PRACTICES THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA.

THE GOAL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES REALLY IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B.

AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL.

THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY LNS CAPTIONING WWW.LNSCAPTIONING.COM WE WILL BE HERE LITERALLY FOR YEARS WORKING ON THIS.

HURRICANE EMERGENCY WORKERS DIG IN FOR THE LONG HAUL.

WE NEED TO REALLY PLAN FOR MORE DIFFICULT WEATHER WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE FARM INDUSTRY RECOVERING FROM THE HARD FREEZE.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE THEIR TRAJECTORY OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE WITH A TIKTOK VIDEO?

A NEW BREED OF DOCTORS IN LOUISIANA.

HI, EVERYONE.

I'M KARA ST. CYR.

AND I'M ANDRE MOREAU.

WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THOSE TOP STORIES IN A MOMENT ON THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "SWI," BUT FIRST, THE BIG NEWS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S COVID MEDIA BRIEFING THIS WEEK.

YEAH.

GOVERNOR EDWARDS MOVED THE STATE TO PHASE THREE, WHICH LOOSENS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.

BARS AND RESTAURANTS CAN ALLOW MORE PEOPLE INSIDE.

MASK MANDATES REMAIN IN PLACE.

BUT DOZENS OF LEGISLATORS SENT THE GOVERNOR A LETTER TO LIFT THE MASK PROTOCOL, LIKE TEXAS AND MISSISSIPPI DID THIS WEEK.

HE REMAINS FIRM WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP MASKS.

THESE RESTRICTIONS ON OCCUPANCY, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO A VENUE, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER YOU WEAR MASKS AS A WAY TO NOT INCREASE TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS.

NOW A LOOK AT OTHER BIG NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE, THAT INCLUDES MORE ABOUT THE COVID VACCINES.

TO GET CORONAVIRUS VACCINATIONS IN ARMS, THE STATE HAS USED JOHNSON & JOHNSON FOR LARGE WALK UP GATHERINGS.

BOSER CITY, AND ST. TAMANY PARISH BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND.

THERE IS ENOUGH VACCINE TO EXPAND ACCESS.

MEANTIME, TEXAS, TUESDAY, BECAME THE BIGGEST STATE TO LIFT ITS MASK RULE.

THEY JOIN A GROWING MOVEMENT BY GOVERNOR AND OTHER LEADERS TO LOOSEN PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS, DESPITE PLEAS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS TO NOT LET THEIR GUARD DOWN.

CHECK OUT THIS PICTURE ON TWITTER ABOUT A BUSINESS IN MISSISSIPPI.

A NEW PLAN TO GET VOTES MACHINES IS SHELVED AGAIN AFTER BARRAGE OF COMPLAINTS FROM FELLOW REPUBLICANS.

WE NEED THE MACHINES, BUT WITH VOTER CONFIDENCE DAMAGED BY WHAT HE CALLS THOSE WHO SPREAD MISINFORMATION, HE WILL SPEND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TRYING TO RESTORE VOTER CONFIDENCE.

A COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY IN COVINGTON IS REPORTING A LOSS OF $21 BILLION, A LOSS OF ONE CENT PER SHARE.

THEY POSTED A REVENUE OF $33 MILLION IN THE SAME PERIOD.

WILD LIFE REFUGE WAS BATTLED AND CLOSED.

CREWS REPAIRED ROADS AND ARE FINISHING AN OBSERVATION DECK IN THE MARSHES.

DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN NEW ORLEANS TEAMED UP WITH, NARD HEALTH TO EXPAND TRAINING FOR NURSES AND ALLIED HEALTH OFFICIALS.

DELGADO GRADUATES 1,200 NURSING AND HEALTH PROS EACH YEAR.

THE WHITNEY PLANTATION MUSEUM THAT TELLS THE STORY OF THE ENSLAVED RECEIVED A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARúpúú úGRANT.

THEY AVERAGE x■1,000 VISITORS A MONTH NOW COMPARED TO 10,000 PRE-PANDEMIC.

