WV and National Disaster News - December 7, 2021

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WEST VIRGINIA

Government

WV Daily COVID Update & Stats for December 7, 2021 (WVDHHR) - There have been 31 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,021 deaths attributed to COVID-19. See link for details.

Local

W.Va. pandemic death total now just 10 deaths shy of 5,000 mark (WCHS-TV)

COVID-19 W.Va. | 28 additional deaths, 689 new cases reported (WSAZ-TV)

Kanawha County COVID-19-related total approaching 500 as another death reported (WCHS-TV)

Arguments submitted to Wood County judge in challenge to school mask mandate (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

Ohio County Board of Education Shifts Course on Quarantine Policy (The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register)

COVID-19 mandates in place in New Orleans ahead of Marshall bowl game (MetroNews-Radio)

With threat of Omicron variant, Marion Co., West Virginia, Health Dept. pushes COVID-19 vaccines  (The Exponent Telegram)

Beckley VAMC adds COVID-19 booster clinic days for December (WBOY-TV)

‘Persuade and educate, not mandate:’ Morrisey vows to fight Biden vaccine rule with every legal tool available (The Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

Marion Co., West Virginia, Superintendent offers update of COVID-19 battle, East Dale project (The Exponent Telegram)

Feds investigated WV program charged with overseeing flood recovery efforts (The Charleston Gazette-Mail)

RISE West Virginia program under federal, state investigation (The Parkersburg News and Sentinel)

Housing recovery nears completion after 2016 W.Va. flood (MetroNews-Radio)

City Council approves syringe program (WSAZ-TV)

NRGPP fire 100 percent contained (The Register-Herald)  

NATIONAL NEWS

COVID

Data analysts proved what Black Pittsburgh knew about COVID's racial disparities (National Public Radio)

U.S. Plans to Fast-Track Revamped Covid-19 Vaccines  (The Wall Street Journal)

Unvaccinated patients would pay their own hospital bills under new proposal (WJET-TV)

Omicron v. delta: Battle of coronavirus mutants is critical (The Associated Press)

Next pandemic could be more lethal than COVID, vaccine creator says (Reuters)

Omicron could be more contagious, less dangerous. That would be 'good news for the human race.' (USA Today)

Is the new COVID-19 normal a new, worrisome variant every few months? (USA Today)

Two years of COVID-19 (Axios)

WEATHER

USA TODAY investigation reveals a stunning shift in the way rain falls in America (USA Today)

Torrential downpours, power outages ravage Maui (Khon)

"It's Irrational": About Half Of Applicants Seeking FEMA Funds For Ida Flooding In Queens And Bronx Received It, Data Shows  Gothamist/WNYC 

 FEMA: $29.7 million approved in COVID-19-related funeral costs in La. as of Dec. 6 (WAFB)