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From WDSU in New Orleans:
Deputies with the First and Second City Courts of New Orleans will be required to get a coronavirus vaccination. Constable Edwin M. Shorty Jr. has mandated all commissioned deputies must be vaccinated as COVID-19 case counts are rising with the spread of the delta variant.
Good. Smart move. But why such a rush?
Oh.
Shorty said he expects the courts to be at capacity in the coming weeks. He says that we are not out of the woods of the pandemic, and will make sure all CDC guidelines are followed in addition to the mandatory vaccination decision. Second City Court handles eviction cases for Algiers and the West Bank of Orleans Parish. This decision comes after the federal eviction moratorium expired over the weekend. First City Court officials confirm that all East Bank deputy constables for Orleans Parish are fully vaccinated, and any new deputy constable will be required to vaccinate as well.
The end of the federal moratorium on evictions is apparently going to be particularly disastrous in New Orleans, which has a severe housing shortage in the first place. From WWNO:
Officials in New Orleans say they’re bracing for another wave of unhoused people like Harvey. At the end of July, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium will end, allowing landlords to start the eviction process with tenants behind on rent. And starting in August, Louisiana joins the list of states no longer offering the federal $300-a-week unemployment benefit. (Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed to end the benefit in exchange for a $28 increase in the state’s weekly unemployment payment.) "There is a lot of concern and uncertainty as to what's going to happen when the eviction moratorium comes off," said Dr. Jennifer Avegno, Director of the New Orleans Health Department, during a recent meeting. "I think we are all bracing for the fact that it will.”
The richest nation in the world can’t figure out any problem that can be solved with money. The complete befuddlement of the administration and the Democratic majorities in Congress over the eviction moratorium is an historic unforced policy disaster.
"We're anticipating that we'll see a lot of people that have never been homeless. This will be their first time or experience on their own, through no fault of their own from not being able to pay rent because they don't have any income," said Renee Blanche, the Director of Development at Ozanam…Melissa Harvey, the former Lake Charles resident whose home was destroyed by hurricanes, says she hopes to find affordable housing soon but hopes the city continues to clean underneath the bridge and provide food.While the city has a new policy to clean out encampments and power wash underneath them to push out any rodents, Harvey says the city has not bothered her because she stays on the grass and keeps her things tidy.
So one of the best ways to establish a vaccination mandate in this country right now is to make sure your marshals are safe from the rising pandemic while they evict people in the middle of the rising pandemic. Christamighty, what a country this is.
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