GREATER BATON ROUGE IS 2021'S THIRD MOST EBEES -- OBESE METRO AREA IN AMERICA.

THE TOP MARKETS WHERE WEIGHT RELATED PROBLEMS ARE BIG.

LSU RELEASED THE FINDINGS OF A LAW FIRM'S INVESTIGATION TODAY THAT REVEALED THE UNIVERSITY FAILED TO CORRECTLY HANDLE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPLAINTS GOING BACK YEARS.

PRESIDENT TOM GALLIGAN DELIVERED THE NEWS AT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING SAYING THIS MILESTONE SAD DAY WILL FOREVER MEASURE WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

E-MAILS REVEALED FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JOE ALLEVA WANTED EX-COACH LES MILES FIRED IN 2013 FOR ADVANCES TOWARD FEMALE STUDENTS, BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AT LEAST TWO ATHLETIC OFFICIALS ARE SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY.

NEXT FRIDAY ON "SWI," I'LL TALK AT LENGTH WITH PRESIDENT GALLIGAN ABOUT ALL THAT AND EXPLORE THE CULTURE CHANGE HE SAYS WILL HAPPEN.

IT COULD BE A GROUNDBREAKING SETTLEMENT IN LOUISIANA'S LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH BIG OIL.

ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF LANDRY SIGNED ONTO A PROPOSED $100 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH FREEPORT-McMORAN.

SETTLEMENT DOLLARS ARE GOING TO HELP RESTORE THE STATE'S DISAPPEARING COAST.

BATON ROUGE LAWYER JOHN CARMOUCHE NEGOTIATED THE DEAL ON BEHALF OF PARISH GOVERNMENTS.

HE BELIEVES IT WILL BECOME A BLUEPRINT FOR AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER OIL AND GAS COMPANIES THAT WOULD END YEARS-LONG LAWSUITS BY PARISHES AND THE STATE.

NURSING HOMES ARE WHERE LOUISIANA SAW THE FIRST REPORTS OF CORONAVIRUS ILLNESSES, CLUSTERS OF CONFIRMED CASES, AND DEATHS.

THIS WEEK, A YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, TWO NATIONAL GROUPS, REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF NURSING CARE FACILITIES, ANNOUNCED AN 82% DROP IN COVID CASES SINCE A PEAK IN DECEMBER.

THEY SAY IT SHOWS VACCINATIONS ARE WORKING.

HERE'S A PART OF A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE VERY TOUGH LESSONS LEARNED.

WE WERE DEALING WITH A PANDEMIC, A VIRUS THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE.

SPREAD BY ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE, NO PPE AND IN MARCH ALMOST NO TESTING.

THE TESTING THAT DID EXIST WOULD TAKE DAYS AND SOMETIMES A WEEK OR MORE TO GET BACK.

SO WHEN THE GOVERNORS WERE FACED WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DECISIONS, SOMETIMES THEY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.

WE WERE ACTIVE IN ADVISING GOVERNORS.

ONE THING THAT SEEMED CLEAR TO US IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO DISCHARGE COVID-POSITIVE FOLKS FROM HOSPITALS TO EVERY SINGLE NURSING HOME.

THE IMPORTANT THING NOW IS WHAT DO WE DO GOING FORWARD?

WHAT WE LEARNED IN MARCH AND APRIL, IF YOU DON'T PRIORITIZE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NURSING HOME, YOU DON'T SHOW THE DIGNITY OF PEOPLE THEY DESERVE YOU WILL HAVE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PPE.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THE TESTING.

WE WEREN'T MADE A PRIORITY AS THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM DIED UNNECESSARILY.

IN THE PAST TWO YEARS THE CRAWFISH INDUSTRY WAS HIT BY HIGHS AND@■@■l■ LOWS AND THE PA SENT THOME TO A STAND STILL.

CRAWFISH ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO CHANGES.

IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION OF WATER TEMPERATURE, NEY REACT.

THE HIGH WATER COMING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI THAT GOES INTO THE CHAPALIA, THERE WAS A DISRUPTION OF NORMAL@Ñ OXYGEN LS IN THE WATER.

