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Health care workers battle Louisiana's COVID surge

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Health care workers battle Louisiana's COVID-19 surge, low vaccination rates

Right now, Louisiana has the nation’s highest per-capita infections, driven in large part by the extremely contagious delta variant. At the same time, Louisiana also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, and this week Gov. John Bel Edwards reimposed a statewide mask mandate for all indoor settings. William Brangham reports from one Baton Rouge hospital.

08/05/2021

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