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

So, Governor Edwards will be announcing tomorrow whether he is lifting the stay at Home Order for Louisiana on May 15 or extending it. Below is a link to a Nola.com article with charts for each region in Louisiana. The green on the graphs indicated decline. Looking at the graphs, most of the state has been in decline, although not always for 14 days as is supposed to be required, and two areas, are only plateauing with no decline. Based on my understanding of the Phase Plan, that should lead to the conclusion that Louisiana is not ready as a state to enter Phase One. Of course, I'm sure we will open anyway because this decision will be based on politics, not science or numbers, and the State GOP is putting huge pressure on Edwards to open up, even attempting to override his order in the legislature.

https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_02f85d78-922e-11ea-918b-2b067747c808.html

On a more general point, I get that the New Orleans area, along with the folks down on The Bayou are doing great and are really for a careful reopening, but much of the rest of the state clearly is not. Even the North Shore doesn't look ready. So, I'm sure that the virus will just quickly spread to Orleans again, but this time from North Shore commuters instead of from New York.