WE HAD A LOTSZ OF A LOT OF CRAWFISH.

A KRU FISH NEEDS A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF WATER TO LIVE, IF THE DEPTH IS TOO LOW, THEY WILBURY THEMSELVES IN THE GROUND AND FISHERMEN CAN'T GET TO THEM.

IF THE WATER IS TOO HIGH, THEY MIGHT SUFFOCATE.

THEY CAN BE DISPATCHED.

IN 2019 WHEN THE RIVERS FLOODED THAT WAS THE CASE FOR A LOT OF FISHERMEN.

2020 DIDN'T EASE THE BURDEN OF THAT CRAWFISH SEASON.

DWAYNE SMITH, A CRAWFISH FARMER SAYS THE INITIAL LOCKDOWN WAS FRIGHTENING FOR FARMERS.

IT HAS BEEN AN UP-AND-DOWN SHOW, LIKE NORMALLY AND LAST YEAR IN PARTICULAR, WE GOT SHUT DOWN FOR COVID.

AND WE HAD TO STOP FISHING FOR SMALL PERIODS.

IT WAS DEVASTATING FOR A LOT OF THE INDUSTRY.

THAT SITUATION WAS COMPOUNDED BY COVID-19.

THE MAJORITY OF CRAWFISH THAT ARE CONSUMED, LIVE CRAWFISH, ARE CONSUMED IN RESTAURANTS AND BY BIG CRAWFISH BOILS.

WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THE RESIDENTS COULDN'T UTILIZE THE PRODUCT AND PEOPLE WEREN'T HAVING CRAWFISH BOILS, TWO THINGS HAPPENED, ONE, THERE WAS NO MARKET FOR THE CRAWFISH AND TWO, THE PRICE DROPPED PRECIP TISLY.

IT HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CRAWFISH INDUSTRY.

THE COST WAS 73 CENTS AND A DOLLAR A POUND DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO COVID PLUS NO MARKET.

THEY HAD A REAL DEVIL OF A TIME.

WE WERE HOPING FOR A GOOD YEAR THIS YEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, 2021 IS OFF TO A ROCKY START FOR FARMERS.

TWO WEEKS AGO A HARD FREEZE GRIPPED THE SOUTH FOR DAYS.

THE ICE WAS SO THICK, HE COULDN'T FISH.

IT DEFINITELY PUT THE BRAKES ON ANYTHING THAT WE WERE DOING.

ACTUALLY, THE WEEK BEFORE THE ICE, THINGS WERE FINALLY PICKING UP ON PRODUCTION SOMEWHAT.

AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENED, PROBABLY IT WAS SIX DAYS BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO GO BACK INTO THE PONDS AND MAKE ANOTHER RUN, WHICH THAT RUN WAS GOOD, BECAUSE THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THAT FRIDAY.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WAS DEAD ALL THAT WEEK.

WE LOST A COUPLE F F O -- OF WEEKS OF GROWTH BECAUSE CRAWFISH DON'T GROW AND DON'T EAT I WAS TOO COLD FOR THE CRAWFISHERMEN TO FISH.

WE LOST A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF PRIME SEASON WHEN THE PRICE IS@ GENERALLY ITS@■@■D■@■D■ @■@■D■@■ THE@■@■@■@■@■@■ PRICE@■ IS@■ VE■ ASD■ WE@■@■@■ GET@■@■xoD■@■D■ I■ EASTER,@■@■@■D■@■@■D■@■ THE PRI■ DOWN.

@■@■D■D■D■D■D■ THAT IS AD■D■D■D■D■D■D■D■D■@■ N■ ONE OF THED■D■D■D■D■ CONCERNS WS YEAR IS, ONE, IS THAT THERE MAY BE A LESSER SUPPLY AT THE END OF THE SEASON BY JUNE AND JULY AND WE LOST A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF OUR PRIME CRAWFISH TIME.

PRIME CRAWFISH TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS LIMITED CRAWFISH ON THE MARKET.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY ARE COMING BACK ON THE MARKETED A I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO BE FINE.

