 36,035. The U.K. 27,429. Indonesia 26,415. And the United States 24,390. There have now been at least 4,293,555 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 6th, 2021. The head of the CDC says the number of daily cases in the US has surged more than 40% from the previous week. And across the board, they're seeing increases in cases and hospitalizations across all age groups. Moderna believes people who got two doses of its vaccine will need a third dose before winter as a booster shot. They're also working on a single shot that would be an annual booster for COVID-19, as well as flu and the respiratory condition RSV. The company said, "We believe increased force of infection resulting from Delta, non-pharmaceutical intervention fatigue, and seasonal effects (like more time indoors) will lead to an increase of breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals." California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers to be fully vaccinated by Sept. 30. That's different than what the Governor said last month when he said workers would have a choice of vaccination or weekly testing. But that choice is the case for Oregon's health care workers. That order effectively neutralizes an Oregon law that says employers can't fire health care workers for not being vaccinated. Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, has gone into a sixth lockdown. Melbourne joins Sydney and Brisbane in full lockdown due to the Delta variant. The local government said they had no choice because only 20% of Australian adults have been fully vaccinated. You might laugh a little when you hear a cable news channel was operating with its employees on the honor system, but that's what CNN was doing and now it's fired three employees who came to work unvaccinated. The head of CNN said that honor system may change in the coming weeks. In the United States cases were up 131%, deaths are up 65%, and hospitalizations are up 87% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,864,272 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 20,133. Texas 14,173. California 11,725. Georgia 5,806. And Louisiana 5,468. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. St. Charles, LA. Stone, MS. Terrebonne, LA. St. Mary, LA. Gulf, FL. Nassau, FL. And Chambers, TX. There have been at least 615,309 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.7%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.1%, and Maine unchanged at 64%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.6%, Mississippi at 34.8%, and Wyoming at 36.7%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.8%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Sri Lanka up 6%. Vietnam, Zambia, and Taiwan 5%. And Japan 4%. Globally, cases were up 17% and deaths were down 3% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,965,230 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 120,945. India 45,001. Brazil 40,054. Iran 38,674. And Indonesia 35,764. There have now been at least 4,265,797 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Vaccine 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 6th, 2021. The head of the CDC says the number of daily cases in the US has surged more than 40% from the previous week. And across the board, they're seeing increases in cases and hospitalizations across all age groups. Moderna believes people who got two doses of its vaccine will need a third dose before winter as a booster shot. They're also working on a single shot that would be an annual booster for COVID-19, as well as flu and the respiratory condition RSV. The company said, "We believe increased force of infection resulting from Delta, non-pharmaceutical intervention fatigue, and seasonal effects (like more time indoors) will lead to an increase of breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals." California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers to be fully vaccinated by Sept. 30. That's different than what the Governor said last month when he said workers would have a choice of vaccination or weekly testing. But that choice is the case for Oregon's health care workers. That order effectively neutralizes an Oregon law that says employers can't fire health care workers for not being vaccinated. Australia's second-largest city, Melbourne, has gone into a sixth lockdown. Melbourne joins Sydney and Brisbane in full lockdown due to the Delta variant. The local government said they had no choice because only 20% of Australian adults have been fully vaccinated. You might laugh a little when you hear a cable news channel was operating with its employees on the honor system, but that's what CNN was doing and now it's fired three employees who came to work unvaccinated. The head of CNN said that honor system may change in the coming weeks. In the United States cases were up 131%, deaths are up 65%, and hospitalizations are up 87% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,864,272 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 20,133. Texas 14,173. California 11,725. Georgia 5,806. And Louisiana 5,468. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Dimmit, TX. Lafourche, LA. St. Charles, LA. Stone, MS. Terrebonne, LA. St. Mary, LA. Gulf, FL. Nassau, FL. And Chambers, TX. There have been at least 615,309 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.7%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.1%, and Maine unchanged at 64%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.6%, Mississippi at 34.8%, and Wyoming at 36.7%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.8%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Sri Lanka up 6%. Vietnam, Zambia, and Taiwan 5%. And Japan 4%. Globally, cases were up 17% and deaths were down 3% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,965,230 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 120,945. India 45,001. Brazil 40,054. Iran 38,674. And Indonesia 35,764. There have now been at least 4,265,797 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus 411 podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 5th, 2021.Yesterday we had an Axios poll that shows unvaccinated Americans mostly blame foreigners visiting the United States for the surge in the Delta variant. And apparently the White House agrees with them. The administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated. Travel restrictions curtailing international travel to the U.S. have long been in place, with no apparent effect on the prevalence or spread of the Delta variant. The U.K. plans to offer vaccines to 16 and 17-year-olds in the next few weeks. An independent body of scientists that makes recommendations to the government changed its advice. Healthy 16 to 17-year-olds can be offered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine without parental consent.A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says children and adolescents transmit the coronavirus efficiently to household contacts and some of those contacts require hospitalization. The good news, no one in the study younger than 18 required hospitalization, however the study was done last year before the more dangerous Delta variant took hold.The director general of the World Health Organization has a message for countries giving COVID booster shots. Stop it. He's calling for a moratorium of at least two months on boosters because, "We should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines, using even more of it while the world's most vulnerable people remain unprotected."The U.K.'s “Freedom Day” when restrictions were completely lifted brought screams of irresponsibility and predictions of doom and 100,000 cases daily from pandemic experts and the World Health Organization. Instead, the British are astounding the world with a drop in cases for the fifth day in a row. Why it's happening is still guesswork, but most speculation has to do with the U.K. being more than 72% fully vaccinated. And if you factor in COVID survivors with antibodies that number could be as high as 92%. In the United States cases were up 139%, deaths are up 49%, and hospitalizations are up 92% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,757,856 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 16,935. Texas 12,334. California 10,909. Georgia 4,860. And Louisiana 4,779. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Lafourche, LA. St. James, LA. Iberia, LA. Gulf, FL. St. Charles, LA. Nassau, FL. St. Mary, LA. Dimmit, TX. And Terrebonne, LA. There have been at least 614,797 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.7%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.1%, and Maine at 64%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama and Mississippi at 34.5%, and Arkansas unchanged at 36.6%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is unchanged at 49.7%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Eswatini up 18%. Kyrgyzstan 10%. Sri Lanka 9%. And the Philippines and South Africa 8%. Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,730,573 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 112,279. India 42,817. Brazil 40,460. Iran 39,357. And Indonesia 35,867. There have now been at least 4,255,443 deaths reported... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 5th, 2021.Yesterday we had an Axios poll that shows unvaccinated Americans mostly blame foreigners visiting the United States for the surge in the Delta variant. And apparently the White House agrees with them. The administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated. Travel restrictions curtailing international travel to the U.S. have long been in place, with no apparent effect on the prevalence or spread of the Delta variant. The U.K. plans to offer vaccines to 16 and 17-year-olds in the next few weeks. An independent body of scientists that makes recommendations to the government changed its advice. Healthy 16 to 17-year-olds can be offered a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine without parental consent.A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine says children and adolescents transmit the coronavirus efficiently to household contacts and some of those contacts require hospitalization. The good news, no one in the study younger than 18 required hospitalization, however the study was done last year before the more dangerous Delta variant took hold.The director general of the World Health Organization has a message for countries giving COVID booster shots. Stop it. He's calling for a moratorium of at least two months on boosters because, "We should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines, using even more of it while the world's most vulnerable people remain unprotected."The U.K.'s “Freedom Day” when restrictions were completely lifted brought screams of irresponsibility and predictions of doom and 100,000 cases daily from pandemic experts and the World Health Organization. Instead, the British are astounding the world with a drop in cases for the fifth day in a row. Why it's happening is still guesswork, but most speculation has to do with the U.K. being more than 72% fully vaccinated. And if you factor in COVID survivors with antibodies that number could be as high as 92%. In the United States cases were up 139%, deaths are up 49%, and hospitalizations are up 92% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,757,856 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 16,935. Texas 12,334. California 10,909. Georgia 4,860. And Louisiana 4,779. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Lafourche, LA. St. James, LA. Iberia, LA. Gulf, FL. St. Charles, LA. Nassau, FL. St. Mary, LA. Dimmit, TX. And Terrebonne, LA. There have been at least 614,797 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.7%, Massachusetts unchanged at 64.1%, and Maine at 64%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama and Mississippi at 34.5%, and Arkansas unchanged at 36.6%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is unchanged at 49.7%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Eswatini up 18%. Kyrgyzstan 10%. Sri Lanka 9%. And the Philippines and South Africa 8%. Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were down 4% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,730,573 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 112,279. India 42,817. Brazil 40,460. Iran 39,357. And Indonesia 35,867. There have now been at least... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 4th, 2021.In New York City, you'll soon have to show proof of vaccination if you want to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a show, or go to the gym. It's the first big city in the U.S. to put restrictions like that back in place. And they'll be rolled out over the course of weeks. The Mayor said “What we want to nail is bluntly, showing life is much better when you're vaccinated. You have more freedom.”The American Academy of Pediatrics said almost 72,000 children and teens caught Covid-19 last week, a "substantial" increase from a week earlier. The definition of a child varies by state but generally includes up to 17 or 18. Children and teens represented 19% of reported cases in the latest weekly data. Kids under 12 are still not eligible for any of the three vaccines currently used in the US.The World Health Organization says that in Africa, coronavirus fatalities surged by 80% within the last four weeks. The WHO Director-General said it's being driven by the Delta variant, which has spiked infections globally 80% in the past four weeks. At that rate, the group says the 4 million cases reported last week can be expected to pass 200 million in the next two weeks.China suspended flights and trains, canceled pro basketball games, and announced mass testing in Wuhan yesterday as outbreaks persist. Cases are far more widespread than anything China's dealt with since the initial outbreak. China has among the world's most authoritarian and compliant lockdown and testing measures, but cases continue to pop up in more than 35 cities in 17 of China's 33 provinces and regions.So if the unvaccinated don't blame themselves for the recent surge in cases, who do they blame? An Axios poll found most, 37%, blame people traveling to the U.S. from other countries. 27% blame mainstream media, 23% blame Americans traveling to other countries, and 21% blame Joe Biden. Only 10% of the unvaccinated blame the unvaccinated. Among the vaccinated, they, of course, blame the unvaccinated for the Delta variant surge at 79%, followed by 36% who blame Donald Trump, who left office seven months ago. Almost no one blames the power and nature of the virus itself. In the United States cases were up 142%, deaths are up 27%, and hospitalizations are up 83% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,661,932 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,001. Texas 14,873. California 10,010. Georgia 9,197. And Louisiana 4,753. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Ascension, LA. Stone, MS. Lafourche, LA. St. Charles, LA. Livingston, LA. St. James, LA. Gulf, FL. And Terrebonne, LA. There have been at least 614,249 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.Despite media reports of increased vaccinations, our numbers sourced from NPR are not bearing that out. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.6%, Massachusetts at 64.1%, and Maine unchanged at 63.5%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.4%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.5%, and Arkansas at 36.6%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.7%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Nepal up 10%. Vietnam 7%. Sri Lanka 5%. And Taiwan and Malaysia 4%. Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were up 16% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,472,129 active... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 4th, 2021.In New York City, you'll soon have to show proof of vaccination if you want to dine indoors at a restaurant, see a show, or go to the gym. It's the first big city in the U.S. to put restrictions like that back in place. And they'll be rolled out over the course of weeks. The Mayor said “What we want to nail is bluntly, showing life is much better when you're vaccinated. You have more freedom.”The American Academy of Pediatrics said almost 72,000 children and teens caught Covid-19 last week, a "substantial" increase from a week earlier. The definition of a child varies by state but generally includes up to 17 or 18. Children and teens represented 19% of reported cases in the latest weekly data. Kids under 12 are still not eligible for any of the three vaccines currently used in the US.The World Health Organization says that in Africa, coronavirus fatalities surged by 80% within the last four weeks. The WHO Director-General said it's being driven by the Delta variant, which has spiked infections globally 80% in the past four weeks. At that rate, the group says the 4 million cases reported last week can be expected to pass 200 million in the next two weeks.China suspended flights and trains, canceled pro basketball games, and announced mass testing in Wuhan yesterday as outbreaks persist. Cases are far more widespread than anything China's dealt with since the initial outbreak. China has among the world's most authoritarian and compliant lockdown and testing measures, but cases continue to pop up in more than 35 cities in 17 of China's 33 provinces and regions.So if the unvaccinated don't blame themselves for the recent surge in cases, who do they blame? An Axios poll found most, 37%, blame people traveling to the U.S. from other countries. 