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Hospitals Fill Up in Florida & Louisiana with Unvaccinated Patients

HeadlineAug 04, 2021

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is rejecting calls to impose a mask mandate as the state set a new record with over 11,500 hospitalized COVID patients. Doctors say 95% of the patients are unvaccinated. Louisiana has reinstated an indoor mask mandate as its hospitals also struggle to treat a record number of COVID patients.

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