STRAIN IS UNSURE HOW MUCH OF THE CRAWFISH SEASON WILL BE COMPROMISED BY THE WEATHER.

HE THINKS THERE IS A CHANCE THE CROP MAY RUN OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE NORMAL SEASON.

AS FOR THE PRICE, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE CONSUMER.

YOU CAN SAY IT TOOK A WEEK FOR SURE FOR THINGS TO GET BACK RIGHT, WATER TO WARM UP AND WHATEVER AND THEN WE WORKED IN THE FIELD WE WERE PRODUCING CRAWFISH ALREADY.

SOME OF THE STUFF WE ARE NOT CATCHING, WE ARE STILL NOT CATCHING.

THAT IS WHAT I'M HEARING FROM NEIGHBORS.

WE'RE NOT.

THE CATCH HAS NOT DOUBLED AND WE ARE NOT BOMBARDED WITH CRAWFISH.

UNFORTUNATELY, CRAWFISH FARMS WEREN'T THE ONLY FARM BUSINESSES HURT BY THE FREEZE.

STRAWBERRY FARMS AND SOYBEAN FARMS WERE HIT BY THE ICE.

OUR STRAWBERRY FARM, 35% TO 40% OF THE CROP IS LOST.

IT GOT SO COLD THAT WE LOST THE BLOOMS COMING ON THAT BECOMES A STRAWBERRY.

WE ARE HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME STRAWBERRIES BY THE TIME WE GET TO EASTER.

WE LOST SOME OF THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, LIKE CABBAGES AND BROCCOLI AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE IN THOSE WINTER VEGETABLING IN THE FIELD.

THINGS LIKE SUGAR CANE AND NURSERIES WERE COMPROMISED BY THE ICE.

COMBINED, THAT IS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST.

IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER DIFFERENT COMMODITIES.

IF YOU LOOK AT ABOVE I-10, IN ALEXANDRIA, WE HAVE SOME LOSS OF SUGAR CANE.

A DEVASTATING EFFECT TO OUR NURSERIES, OUR CROP AND PLANT, WHICH IS A BIG INDUSTRY IN LOUISIANA.

IF YOU GO IN FOREST HILL AREAS, IT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD HIT BECAUSE THEY WERE BELOW FREEZING FOR FIVE DAYS.

THEY HAD ICE AND SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THAT COLLAPSED GREENHOUSES AND DESTROYED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PLANTS HE CAN EXPECTING EVENTS LIKE TO THIS HAPPEN FOR OFTEN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PATTERNS, KATRINA, GUSETAV, IKE, AND THE LATEST HURRICANES AND THE GREAT FLOOD OF 2016 AND THE ICE STORM, WE RAN OUT OF NAMES THEN WE RAN OUT OF THE GREEK ALPHABET AND WE HAD TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER ALPHABET.

WE NEED TO BE, ANYp■p■ WAY WE C BETTER PREPARED AND MORE SELF-RELIANT ON WHATEVER WEATHER COMES OUR WAY.

I DO THINK WE NEED TO REALLY PLAN FOR MORE DIFFICULT WEATHER UNDER WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE COMMISSIONER SAYS THEY ARE WORKING WITH BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL DELEGATIONS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ALL FARMERS AFFECTED BY THAT ICE.

WE ARE SIX MONTHS OUT FROM DEVASTATING HURRICANE LAURA AND THE RECORD HURRICANE SEASON IN LOUISIANA.

WE HAVE TALKED WITH LAKE CHARLES MAYOR KNICK HUNTER ABOUT RECOVERY.

TONIGHT TWO TOP ENERGY LEADERS SUM UP WHERE WE STAND.

IF THERE IS A GRADE ON RECOVERY PROCESS IT WOULD PROBABLY BE -- I THINK FROM THE STATE PERSPECTIVE, WE WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND A B.

RECOVERY IS DIFFICULT.

HOUSING CONTROVERSIRY IS ESPECIALLY COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT.

YOU CAN'T REPLICATE ON THAT KIND OF SCALE THE RESOURCESúñ THAT Y NEED AFTER AN EVENT LIKE THAT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT FROM A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, UTILITIES, WATER, ALL OF THOSE PERSPECTIVES, I THINK THE LOCALS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.