27% blame mainstream media, 23% blame Americans traveling to other countries, and 21% blame Joe Biden. Only 10% of the unvaccinated blame the unvaccinated. Among the vaccinated, they, of course, blame the unvaccinated for the Delta variant surge at 79%, followed by 36% who blame Donald Trump, who left office seven months ago. Almost no one blames the power and nature of the virus itself. In the United States cases were up 142%, deaths are up 27%, and hospitalizations are up 83% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,661,932 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,001. Texas 14,873. California 10,010. Georgia 9,197. And Louisiana 4,753. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Ascension, LA. Stone, MS. Lafourche, LA. St. Charles, LA. Livingston, LA. St. James, LA. Gulf, FL. And Terrebonne, LA. There have been at least 614,249 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.Despite media reports of increased vaccinations, our numbers sourced from NPR are not bearing that out. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.6%, Massachusetts at 64.1%, and Maine unchanged at 63.5%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.4%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.5%, and Arkansas at 36.6%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.7%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Nepal up 10%. Vietnam 7%. Sri Lanka 5%. And Taiwan and Malaysia 4%. Globally, cases were up 16% and deaths were up 16% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,472,129 active cases around the... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 3rd, 2021.It's a month late from the US administration's goal but 70% of U.S. adults have had at least one shot of a vaccine, according to the CDC. Some health officials say it's a big step toward reaching so-called herd immunity, while others say herd immunity is misleading and the best we can do is reduce the impact of and learn to live with COVID -19.The seven-day average of daily cases in the U.S. has now surpassed the peak seen this time last summer when there were no vaccines at all. Data from the CDC is at odds with Johns Hopkins in terms of if new cases are trending up or down. The seven-day average of daily deaths of 300 per day though is far below last summer's peak of more than 1,100 daily.In a big change from last month, a Gallup poll shows more Americans now say the pandemic in the U.S. is getting worse rather than better. As recently as June, 89% said things were getting better. Americans now expect societal disruptions to persist at least through the end of the year, or longer, and concern about getting COVID-19 has grown. However, there's little evidence people are altering their behavior to avoid exposure.Japanese researchers say the Lambda variant is not being taken nearly seriously enough. Their studies show it to be highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original version. They found three mutations in Lambda's spike protein help it resist neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies. It is not clear if the variant is more dangerous than the Delta variant.More than 385,000. That's how many attended the 4-day Lollapalooza festival in Chicago this weekend. The head of Chicago's health department said she expects to see cases associated with the event rise. But Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the festival, saying, “We've been able to do it because of the vaccinations,” but only about 52% of all Chicagoans are fully vaccinated.In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,548,581 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 8,639. Texas 5,687. Louisiana 3,704. New York 2,427. And South Carolina 2,399. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA. There have been at least 613,670 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.6%, Massachusetts at 64%, and Maine at 63.5%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.4%, Mississippi at 34.5%, and Arkansas at 36.5%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.6%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 6%. Nepal and Zambia 4%. And Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Georgia 3%. Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 13% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,265,233 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 56,369. Iran 37,189. India 30,031. Russia 23,508. And Turkey 22,898. There have now been at least 4,234,771 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 3rd, 2021. It's a month late from the US administration's goal but 70% of U.S. adults have had at least one shot of a vaccine, according to the CDC. Some health officials say it's a big step toward reaching so-called herd immunity, while others say herd immunity is misleading and the best we can do is reduce the impact of and learn to live with COVID -19. The seven-day average of daily cases in the U.S. has now surpassed the peak seen this time last summer when there were no vaccines at all. Data from the CDC is at odds with Johns Hopkins in terms of if new cases are trending up or down. The seven-day average of daily deaths of 300 per day though is far below last summer's peak of more than 1,100 daily. In a big change from last month, a Gallup poll shows more Americans now say the pandemic in the U.S. is getting worse rather than better. As recently as June, 89% said things were getting better. Americans now expect societal disruptions to persist at least through the end of the year, or longer, and concern about getting COVID-19 has grown. However, there's little evidence people are altering their behavior to avoid exposure. Japanese researchers say the Lambda variant is not being taken nearly seriously enough. Their studies show it to be highly infectious and more resistant to vaccines than the original version. They found three mutations in Lambda's spike protein help it resist neutralization by vaccine-induced antibodies. It is not clear if the variant is more dangerous than the Delta variant. More than 385,000. That's how many attended the 4-day Lollapalooza festival in Chicago this weekend. The head of Chicago's health department said she expects to see cases associated with the event rise. But Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the festival, saying, “We've been able to do it because of the vaccinations,” but only about 52% of all Chicagoans are fully vaccinated. In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,548,581 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 8,639. Texas 5,687. Louisiana 3,704. New York 2,427. And South Carolina 2,399. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA. There have been at least 613,670 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.6%, Massachusetts at 64%, and Maine at 63.5%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.4%, Mississippi at 34.5%, and Arkansas at 36.5%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.6%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 6%. Nepal and Zambia 4%. And Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Georgia 3%. Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 13% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 15,265,233 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 56,369. Iran 37,189. India 30,031. Russia 23,508. And Turkey 22,898. There have now been at least 4,234,771 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 2nd, 2021. There are some signs vaccinations in the US are going up now that the Delta variant surge has become undeniable. 