The Invisible Mardi Gras Visitor That Took New Orleans By Storm

NEW ORLEANS - April 15, 2020 - PRLog -- "Passing a Good Time" (and the Virus) For Seven Weeks
The Mardi Gras season began in New Orleans on January 6 with four parades in the French Quarter, then 42 more in the subsequent seven weeks (in addition to those in nearby parishes), culminating on Mardi Gras Day, February 25.

For nearly two months, people in New Orleans had been "passing a good time"–along with the virus–partaking in the communal gumbo and sharing king cake as they gathered cheek to cheek to party in tight spaces–hugging, dancing, feasting together. Unbeknownst to all, Mardi Gras had brought us an undesired "lagniappe" (lan-yap), the local expression for a little bonus, like an extra donut when you buy a dozen.

Behind a Veil of Normalcy
The streets were clean and quiet the day after Fat Tuesday when the President assured Americans that everything was going to be fine. He announced that the number of cases was very low and that "…within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero."

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