WHERE ARE WE STANDING NOW IN TERMS OF PEOPLE NOT IN THEIR HOMES YET?

THERE ARE STILL ABOUT 400 PEOPLE IN THOSE SHELTER HOTELS AND FEMA IS WORKING THROUGH OUR DIRECT TEMPORARY HOUSING PROGRAM.

WE LOOKED AT ABOUT 10,000 FAMILIES THAT WERE INITIALLY ELIGIBLE.

WE EXPECT EVENTUALLY TO HOUSE ABOUT 3,000 OF THOSE FAMILIES IN FEMA'S DIRECT TEMPORARY HOUSING PROGRAM.

TODAY WE ARE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE WITH 1,200 FAMILIES IN THOSE UNITS.

THIS IS THE HARDEST AND MOST COMPLEX THING WE DO AND WE ARE ESTIMATING IT WILL TAKE US UNTIL SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER BEFORE WE GET EVERYBODY IN TO THOSE TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS.

OF ALL THE HOUSING MISSIONS I HAVE EVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH, THIS ONE HAS GONE THE SMOOTHEST.

IT IS NOT EVER FAST ENOUGH TO SUIT ANYONE.

WE PUT MORE THAN $1 BILLION INTO PEOPLE'S POCKETS IN FEDERAL MONEY SINCE HURRICANE LAURA HIT.

AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO FUND THE CLEANUP AND THE REBUILD OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHEN WE SAW THE IMAGERY FROM HURRICANE LAURA, THIS WAS A DESTRUCTIVE EVENT.

WHEN YOU GO BACK TO SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA PARTICULARLY, THAT LANDSCAPE IS DIFFERENT.

AND SO THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WERE, NOT JUST DAMAGED, BUT IN CAMERON PARISH, COMPLETELY WIPE÷ AWAY WITH EMPTY SLABS STANDING THERE TODAY AND THE HOMES IN CALCASIU AND LAKE CHARLES WHERE THE TREE WAS DONE AND THE HOME WAS GONE AND THE STORM RETAINED HURRICANE STRENGTH ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE LINE.

IT WAS A STATE LINE EVENT FOR US.

INSURANCE FUNDING IS NOT FAST ENOUGH.

THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR MATERIALS, DOORS, WINDOWS, SHINGLES, THAT IS NOT FAST ENOUGH.

NONE OF THOSE SYSTEMS ARE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE PACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GO.

WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING MULTIPLE HURRICANES IN A PANDEMIC?

THE SHELTERING PIECE ITSELF INITIALLY.

I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE OVERSTATED JUST HOW DIFFICULT A TASK THAT WAS TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN HOTELS IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND HERCULEAN EFFORT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

HOW LONG DOES FEMA STAY WITH A STORM LIKE THIS?

WE START BEFORE THE STORM HITS.

WE DO THE RESPONSE AND WE SHIFT INTO RECOVERY.

AT THE PEAK WE HAD ABOUT 1,800 FEDERAL PEOPLE WORKING THESE EVENTS.

TODAY WE STILL HAVE ABOUT 800.

WE ARE FOCUSED NOW IN ADDITION TO GETTING PEOPLE HOUSED AND AGAIN PAYING FOR THE CLEANUP AND THE REBUILDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL BE HERE LITERALLY FOR YEARS WORKING ON THIS.

THE GUY YOU SEE THERE, YOU LIKELY KNOW HIM AS THE ONC DOC.

HIS REACH ON TIKTOK IS ENORMOUS.

JUST AS THAT APP REDEFINES HOW WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN 2020, DR. SANJAY JUNEJA MAY REDEFINE THE WAY DOCTORS DELIVER THEIR MESSAGE OF HEALTH.

I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW.

TO THE WORLD, INFORMED, APPROACHABLE, LOVABLE ONC DOC.

A SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING OF HALF A MILLION VIEWERS.

I'M SANJAY JUNEJA.