816,203 doses were administered Saturday, the 5th straight day the CDC recorded more than 700,000 shots in arms. Saturday was also the third day in a row the 7-day average of people getting their first shots topped 400,000. Which is not to say there isn't still resistance around the world. Thousands protested Germany's anti-coronavirus measures in Berlin yesterday, leading to clashes with police and the detention of some 600 people. In France, thousands protested mandatory coronavirus health passes for entry to public venues for the third weekend in a row. More businesses are also turning to vaccine mandates. Disney and Walmart announced Friday mandates for some of their employees. For Disney it's all salaried and nonunion hourly employees, for Walmart its all corporate staff members and regional managers. They join companies like Google, Facebook, Uber, and The Washington Post. Not sure how this is going to help get vaccinations up, but Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their vaccines in their latest contracts to the European Union. And not a little bit. It's a 25% increase for Pfizer and 13% for Moderna. But apparently, these increases still leave the price lower than what was previously agreed upon. How come what is said in the United States is so frequently at odds with what other countries are finding? Israel's director of public health services said on Face the Nation that Israel, which vaccinated its population early and often, found that about 50% of the people testing positive right now are fully immunized. Not only that, there's evidence the vaccinated are not spreading the virus frequently or widely, which runs counter to what the CDC just said about why the vaccinated should stay masked. In Israel, 80% of vaccinated individuals who've been infected have "zero contacts" confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 from the connection. To be clear, this means vaccinated people can and do infect other people, but Israel has found their ability to do so is 50% lower than the unvaccinated. In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,466,254 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 3,707. Texas 3,623. New York 2,657. Arizona 2,306. And Arkansas 1,984. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA. There have been at least 613,223 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.4%, Massachusetts unchanged at 63.7%, and Maine at 63.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.2%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.4%, and Arkansas at 36.2%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.4%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam and Zambia up 7%. Kosovo 6%. Brunei 5%. And Pakistan 4%. Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 12% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are once again over 15 million active cases around the world, at 15,152,168 The five countries with the most new cases: India 40,784.... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 2nd, 2021. There are some signs vaccinations in the US are going up now that the Delta variant surge has become undeniable. 816,203 doses were administered Saturday, the 5th straight day the CDC recorded more than 700,000 shots in arms. Saturday was also the third day in a row the 7-day average of people getting their first shots topped 400,000. Which is not to say there isn't still resistance around the world. Thousands protested Germany's anti-coronavirus measures in Berlin yesterday, leading to clashes with police and the detention of some 600 people. In France, thousands protested mandatory coronavirus health passes for entry to public venues for the third weekend in a row. More businesses are also turning to vaccine mandates. Disney and Walmart announced Friday mandates for some of their employees. For Disney it's all salaried and nonunion hourly employees, for Walmart its all corporate staff members and regional managers. They join companies like Google, Facebook, Uber, and The Washington Post. Not sure how this is going to help get vaccinations up, but Pfizer and Moderna have raised the prices of their vaccines in their latest contracts to the European Union. And not a little bit. It's a 25% increase for Pfizer and 13% for Moderna. But apparently, these increases still leave the price lower than what was previously agreed upon. How come what is said in the United States is so frequently at odds with what other countries are finding? Israel's director of public health services said on Face the Nation that Israel, which vaccinated its population early and often, found that about 50% of the people testing positive right now are fully immunized. Not only that, there's evidence the vaccinated are not spreading the virus frequently or widely, which runs counter to what the CDC just said about why the vaccinated should stay masked. In Israel, 80% of vaccinated individuals who've been infected have "zero contacts" confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 from the connection. To be clear, this means vaccinated people can and do infect other people, but Israel has found their ability to do so is 50% lower than the unvaccinated. In the United States cases were up 149%, deaths are up 14%, and hospitalizations are up 86% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,466,254 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: California 3,707. Texas 3,623. New York 2,657. Arizona 2,306. And Arkansas 1,984. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Sabine, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. East Feliciana, LA. Ascension, LA. Gulf, FL. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. Nassau, FL. And St. Charles, LA. There have been at least 613,223 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.4%, Massachusetts unchanged at 63.7%, and Maine at 63.4%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.2%, Mississippi unchanged at 34.4%, and Arkansas at 36.2%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.4%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam and Zambia up 7%. Kosovo 6%. Brunei 5%. And Pakistan 4%. Globally, cases were up 14% and deaths were up 12% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are once again over 15 million active cases around the world, at 15,152,168 The five countries with the most new cases: India 40,784. Iran 32,511.... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 30th, 2021.This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for July 30th, 2021.The EU has passed the U.S. in Covid-19 vaccinations. Inoculations in the 27 member countries are at a sustained pace while America's effort has stalled. The EU has boosted its figure by 9 percentage points just in the past month.As expected, the US administration announced a number of new steps to increase vaccinations. These include requiring all federal employees and onsite contractors to be vaccinated or face strict protocols, expanding paid leave to get vaccinated, and urging states to give $100 to people who get vaccinated. They also want school districts nationwide to host at least one pop-up vaccination clinic to get more kids 12 and older vaccinated.Israel will be the first to start offering a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine to people over 60. The President will be the first to get the booster today. The health ministry has twice reported a drop in the vaccine's efficacy against infection and a slight decrease in its protection against severe disease. Pfizer says it could apply for U.S. emergency authorization for booster shots as early as August. One of the last holdout countries will start accepting the vaccines into its country. Burundi's government will allow them but will not take responsibility for any side effects they might cause. This was announced the same day neighboring Tanzania launched its vaccination campaign, retreating from its former President's denial of the pandemic. This leaves Eritrea, one of the world's most closed-off nations, as the only African country that has not accepted the vaccines. The smiles at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California will once again be hidden behind masks. The parks have gone back to requiring all guests to wear face masks indoors as of today and vaccination status doesn't matter. Indoors also means transportation like buses and monorails.In the United States cases were up 146%, deaths are up 11%, and hospitalizations are up 73% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,329,011 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,589. Texas 11,893. California 9,304. Georgia 4,612. And Louisiana 4,414. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. Ascension, LA. Uvalde, TX. Livingston, LA. West Baton Rouge, LA. Lafourche, LA. East Feliciana, LA. And St. Mary, LA.There have been at least 612,105 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.4%, Massachusetts at 63.7%, and Maine unchanged at 63.3%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.2%, Mississippi at 34.4%, and Arkansas at 36.1%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.3%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 11%. Taiwan 10%. Kosovo and Saudi Arabia 6%. And Zambia 5%. Globally, cases were up 20% and deaths were up 7% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 14,608,402 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 92,405. India 44,673. Indonesia 43,479. Brazil 41,853. And Iran 34,433. There have now been at least 4,196,442 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for July 30th, 2021.The EU has passed the U.S. in Covid-19 vaccinations. Inoculations in the 27 member countries are at a sustained pace while America's effort has stalled. The EU has boosted its figure by 9 percentage points just in the past month.As expected, the US administration announced a number of new steps to increase vaccinations. These include requiring all federal employees and onsite contractors to be vaccinated or face strict protocols, expanding paid leave to get vaccinated, and urging states to give $100 to people who get vaccinated. They also want school districts nationwide to host at least one pop-up vaccination clinic to get more kids 12 and older vaccinated.Israel will be the first to start offering a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine to people over 60. The President will be the first to get the booster today. The health ministry has twice reported a drop in the vaccine's efficacy against infection and a slight decrease in its protection against severe disease. Pfizer says it could apply for U.S. emergency authorization for booster shots as early as August. One of the last holdout countries will start accepting the vaccines into its country. Burundi's government will allow them but will not take responsibility for any side effects they might cause. This was announced the same day neighboring Tanzania launched its vaccination campaign, retreating from its former President's denial of the pandemic. This leaves Eritrea, one of the world's most closed-off nations, as the only African country that has not accepted the vaccines. The smiles at Walt Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California will once again be hidden behind masks. The parks have gone back to requiring all guests to wear face masks indoors as of today and vaccination status doesn't matter. Indoors also means transportation like buses and monorails.In the United States cases were up 146%, deaths are up 11%, and hospitalizations are up 73% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,329,011 active cases in the United States.Keeping in mind that several states stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 17,589. Texas 11,893. California 9,304. Georgia 4,612. And Louisiana 4,414. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Stone, MS. Ascension, LA. Uvalde, TX. Livingston, LA. West Baton Rouge, LA. Lafourche, LA. East Feliciana, LA. And St. Mary, LA.There have been at least 612,105 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related.The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont unchanged at 67.4%, Massachusetts at 63.7%, and Maine unchanged at 63.3%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama at 34.2%, Mississippi at 34.4%, and Arkansas at 36.1%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is 49.3%.The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Vietnam up 11%. Taiwan 10%. Kosovo and Saudi Arabia 6%. And Zambia 5%. Globally, cases were up 20% and deaths were up 7% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 14,608,402 active cases around the world.The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 92,405. India 44,673. Indonesia 43,479. Brazil 41,853. And Iran 34,433. There have now been at least 4,196,442 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the Coronavirus... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for July 29th, 2021. After the CDC changed its guidance for even the vaccinated to go back to wearing masks indoors in certain areas, mask rules across the nation reacted in a range of ways. That includes cities, states, schools, and businesses. Nevada and Kansas City swiftly re-imposed indoor masking. But governors in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina are resisting. Ford is reinstating masking at facilities in Missouri and Florida, while Apple and Google postponed a return to the office. Google will eventually mandate vaccination for all staff. The main result of the ever-changing advice, Americans plunged right back into emotionally charged debates. The CDC said not only do you have to go back to wearing a mask if you've been vaccinated, you also should get tested if you've been exposed to the virus even if you're vaccinated and not showing any symptoms. It's yet another change in guidance that has many people asking, what good is being vaccinated? The answer, of course, is lower chance of infection and lower seriousness of illness if infected. But the CDC is saying new data suggests "vaccinated people infected by Delta may still carry large amounts of the virus and transmit it to others." According to Los Angeles County's Public Health Director, 26% of new cases there are from fully vaccinated people. That's up from 20% in June. But health officials continue to say that's totally expected and nothing to get alarmed about. And we say again, the vaccine reduces the severity of cases in those who do get a breakthrough infection. The Lollapalooza music festival begins today in Chicago's Grant Park. But those wanting to attend will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test within the last three days. The festival is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees over four days. In the United States cases were up 145%, deaths are up 6%, and hospitalizations are up 70% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,255,434 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 16,038. Texas 9,524. California 7,478. Louisiana 4,699. And Georgia 3,828. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Ascension, LA. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. East Feliciana, LA. Uvalde, TX. St. Mary, LA. Stone, MS. And West Baton Rouge, LA. There have been at least 611,779 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.4%, Massachusetts unchanged at 63.6%, and Maine at 63.3%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.1%, Mississippi unchanged again at 34.2%, and Arkansas unchanged again at 36%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is at 49.2%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Zambia up 17%. Taiwan 10%. Vietnam 7%. Saudi Arabia 6%. And Sri Lanka, Lebanon, and the Philippines 4%. Globally, cases were up 21% and deaths were up 5% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 14,365,832 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 84,534. Brazil 48,443. Indonesia 47,791. India 43,211. And Iran 33,817. There have now been at least 4,185,754 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Vaccine 411 on your podcast app or ask your smart speaker to play the... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for July 29th, 2021. After the CDC changed its guidance for even the vaccinated to go back to wearing masks indoors in certain areas, mask rules across the nation reacted in a range of ways. That includes cities, states, schools, and businesses. Nevada and Kansas City swiftly re-imposed indoor masking. But governors in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina are resisting. Ford is reinstating masking at facilities in Missouri and Florida, while Apple and Google postponed a return to the office. Google will eventually mandate vaccination for all staff. The main result of the ever-changing advice, Americans plunged right back into emotionally charged debates. The CDC said not only do you have to go back to wearing a mask if you've been vaccinated, you also should get tested if you've been exposed to the virus even if you're vaccinated and not showing any symptoms. It's yet another change in guidance that has many people asking, what good is being vaccinated? The answer, of course, is lower chance of infection and lower seriousness of illness if infected. But the CDC is saying new data suggests "vaccinated people infected by Delta may still carry large amounts of the virus and transmit it to others." According to Los Angeles County's Public Health Director, 26% of new cases there are from fully vaccinated people. That's up from 20% in June. But health officials continue to say that's totally expected and nothing to get alarmed about. And we say again, the vaccine reduces the severity of cases in those who do get a breakthrough infection. The Lollapalooza music festival begins today in Chicago's Grant Park. But those wanting to attend will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test within the last three days. The festival is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees over four days. In the United States cases were up 145%, deaths are up 6%, and hospitalizations are up 70% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new