SHOT: Visiting The Coast, Maskless Reeves Says MS Should Move On With Life As COVID Rages. “Ignoring the advice of his own state health officer, Reeves convened a crowd Thursday inside Diamondhead city hall and mingled maskless…But Mississippi’s epic struggle with COVID-19 was front and center as the state grapples with the highest caseload to date, the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly, and hospitals plead for staff and scramble for beds.” [Sun Herald, 8/12/2021]
CHASER: With Hospital System Near Collapse, Mississippi Begs For Hospital Ship To Rescue State. “Surging coronavirus cases in Mississippi led state health officials to request a military ship from the Biden administration to prevent the collapse of its health care system…’The Mississippi hospital system will fail within the next five to seven or 10 days if the current trajectory continues,’ [University of Mississippi School of Medicine Dean LouAnn Woodward] said.” [The Hill, 8/12/2021]