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Only 50 intensive-care unit beds remain available in the entire state of Mississippi as hospitals continue to admit new waves of COVID-19 patients daily.
Joel Miles, the mayor of Wiggins, Miss., died last night after a two-week hospitalization for COVID-19.
Even as he ordered Mississippians to limit indoor gatherings to no more than 10 people, Gov. Tate Reeves said he would continue to host Christmas parties at the governor’s mansion this month. Hours later, he held a Christmas party at the Jackson mansion.
The University of Mississippi Faculty Senate passed two resolutions in a show of support for embattled sociologist and UM professor James Thomas. It calls on Chancellor Glenn Boyce and all administration to respond to State of Mississippi’s attacks on academic freedom and Thomas personally.
Mississippi hospitals are starting to see the consequences of Thanksgiving gatherings, as ICUs fill up across the state.
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White called into a SuperTalk radio show on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. He and host Paul Gallo criticized attorney Rob McDuff’s legal argument, but did not say what it is—that the existing state law against teachers strikes pointedly does not apply to James Thomas’ actions.
Exhausted health-care workers faced a worsening situation at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson today as the state’s largest hospitals continued to admit patients without enough beds to place them in.
McDuff provided a full statement to the Mississippi Free Press earlier today in which he rejects the notion that Thomas has to now pay money to the auditor’s office. “Professor Thomas’s actions did not violate any law, and he does not owe the State any money,” the attorney said.
A new study suggests a statewide mask mandate would boost Mississippi’s economy, but that Gov. Tate Reeves’ current strategy of implementing mask mandates on a county-by-county basis may be harming business.
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