cases has been trending up since July 5. There are now 5,255,434 active cases in the United States. Keeping in mind that several states have stopped reporting their daily case numbers, the five states with the most new cases: Florida 16,038. Texas 9,524. California 7,478. Louisiana 4,699. And Georgia 3,828. The top 10 counties with the highest number of recent cases per capita according to The New York Times: Dimmit, TX. Tangipahoa, LA. Ascension, LA. Livingston, LA. Lafourche, LA. East Feliciana, LA. Uvalde, TX. St. Mary, LA. Stone, MS. And West Baton Rouge, LA. There have been at least 611,779 deaths in U.S. recorded as Covid-related. The top 3 vaccinating states by percentage of population that's been fully vaccinated: Vermont at 67.4%, Massachusetts unchanged at 63.6%, and Maine at 63.3%. The bottom 3 vaccinating states are Alabama unchanged at 34.1%, Mississippi unchanged again at 34.2%, and Arkansas unchanged again at 36%. The percentage of the U.S. that's been fully vaccinated is at 49.2%. The 5 countries with the largest recent 24-hour increase in the number of fully vaccinated people: Zambia up 17%. Taiwan 10%. Vietnam 7%. Saudi Arabia 6%. And Sri Lanka, Lebanon, and the Philippines 4%. Globally, cases were up 21% and deaths were up 5% over 14 days, with the 7-day average trending up since June 21. There are 14,365,832 active cases around the world. The five countries with the most new cases: The United States 84,534. Brazil 48,443. Indonesia 47,791. India 43,211. And Iran 33,817. There have now been at least 4,185,754 deaths reported as Covid-related worldwide. For the latest updates, subscribe for free to Coronavirus 411 on your podcast app or ask your... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's Part II with Tyler Blanchard of the Dank Swamp Rebellion Podcast. Tonight Tyler goes a little further about his spirit man's soul journey. Next Rattlesnakedre dares Tauzin to keep the next would be  haunted relic he finds; just to see what happens. Then Tyler sheds some light on what the world of Artificial Intelligence just may bring to the spirit realm. It's time to open the 3rd eye and tune in, for another volume of Ghosts of the Coast.   Check out Tyler Here! https://dstalks.com Graphics Tunes   Ghosts of the Coast Cast:   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @environmentalist_gotc Instagram Ghosts of the Coast a DSR Production

The GotC are joined by Tyler Blanchard of the Dank Swamp Rebellion. Tyler shares stories with the boys about experiences from the area that he personally has encountered. Blanchard then tells a spiritually driven tale set on a dark winding stretch of road through the swamp; down the 14 mile scenic yet eerie stretch of Hwy 24, the Bourg-Larose highway locally known as Da Grand Bois. Turn up the lights and grab that snuggie; it's time for another spookie volume of Ghosts of the Coast.   Check out Tyler Here! https://dstalks.com Graphics Tunes   Ghosts of the Coast Cast:   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @environmentalist_gotc Instagram Ghosts of the Coast a DSR Production

On this edition of GotC things get a little spooooky! Except this time Tauzin is the tale teller of treacherous tragedies. So turn down the lights because the ghosts of the marsh are out to haunt on Vol. 7 of Ghosts of the Coast.   Ghosts of the Coast Cast:   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @purlple_snowball Instagram Ghosts of the Coast a DSR Production

Captain Brennan Matherne has served as Public Information Officer of the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana) for nearly 10 years. He has 16 total years of experience as a PIO and has been managing social media for public agencies since 2008. Most notably, he served as PIO for Lafourche Parish Government during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico which directly impacted the parish's coastline. He is a Past President of the National Information Officers Association, and he presented twice at the NIOA annual training conference on social media use for public agencies prior to serving as President. He has trained a number of PIOs, elected officials, and social media managers in the Southeast. He has assisted numerous agencies in launching social media and developing internal policies. Captain Matherne is a 2003 graduate of Nicholls State University (Thibodaux, Louisiana) with a degree in Mass Communication. In 2014, he was honored as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” in Lafourche Parish.The DTB Podcast; DTB Podcast on Apple Twitter: @BrennanMatherne LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brennanmatherne/Support the show (https://t.co/GOmAg9X6e8?amp=1)

In this episode of Delta Dispatches, Jacques and Simone talk about the restoration of the “longest Main Street in the world!” First up, we catch up with Ryan M. Perque, Executive Director of the Friends of the Bayou Lafourche. He talks about the history of the waterway and the work his organization and others are doing to restore it. In the second half of the show, we continue our conversation about Bayou Lafourche with Tristan Baurick, environmental reporter with The Times Picayune New Orleans Advocate, who recently wrote two great articles about these restoration efforts on nola.com. Read Tristan's reporting: part 1 part 2

Tauzin spent the morning out in the basin before the show, and Rattlesnakedre stopped in to hunt a freshly plowed cane field on his way to the studio and found a few treasures that he shares with the Tauzin, while Kyle gets some mental and physical healing. Then things take a creepier turn as they dive into the ancient art of voodoo on this exciting volume of, Ghosts of the Coast! Ghosts of the Coast Cast:   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @purlple_snowball Instagram Ghosts of the Coast a DSR Production

On today's episode of Delta Dispatches, Jacques and Simone talk about the restoration of the “longest Main Street in the world!” First up, we catch up with Ryan M. Perque, Executive Director of the Friends of the Bayou Lafourche. He talks about the history of the waterway and the work his organization and others are doing to restore it. In the second half of the show, we continue our conversation about Bayou Lafourche with Tristan Baurick, environmental reporter with The Times Picayune New Orleans Advocate, who recently wrote two great articles about these restoration efforts on nola.com. Read Tristan's reporting: part 1: https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article70cbb236-b191-11eb-93fa-af3599177e15.html part 2: https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article451592f0-c4a7-11eb-bc02-8f61079a8834.html Visit Friends of Bayou Lafourche: https://bayoulafourche.org/

Where does the basis of cryptid mythology stem from? Usually it's a story from Pa Paw or Ma Maw just to scare us, or is it? And just what if, just what if da Rougarou and former wrestler Amos Moses got into a fight? Why do we bury our dead above the ground in cajun catholic culture? So many questions and all the answers are right here on Ghosts of The Coast.   Ghosts of the Coast Cast:   Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram  YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @purlple_snowball Instagram Ghosts of the Coast a DSR Production

Ghosts of The Coast Podcast is set in Southeastern Louisiana staring the locally infamous treasure hunter Andre “Rattlesnakedre” Brunet; Louisiana tour guide and historian as well as the face of the quickly growing horror anthology “Louisiana Dread”; & Bayou Boy Biologist and Naturalist Blake “Tauzin’ Tauzin. The guys discuss the cross culture from the Mayans to the Bayou’s. Welcome to DSR Talk’s newest production Ghosts of the Coast! Ghosts of the Coast Cast: Andre Brunet @rattlesnake_dre Instagram YouTube Tiktok   Kyle Crosby @Louisiana.dread Instagram Youtube Tiktok Patreon   Blake Tauzin @purlple_snowball Instagram Ghosts of the Coast a DSR Production

