COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

DaveXA said

FWIW, there was some talk of canceling Mardi Gras just before it got underway. But, no one really knew how widespread and where the sick people were because we had done almost no testing at that point. The lack of early testing has contributed greatly to the spread and exponential growth in cases we're seeing now.

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Also, I think we were greatly detached from the whole situation. We saw the reports coming from China and elsewhere, but we just didn't think it was going to get us here, so we didn't see the need to cancel something as big as Mardi Gras. Too bad we can't turn back the hands of time, as I think cancelling would have made a world of difference for the state.