'New Orleans needs help, or the next week may be disastrous,' one doctor said.
The result is eerily reminiscent of what happened during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Cases and fatalities rose dramatically in Philadelphia after local officials ignored warnings of a brewing outbreak, and allowed a citywide parade to go on as planned.
There is one major difference between 1918 Philadelphia and 2020 New Orleans. This year, there was no indication coronavirus was spreading in New Orleans during Carnival. The first case in Louisiana wasn't reported publicly until March 9 — 13 days after Mardi Gras. He said testing is critical to finding asymptomatic spreaders: those who have been infected, and are unknowingly transmitting the virus to others, despite being perfectly healthy.
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