Story_01In 2015, I moved to Montana.  I had always loved the idea of living in the mountains and exploring in nature.  By 2016, I had finally become a resident, and was chomping at the bit to go on my first deer hunt, up in Little Bear Canyon, south of Bozeman.  I had driven up the ten-mile access road, using my spotting scope along the way.  I’d spotted a really nice mule deer buck along with a few does, up on the south side of Wheeler Mountain.  I parked at the base, partially blocking an ATV trail to let people know the area was occupied. I walked for about a mile, then tested the wind.I figured if I went straight for them, they’d catch my scent, and my hunt would be over for the day.  I decided to make my way around the mountain above them, and come down from the top.  After about three hours of stalking carefully, making sure not to spook anything else that would alert the deer to my presence, I finally made it to the top. It was very thickly forested to one side, so I decided to stick close to that tree line for cover while I worked my way down to the deer.  When I got about 30 yards from the trees, I began hearing some kind of grunting.  I stopped, thinking maybe it was a bear, or some other large creature.  I couldn’t make out the sound very well, but whatever it was definitely knew I was there, and was walking towards it.  I took a knee and listened. It had grunted off and on for about five minutes, when I heard what sounded like a large branch breaking off.  Now I was thinking it might be a moose.  Everything went dead silent.  I checked the place where I’d last seen the deer, to see if they were still there.  They were, but now they were looking in my direction.  I remained down on one knee, not moving an inch, and began slowing my breathing to try and keep calm.  I thought whatever it was would lose interest in me and move off. I looked back over at the tree line, squinting to try and locate the source of all the noise.  The sun was up all the way by now, warming my cheeks against the frosty air.  It was about 7 AM.  Shadows were casting everywhere in the forest.  Another five minutes passed since I’d heard the limb snap, and I hadn’t heard anything else, so I turned my attention back to the deer.  I didn’t want to walk into the forest after all that noise, so I looked for a different route to get down to them. I saw one game trail that was my best and – due to the fresh layer of snow that had fallen that morning – my least slippery, option.  Unfortunately, it took me closer to the thick forest.  With my hand resting on the grip of my sidearm, I started walking towards the trail.  I was only about ten yards from the trees when a perfectly healthy, maybe eight inch in diameter, lodge pole pine fell across the trail I was planning to take. At this point I was feeling very nervous.So, I decided maybe something or someone was just saying, ‘this isn’t your day.’  And, since sound of the crashing tree had sent the deer bounding over to the next ridge, I made the decision to not test whatever was stopping me.I turned around and went back to my truck, following the same way I came. I have a great respect for nature and conservation.  I’ve hunted deer since I have been old enough to hunt on my own, and I listen very closely to what nature tells me. In 2015, I not only moved to Montana, I also got my CDL.  Needless to say, I have spent a lot of time trucking in Montana.  Here is my second encounter. At the beginning of 2019, in early February, I was asked to haul a load of hay down to the Utah-Idaho state line.  The weather was bad the night before, so I decided to leave a couple of hours later than usual, to allow the road crews time to sand the roads. It was exactly 9:18 AM.  I will never forget it.  I was about 30 miles south of Ennis, Montana, going about 45 mph.  The roads were still a little slick, and I was taking my time and being careful.  I was almost to the point where the road parallels the Madison River.  As I rounded the bend, I looked down into the clearing across the river, and there it was.  It was about 150 yards from the road, covered in black hair from head to toe. It was walking back toward the forest, but it stopped and turned to look back at me.  Its shoulders were extremely broad, and it was incredibly tall.  Its hair was blowing in the strong wind that was coming off the canyon.  I had a perfect view of it.  There was no question about what I was seeing. There was a small mound up ahead that was going to block my view for a split second, so I slowed down.  When I came to the mound, I decided if I saw it again on the other side, I was going to stop and try to get a picture.  It was still there, but running toward the forest now.By the count of three, it had covered the roughly 200 yards from the river to the forest, and it was gone. I called a friend of mine who lives in Indiana, first.  He’s a strong believer in bigfoot.  I told him what I saw.  He said, “Finally, I’m not alone.”  I’ve always loved movies and stories of bigfoot.My wife and I have often talked about the possibilities of seeing one.  She’s somewhat of a believer, so I called her next.  I had debated about telling her, and for good reason.  Our conversation went something like this:ME:  Good morning, Darlin’.  You’ll never believe what I just saw.HER:  What did you see?ME:  I finally saw a bigfoot.HER:  Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!  Yeah, right.ME:  No!Seriously.HER:  I want to believe you.  Any other time, I would have…if you hadn’t been watching bigfoot documentaries all weekend.ME: [crickets chirping]We love to go back to this conversation.  We like to tease each other about it.  But I don’t think she will ever believe me, until she sees one for herself.Unfortunately, we may never go back to where I saw it.  We recently moved to Texas for my work.  Hopefully, one day, on one of our mountain excursions, we will get another glimpse at one of these amazing creatures.  Story_02Long before Bigfoot, or what is also known as “Sasquatch” in the northwestern United States and Canada, was North America’s most popular legendary monster; my late father, Louis, would tell of an experience he had with a similar creature when he was a young boy living on Bayou LaFourche in southern Louisiana.  My Father was 10-years-old at the time and his younger brother, Lloyd, was approximately 7.  My Father was born in 1932 so this would have occurred in the early 1940s; a quarter century before the Patterson/Gimlin film that made bigfoot a common phenomenon. My Father would vividly recall this day in great detail.  He said he could remember how it was a beautiful sunny morning and my grandmother had sent him and his brother to pick snap beans along the levee near the Bayou for dinner.  He and his brother both quickly gathered their buckets from off the back porch, glad to be able to get away from home to enjoy a beautiful sunny morning away from their mother’s watchful eye. While they picked snap beans along the rows of the levee, they began to smell a horrible stench.My Father remembered it to be similar to the smell of rotten eggs, only worse.  My father and Uncle Lloyd decided that the horrible smell was more than likely the decaying remains of an animal.  Because unpleasant orders were commonplace on the farm, this did not initially set off any alarms of what would soon become one of the most terrifying moments of their young lives. They knew their mother wanted them to fill their buckets with snap beans and return home in sufficient time for her to prepare them to cook for dinner.  They decided they would pick more than enough so there would be no need for them to return to the levee.  They were enjoying their time together, but that awful stench was becoming unbearable. Just when they decided they had picked enough snap beans to sufficiently satisfy my grandmother’s needs for dinner and possibly supper; they picked up their overflowing buckets to head home.  All of a sudden, they heard a frightening guttural growl.  My Father said it sounded like someone who was heavily congested clearing their throat but much deeper.   The rotten egg stench was now even thicker in the air. Suddenly, a manlike creature covered in long stringy dark brown matted wet hair walked out of the wooded area near the bayou and stood there right in front of my father and uncle!  My father said he could distinctly remember that this creature was only about 30 to 50 feet away, and he could clearly see that it had a face that looked human but with huge, jagged teeth.  The creature then let out a terrifying, piercing scream and turned and jumped into the bayou and swam away! My father said it was as if everything from that point was in slow motion.  He remembered dropping his full bucket of snap beans and grabbing his brother by the arm, as if all in one movement.  Uncle Lloyd then dropped his full bucket spilling all the contents on the ground.The two of them started running as fast as they could back towards their house!  My grandmother’s version of the events of that fateful morning made it all the more credible because my grandmother was never one to embellish a story.  She said she looked out of the window and saw my father and uncle running toward the house!She said that she knew instantly they were not playing a game but that something terrible had happened.  