the influx of patients. last week we heard from state officials who warned residents that they should be extra careful when driving a car or riding a bike, because you don t want to end up in the emergency room and take away resources that are already there, with the lines you re seeing for the emergency rooms. many of them converting hallways, converting conference rooms into extra beds for patient care. they re having to lower the standards in a way that they say is frustrating. the idea is not only do you have the high positivity rate here, where you have one in four people coming back with a positive result, but you have a situation where there are not those mitigation efforts. there s a resistance to mask and social distancing, but you also have a low vaccinate rate. in this community, about only 40% of the total pop has have even just even one shot of the
virilant. we re certainly seeing many more sicker children than we ve seen previously. you were talking about this issue for children across the south and we have seen how southern states got hit hard with low vaccination rates. i want you to listen to the former fda commissioner. i think the northern states are more inpefgous to the south. there is still people who are vulnerable in the states and the challenge right now is that the infection is going to start to collide with the opening of school. i m wondering if you re worried about that? what is your concern level? i m extremely concerned. the vaccinate rate in louisiana is 37 or 38%. the vaccinate rate for adolescents 12 years of age and older eligible for vaccination
have the ravens talked about getting vaccinated? i just got off the covid list. i ve got to talk to my team doctors, you know, and try to see how they feel about it, you know. i keep learning as much as i can about it and go from there. you might go for it. we ll see. talking to the doctors. we ll see. despite a second coronavirus infection, baltimore ravens quarterback lamar jackson still on the fence about receiving a coronavirus vaccine. he returned saturday after missing ten days, a league mandated quarantine after testing positive. he also tested positive in november and missed one game. he s one of few players without the shot as the players entered camp last month with a 90% vaccinate rate. the league has threatened stiff penalties and forfeitures for unvaccinated players.
you were talking about this issue for children across the south and we have seen how southern states got hit hard with low vaccination rates. i want you to listen to the former fda commissioner. i think the northern states are more inpefgous to the south. there is still people who are vulnerable in the states and the challenge right now is that the infection is going to start to collide with the opening of school. i m wondering if you re worried about that? what is your concern level? i m extremely concerned. the vaccinate rate in louisiana is 37 or 38%. the vaccinate rate for adolescents 12 years of age and older eligible for vaccination in louisiana is just about 13%. so we have huge numbers of
to get your information like your social security number and it s just flatout sad people cheered about alabama s poor vaccinate rate. yet, this rant comes amid a disturbing warning from local health officials being threatened for urging people to wears masks or get vaccinated. outfront now the chief executive officer that represents about 3,000 local health departments across the country. thank you for being here. it s your members the ones being threatened and sounding the alarm here and now you hear thi congresswoman. bh what s your edisheartening and heart of the public s messaging about solid public health measures based in science. our local health officials working on the ground are not political. they are completely apolitical. they have one mission in mind and that is to keep their