DELIVERING IMPECCABLE CREDENTIALS, TRAINED AND SUPERBIZED IN HEMATOLOGY, AND ONCOLOGY.

HE IS UPFRONT ABOUT A SCARY DIAGNOSIS HE TRIES TO MAKE NOT SO SCARY.

SOMETIMES IT IS THE BEATS.

YOU ARE IN THE CORNER NOT KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE IT AND IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM.

YOU OWN IT.

WHEN WE MET, I TOLD HIM I THOUGHT HE WAS IN BEVERLY HILLS NOT BATON ROUGE.

THERE THEY ARE, IN THE CLINIC WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE ARE FOUNDING MEDICAL PARTNERS AND HIS TIKTOK VIEWERS SEE HIM EVERY DAY.

ONE RECENT POST RAPIDLY WENT VIRAL.

I THINK OVER A MILLION VIEWS IN 72 HOURS AND SO MANY PEOPLE SAYING, WOW, I SHOULD ASK MY DOCTOR ABOUT THIS OR GET BLOOD WORK BECAUSE I HAVE THESE SYMPTOMS.

ANY SOCIAL MEDIA CREATOR WOULD SAY IT IS ALL ABOUT THE LIGHTING FOR THE VIDEO QUALITY.

HE HAS A GLOBAL CLASSROOM.

JUST SIT HERE AND DO THE TALK OR YOU HAVE TO DO THE DOCTOR VOICE THIS WAY SOMETIMES.

PERFECT FOR A GUY WHO CAN ENTERTAIN AND INFORM AND GREW UP WANTING TO BE A TEACHER, INSPIRED BY THOSE WHO TAUGHT HIM.

I HAD A REALLY COOL SCIENCE TEACHER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

DR. DUVALL, HE HAS NO IDEA OF THIS STORY, BUT HE KIND OF MADE ME WANT TO DO AND TEACH SCIENCE BECAUSE I REALIZE WHEN YOU CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE THINGS AROUND YOU, LIKE IN A PHYSICS CAPACITY AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ALL WORK, YOU APPRECIATE DAY-TO-DAY THINGS MORE.

AFTER A BAD CAR WRECK IN HIGH SCHOOL, HIS DOCTOR HELPED HIM SET HIS LIFE'S PATH.

I LOST MY EYESIGHT, BASICALLY, FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE DILATION, IT WAS TRAUMATIC FROM THE ACCIDENT.

I WAS LOOKING BACK TO SEE WHY I WASN'T SCARE?

MY DOCTOR GAVE ME GOALS.

THAT MADE ME DO MEDICAL SCHOOL.

CANCER SPECIFICALLY IS SO INTIMIDATING AND DERAILING PSYCHOLOGICALLY, NOT JUST FOR THE PATIENT, BUT THE FAMILY.

I FELT LIKE WHERE ELSE IS IT MORE IMPORTANT TO HELP THE HEAD SPACE WITH EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT AND THESE THINGS AND BE THERE FOR THEM THAN IN THE FIELD OF ONCOLOGY.

SO THAT IS WHAT KINTD OF LED ME THERE.

I VALUE AND HAVE COME TO VALUE QUALITY.

WHETHER YOU CURE SOMEBODY OR NOT, WE ALL PASS AWAY.

IT IS A PROCESS CURE, NOT CURE, DAY-TO-DAY QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPORTANT.

I WILL PUT ONE OF MY VIDEOS AND BASICALLY WE JUST ROCK AND ROLL.

AS FOR THE TIKTOK INSTAGRAM CLASSROOM, HE SAYS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WHILE STILL IN MED SCHOOL AND TOOK OFF AND GAVE HIM ACCESS TO ANYONE ANYWHERE.

I STARTED GETTING FOLLOWERS INTO THE THOUSANDS.

THAT IS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAME TO ME EXACTLY.

LET'S NOT DO THIS IN VAIN.

IN INDIAN CULTURE WE HAVE BALANCE.

IF YOU HAVE ATTENTION AND FOLLOWERS AND PEOPLE SAYING THIS IS GREAT, YOU WANT TO BALANCE TO DO SOMETHING GOOD IN THE WORLD OTHERWISE IT IS UNHEALTHY.