She initially believed they had been threatened by white men as this was southern Louisiana and lynchings of blacks were not uncommon at that time.  She ran out of the house to meet them.  They were both shaking and crying uncontrollably.  She hastily sent one of my aunts to the field to get my grandfather to let him know something terrible had happened to the boys! By the time my grandfather reached the house, my father and uncle had calmed down sufficiently enough to talk.   My grandmother was confident that whatever happened they would not dare lie to their father.  When my grandfather asked them to tell him what had happened, they recount seeing a hairy manlike creature near the bayou.  Through heavy heaving they described how this Bayou Beast had walked out of the trees and screamed at them with a high-pitched scream and jumped in the bayou and swam away!  Because they had none of the snap beans they had spent all morning picking, and they both were still visibly shaken, my grandfather was confident they were telling the truth. My Father would often end this story by saying he did not know what he feared the most, the hairy manlike creature with the loud piercing scream or my grandfather not believing them!  My father said he was so relieved when my grandfather turned to my grandmother and said, “These boys are not lying, they saw some type of creature.  I am certain of it.” It is My Father’s vivid recounting of his encounter that made me know Sasquatch is Real, Oh Yeah! I also recently missed having my very own daytime encounter.  On January 28, 2019, my sister and I both met up on a connecting flight to Birmingham, Alabama for my son’s wedding.  We picked up our rental car at the airport began our hour and a half trip to Huntsville, Alabama. This journey was one I have made many times by car as I lived in Huntsville, Alabama for over ten years.  However, this particular day, I was turned around as to how to leave the airport and connect with the highway to take me to Huntsville.After driving for about 30 minutes, we decided to stop and get a bite to eat.  My sister was bewildered as to how I could be so turned around and unable to get my bearings.  I had only been gone from this area for six years!  She was growing impatient.  Finally, we were on the correct exchange and headed to Huntsville.  We even talked about what possibly made me so scatter brained and confused!  We both had a good laugh and chalked it up to old age—not that we would be considered old—but we laughed it off and looked forward to the next few days and my son’s wedding. Just as we made the exchange onto Interstate 565 leading into Huntsville; I decided to call my soon to be Daughter-in-Law to let her know we would be at her house shortly.  I was driving and talking to her via Bluetooth so I knew exactly what time it was; it was 3:05 PM.  My sister then looked at me and said with this really blank look on her face, “I just saw a sasquatch!”  I looked at her and initially thought she was talking about a billboard or a sign for a business. I ended my phone call and turned to her and said, “What did you say?” She repeated, “I just saw a Sasquatch!” I said, “You are joking right?!”Strangely, my sister and I have never discussed the topic of sasquatch or bigfoot. She then said, “No, I was looking at this thing crouched down off the side of the road as if it were trying to conceal itself in the trees!”  She said, “You were driving slowly so you could enter the highway and I could see it clearly!  Then she added, “First, I thought, what is an Orangutan doing out here?!”  She went on, “Then I realized, I’m looking at a Sasquatch!”There are no words to explain how I, being a bigfoot enthusiast, felt realizing that I just missed having my own daylight sighting in the safety of a car! I told my Sister, “Apparently, that is what all my confusion was about in trying to leave Birmingham!”  Because had we not had all of that trouble leaving Birmingham you would never have had your sighting! We had a quick visit with my son and his soon-to-be wife and told them about my sister’s sighting!  They found it to be extremely humorous, but I was a bag of nerves because I knew she was telling the truth!  I couldn’t wait to check into the hotel so she could give me even more details of what she could remember in that brief moment.  She did say the creature was pale-skinned and had a face that looked more Neanderthal than ape.  And it had long stringy red hair!  It had a thick brow-ridge and a really huge face.  The head was cone-shape but not really as pronounced as in the Patterson/Gimlin film.  She said, it looked more manlike than ape.  Of course, I reminded my sister of our Father’s encounter on Bayou LaFourche.She said she remembered it and that she had always believed my father was telling the truth, but now she was certain of it!  I really hate that there appear to be so many encounters all over North America and other parts of the world and people have been made to keep their sightings and encounters to themselves.  I do believe the more people that share their encounters the more it will minimize the stigma around it, and mainstream scientists will have to take this subject more seriously.

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - The Vatican's divine worship office has announced the addition of seven new invocations to the Litany of St. Joseph. The new invocations of St. Joseph can be translated in English as Guardian of the Redeemer, Servant of Christ, Minister of Salvation, Support in Difficulties, Patron of Refugees, Patron of the Afflicted, and Patron of the Poor. The blood of St. Januarius, patron of the southern Italian city of Naples, turned to liquid on Saturday inside the small reliquary where it is kept. St. Januarius is believed to have been martyred during the Diocletian persecution in the fourth century. The alleged miracle usually takes place three times a year, though in December 2020 the blood unexpectedly remained solid. Pope Francis will give the opening remarks at an Italian conference addressing the country's low birth rate. The Pope will speak at the General States of Birth initiative on May 14. The event will feature other speakers, including Italian government ministers, who will give talks on the family. Catholics in several cities in the diocese of Houma-Thibodaux will no longer be required to wear a mask to Mass. According to the bishop, parishioners in Terrebonne, Lafourche, and Morgan City will no longer be required to wear masks to attend Mass. Bishop Shelton Fabre is still encouraging parishioners to wear masks at Mass voluntarily. Today the Church celebrates Saint Phillip and Saint James, Apostles of Jesus, both of whom died as martyrs. Visit our website for more.

Welcome to Thibodaux, Louisiana, the "Queen City of LaFourche"! First settled in the 18th century by French colonists, the area was acquired by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.  The town was incorporated under the name Thibodauxville in 1830, but was shortened to its current name in 1838.  From the early 1800s until after the Civil War, Thibodaux was the trading center for the numerous sugar cane plantations in the region.  After the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era, civil unrest caused by sugar cane plantation owners attempting to return to slavery era conditions led to the Thibodaux Massacre where at least 50 African Americans were murdered in the midst of a workers' strike.  The town was also the birthplace of "The Bayou Strangler", Ronald Joseph Dominique.  Dominique was a serial killer who murdered at least 23 men and boys in Louisiana between 1997 and 2006.  While this certainly paints a dark picture of Thibodaux's past, the town has been referenced in a kinder light in songs by a number of popular musicians like Hank Williams, George Striat, and Jimmy Buffett.  Join us for a quick trip through this interesting small town on the banks of the Bayou Lafourche!

For Wednesday's episode of The Sports Scouting Report Podcast With Lee Brecheen, Lee catches up with South Lafourche High School head football coach Brian "BJ" Young. Coach Young talks about the rich tradition at South Lafourche High School, which was started by the likes of Gil Matherne, Bob Brunet, Ed Orgeron, Bobby Hebert, and plenty of others as well as coaching for the Tarpons. Coach Young also reflects back on his playing days when he was the quarterback at Hahnville High School and at Southeastern Louisiana University. In speaking of his alma mater, Coach gives his thoughts on the job Frank Scelfo has done with the program and how their quarterback Cole Kelley has played in this spring season. Finally, Coach Young talks about his current seniors and next year's South Lafourche football team.