and...we have the first state that backslid to highest COVID risk - congrats, Louisiana

[NewHendoLib]

https://covidactnow.org/?s=21161039

go to the second map (scroll down a bit)

Latest tally - LA at severest risk (brown), but 19 states now slid into the red (high risk) - including CT, MA and RI.

No states yellow or green. Shame on us.

[Vinca]

1. I knew it would start creeping back into the New England states again.

I'll be watching Vermont (where I do most of my business despite living in New Hampshire). At the moment it's still the safest place in the country. BUT . . . it's a big tourist destination, especially a couple of months from now when the leaves change color. I've started wearing my mask again just in case.

[hlthe2b]

2. I find it devastating for LA. NOLA is not a Republican stronghold, yet the entire SE 1/3 of state

is "on fire" with COVID-19. No way for their hospitals to keep up.

[NewHendoLib]

3. Agreed. I fear we will see lots of devastating developments just ahead.

[zuul]

7. And hardly anyone in southeast Louisiana is wearing a mask.

It's frightening. I had to go to a hospital in Kenner for a medical procedure a few days ago and while on the way, I stopped to pick up a few things in one of the retail hubs. Almost no masks. Thank dog I was wearing my N95 and goggles.

At least everyone at the Ochsner facility was masked. They don't put up with the maskholes in the hospitals.

[hlthe2b]

8. Good on you. I know Oschner. I can't believe other hospitals across the country are not

cracking down on vaccination for all their HCWs and employees. CO hospitals largely are, but colleagues have confirmed to me that Atlanta's famous Emory hospitals have not! Nor are they cracking down on number of visitors any longer and their ER waiting areas in some of their hospitals are stacked floor to ceiling with the waiting (unvaccinated COVID-19 probables) with insufficient staff to ensure they are all masking. I am so livid.

[zuul]

4. And we in Louisiana have a Democratic governor who tries to do the right thing

but he has to put up with a repube-led legislature.

I keep hearing that our governor, John Bel Edwards, is about to implement a state-wide mask mandate again. As soon as he does, the larger cities in Louisiana, which are mostly run by Democratic mayors, will follow suit.

I feel really sorry for red state folks who have repube governors. The dumb anti-maks laws they're trying to pass are fucking ridiculous.

[dianaredwing]

13. Live in Old Algiers

And I agree with you. I am very pleased with JBE. At our neighborhood Walmart, about half of the customers and half of the staff are fully masked. Most of the rest of the staff have chin masks. I haven't let up on double masking. Got both Moderna shots and will gladly take a booster. Never been a fan on shots and never had the flu, but this isn't the flu and I don't want it.

On another note, some of the kids in the neighborhood regularly mask.

[wyn borkins]

5. Covid ActNow

Thank you for the very informative 'Covid ActNow' link; appreciations (!).

[marble falls]

6. Texas State Motto: Thank gawd for Louisiana! Alts:( Missouri, Arkansas, Missippi, Alabama)

[Skittles]

9. I am impressed with Puerto Rico's progress on vaccinations

well done

[roamer65]

10. Hats off to the Northern Marianas Islands.

Only green in the US.

[IronLionZion]

11. Louisiana was bad last summer too

hmm... along with nearby Southern states. Mississippi is America's least vaccinated state. Seems to be a pattern with that region

[MontanaMama]

12. My husband just drove across MT from South Dakota.

He said it was alarming how many out of state license plates he saw during that 14 hour drive….especially from FL. Spreading the “love”.