re: JBE to reinstitute mask mandate this week...beginning Wednesday and effective until Sept 1

"Nobody should be laboring under the misapprehension that this is just another surge," says @LouisianaGov before announcing a mask mandate for people age 5 and up. "This is the worst one we've had thus far."

.@JoeKanter says this will be the hardest time for health care workers after a very long year. "We are the No. 1 state in the country now for COVID-19 in terms of new cases," also says we're reaching an all-time high for the state, which was a hotspot in early pandemic days.