CDC is shortening the recommended time for isolation from 10 days for people with COVID-19 to 5 days, if asymptomatic, followed by 5 days of wearing a mask when around others. cdc.gov/media/releases…

“Therefore, people who test positive should isolate for 5 days and, if asymptomatic at that time, they may leave isolation if they can continue to mask for 5 days to minimize the risk of infecting others.”

cdc.gov/media/releases…

“For people who are unvaccinated or are more than six months out from their second mRNA dose (or more than 2 months after the J&J vaccine) & not yet boosted, CDC now recommends quarantine for 5 days followed by strict mask use for an additional 5 days.” cdc.gov/media/releases…

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David Begnaud

@DavidBegnaud

23 Dec 21

https://twitter.com/davidbegnaud/status/1473112385653297153

USA Today’s report ‘Uncounted: Inaccurate death certificates across the country hide the true toll of COVID-19’ questions the work of the Lafayette parish coroner, Dr. Ken Odinet, & his staff. Dr. Odinet’s wife Michelle Odinet has been in the news lately.
usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

https://twitter.com/davidbegnaud/status/1473112385653297153

“In Lafayette Parish, COVID-19 was listed as the underlying cause of death in just 134 fatalities in 2020, even though there were 419 “excess deaths” – the number of deaths that exceed a normal, pre-pandemic year…” usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

“…The gap between these two numbers means hundreds more people likely died of COVID, researchers say.”usatoday.com/in-depth/news/…

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David Begnaud

@DavidBegnaud

22 Dec 21

2 sisters & their brother were killed by a man driving the wrong way on an Louisiana interstate.
Their mom was critically injured.
A family friend was also killed.
Louisiana state police say toxicology tests are pending to determine whether the wrong way driver was impaired.

This go fund me page has a ton of information about the family. gofundme.com/f/help-my-grie…

This is some of the local reporting that was done theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…

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David Begnaud

@DavidBegnaud

16 Dec 21

BREAKING: Lafayette LA. Judge Michelle Odinet to seek unpaid leave from the bench. Her attorney says she “humiliated, embarrassed, & sorry for what she has done & the harm she has caused” after a video recorded at her home captured people using the N word.
theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/…

@davidedm_91

This update was first reported by @davidedm_91 of @theadvocatebr and confirmed by CBS News.

“The Current” first broke the story.
thecurrentla.com/2021/racist-re…

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David Begnaud

@DavidBegnaud

12 Dec 21

@CBSMornings

This is Nelson Gonzalez from Guayama Puerto Rico. He was a supervisor on duty Friday night when a tornado obliterated his candle factory in Mayfield, KY. Some of his employees call him a hero for helping to get them out alive. You’ll hear from him & them tomorrow on @CBSMornings

Felisa is one of Nelson’s workers.
She called him a hero for helping her and others to get out alive.
She describes some of what happened…

This is Richard Padilla. He is originally from Yauco, Puerto Rico. He recently moved to Kentucky because he found a job working as a seasonal worker at the candle factory in Mayfield. He too was in the factory when it collapsed