THE FIRST THING I STARTED SPEAKING ON WAS CANCER SCREENINGS.

THERE'S A LOT OF SCREENING THAT ISN'T BEING DONE NEARLY AS MUCH AS IT IS.

CT LUNG SCREENING.

THAT APPLIES TO SMOKERS JUST NOW.

YOU GET A LOW DOSE CT CHEST IMAGE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE AN EARLY CANCER.

GO BACK TO QUALITY OF LIFE IS SO IMPORTANT.

WITH ONCOLOGY YOU REALIZE IT IS SO FINITE.

IF YOU CAN CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE WITH ONE TIKTOK VIDEO, THAT IS HUGE.

YOU ARE NOT GIVING SOMEONE A DIAGNOSIS OR CURE SOMETHING, YOU ARE POSING QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE THEMSELVES?

YEAH.

I'M REALLY GLAD YOU SAID THAT BECAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT.

THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF OUT THERE ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB, 1990s, WHENEVER IT CAME OUT, YOU HAVE THIS, YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

FACT AND FICTION IS NOT REGULATED AT ALL.

THEY PUT IT OUT THERE JUST LIKE THEY WOULD IF THEY GOOGLED IT OR WENT TO OTHER SITES FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION.

IT IS AN EXTRA PIECE OF INFORMATION THEY CAN TAKE TO OPTIMIZE THEIR HEALTH.

THE POINT IS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING TO GET ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT.

THAT WHAT I'M HOPING THIS DOES.

BY THE TIME WE GET OUR FIRST PHYSICAL AS AN ADULT, 22.

KIDS AND TEENAGERS ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN THIS STUFF IS POPPING UP, YOU ARE LEARNING STUFF AND ONE THING MAY CLICK AND SAY, THAT IS INTERESTING HOW BLOOD MAY RELATE TO ENERGY OR SHORTNESS OF BREATH.

OR WHATEVER THOSE THINGS ARE.

NOW YOU HAVE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT HEALTH AT AN EARLY AGE.

YOU WOULD THINK THEY ARE MORE PROACTIVE IN 20s AND 30s WHEREAS MY GENERATION DIDN'T HAVE THAT BACKGROUND.

THERE WAS NO SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU KNEW WHAT YOU READ OUT OF TEXTBOOKS.

HE IS WAY MORE THAN YOU READ OUT OF A TEXTBOOK.

HE IS A COVETED SPEAKER ON THE NATIONAL STAGE.

CAN YOU BE MORE IMPRESSED?

ANOTHER AMAZING PERSON, WE WILL FEATURE HAYLEY ARCENEAUX ON "SWI."

SHE WILL BE PART OF A FIRST ALL-CIVILIAN LAUNCH IN SPACE.

SHE WILL MAKE HISTORY ON INSPIRATION 4, FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN NOT AN ASTRONAUT IN SPACE, YOUNGEST PERSON, FIRST CANCER SURVIVOR.

SHE BEAT CHILDHOOD CANCER.

NEXT WEEK WHAT SHE IS EXPECTING WITH THIS HUGE ENDEAVOR.

SHE IS A FORMER LPB LOUISIANA YOUNG HERO.

EVERYONE, THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN WATCH ANYTHING LPB ANY TIME, WHEREVER YOU ARE, WITH OUR LPB APP.

YOU CAN CATCH LPB NEWS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS SHOWS AS WELL AS OTHER LOUISIANA PROGRAMS YOU'VE COME TO ENJOY OVER THE YEARS.

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FOR EVERYONE AT LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M ANDRE MOREAU.

I'M KARA ST. CYR.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, THAT'S THE "STATE WE'RE IN."

ENTERGY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT PROGRAMMING ON LPB AND GREENER PRACTICES THAT PRESERVE LOUISIANA.

THE GOAL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES REALLY IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR KIDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN BE LEFT WITH A CLEANER PLANET.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B.

AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM LOCATED IN JENNINGS CITY HALL.

THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA.

AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.