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

Mr. Sparkle said
Kidding aside, this is probably true but that will be the case no matter when we re-open.

"People will come to New Orleans" is not a reason not to re-open New Orleans if we have zero cases, adequate testing, and available medical resources.

Agreed. I tend to think it can be slowly reopened if done deliberately and smartly. Whether that actually happens, hard to say.