Louisiana Considered: FDA Grants Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Full Approval, Delta Variant Hits Rural Louisiana Hard

Published August 23, 2021 at 12:53 PM CDT

WWNO/WRKF Capitol Access reporter Paul Braun talks about the development of plans for COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Louisiana universities and state government workplaces after the FDA granted the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine full approval this morning.
NPR Weekend Edition host Scott Simon interviewed Our Lady of the Angels Hospital Nursing Director of ICU Melissa Wise about how her hospital in Bogalusa is trying to give care to a massive influx of COVID-19 patients, and how she had to care for her husband at home after he had a stroke because her hospital had no beds available.
The Times-Picayune | The Advocate reporter Sam Karlin talks about his article in today’s paper about the rapid spread of the delta variant in rural Louisiana parishes, where vaccination rates are very low compared to urban areas.