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St. Widge said
Right because nobody wears masks during Mardi Gras. It's just too uncomfortable.

Beyond that bit of sarcasm, there is still time for the numbers to come down, which we know they are now, and for LaToya to pretend that she brought them down enough to end the mask mandate. Even if not, I don't think most people or Krews are so freaked out about wearing a mask indoors that they would cancel Balls. Beyond that people will still take them off to eat and drink and nobody is going to enforce it anyway.

You're not going to see debs presented wearing masks I don't think. The last mask mandate came down on a Friday when there was a presentation scheduled for that night (first one of the year) - the band was all set up, alcohol delivered, etc., and then they made the call to cancel it on 3 hours notice when the city made their announcement. The organizers ended up talking to Avegno who basically said if everyone wears a mask the entire time its fine, otherwise the city is going to stop it. So they cancelled it.

I suppose the superkrewe parties will go on because they won't GAF and will ignore it and LaToya made it clear she's not willing to mess with them but most of the traditional balls (which start in about 2 weeks) are in a major squeeze.

I know not a ton of people care about that but the ripple effects are pretty big for hotels/restaurants/bars/caterers/suppliers.