🧵Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday officially called for a special legislative session to LIFT a ban on school mask mandates katv.com/news/local/ark…
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson: There are currently 1,250 Arkansans hospitalized for COVID and 260 are on life support.
Amid 1,250 Arkansans hospitalized due to the #DeltaVariant and 260 on life support, there was a sharp increase in demand for vaccinations. 30,756 vaccines were given in the last 24 hrs, said Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. 25,000 were new doses. 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Amid 1,250 Arkansans hospitalized due to the #DeltaVariant and 260 on life support, there was a sharp increase in demand for vaccinations. 30,756 vaccines were given in the last 24 hrs, said Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. 25,000 were new doses. 🙌🏽🙌🏽
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson: "There is no statewide mask mandate. I'm not in favor of a statewide mask mandate. There are no government vaccine mandates as well. These are about the choices that people make"
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson: "We have a vulnerable group not eligible for the vaccine. The call that I've signed today asks the general assembly to amend the law [banning masks in schools] to give local school districts the flexibility to add protection for children under 12."
Today there are 1,250 Arkansans hospitalized & 260 on life support. This graph compares the percent of overall hospitalizations, ICU admissions and patients on life support for COVID19 from the prior peak 1/11/21 (dark orange) vs 8/3/2021 (light orange)
Dr. Jose R. Romero Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Arkansas Children's Hospital: Between April and July there has been a 690% increase in cases of children 12 and under. ICU admissions have increased by 275%; 20% of those are under 12 years of age.
Dr. Jose R. Romero Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist at Arkansas Children's Hospital: "Among children less than 18 years of age who were hospitalized in July, 🚨58% were less than 12 years of age"
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Travis Campbell, 43, from Bristol Virginia has been hospitalized more than a week due to the #DeltaVariant, which also infected his wife & two children. The unvaccinated man is adamant about making videos encouraging others to get vaccinated now nbcnews.com/news/us-news/v…
Travis Campbell: I messed up big time you guys. I didn't get the vaccine. That's ok I made a mistake. I admit it, and I'm taking responsibility. Don't fall.. for all the TV rhetoric and social media, just protect yourself.
Travis Campbell is turning pain into purpose by warning others about this deadly virus. I'm praying he gets better! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Officials say the new rule will apply beginning Sept. 30 — giving time for employers to prepare for implementation and for unvaccinated health care workers to become fully vaccinated.
A state law enacted in 1989 prohibits employers from independently mandating vaccines for certain limited categories of workers, including health care workers. But, a spokesperson from the governor’s office says the new rule does not conflict with the law.
Arizona’s second-largest school district, Tucson Unified joined the ranks of those defying Governor Doug Ducey's ban on mask mandates by imposing face mask mandates on campus to protect children. Classes start Thurs for the district’s 47,000 students. ktar.com/story/4607972/…
In an emergency governing board meeting Wednesday morning, the Tucson Unified School District unanimously voted to require face coverings, becoming the state’s largest district to do so.
At least five Arizona districts, including Phoenix Union High School, have now adopted mask mandates to start their school years, despite a new state law that prohibits such action. The others are elementary districts - Phoenix, Roosevelt and Osborn — that feed into Phoenix Union
Serious pediatric cases of COVID-19 have doubled in 10 days at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in #Tennessee.
8 children are hospitalized at Le Bonheur with COVID; 2 are in critical care. Two other children died over the weekend dailymemphian.com/section/busine…
One of the pediatric deaths was a resident of Shelby County. The other was to be transferred to Le Bonheur but died before leaving a rural hospital.
“What we’ve seen in the last week and half is that children are in critical care for COVID-19 illness requiring significant intervention. And that number is being sustained,” said Dr. Nick Hysmith
Health officials have identified nearly 500 coronavirus cases statewide that could be linked to the large crowds that gathered in downtown Milwaukee as fans cheered on the Bucks’ run to the NBA championship.
Officials say 491 people with confirmed or probable cases said they attended the Deer District or Bucks game “during their exposure or infectious periods.”
“We have four times as many people hospitalized with COVID in Wisconsin as we did one month ago, from 74 individuals to 310 today,” said Dr. Ben Weston, director of medical services at the Milwaukee County Office of Emergency Management, during the briefing.
🚨Heidi Kim's 5 y.o. daughter has COVID just days into the new school year at EduPrize in San Tan Valley #Arizona. Her 8 y.o. daughter is sick too. Gov Doug Ducey banned mask mandates in schools despite CDC & AAP recommendations. abc15.com/news/coronavir…
“There are a total of three kids in her class who wear masks and my older daughter, there are two kids including her, so one other kid that wears a mask,” said Heidi.
“I could home school them again, I did this last year but I need to get back to work and I was just really hoping that people would do the right thing and send their kids in masks,” said Heidi.