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Should Mardi Gras have been canceled?
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:54 pm
Mardi Gras was on Feb 25th.
Feb 19: Thousands of Americans voluntary self-quarantine after returning from China
From the OT Coronavirus Megathread
Those who were paying attention knew with 99% certainty the virus was here and spreading before Feb 25th. I would be SHOCKED if there wasn’t at least a phone call to LA’s governor or New Orleans mayor from the DHS recommending that Mardi Gras be canceled out of precaution. Even if that phone call didn’t happen, the people in charge of these events did not have their head where it should have been and did not exercise proper judgment. It should have been canceled.
Feb 19: Thousands of Americans voluntary self-quarantine after returning from China
From the OT Coronavirus Megathread
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Feb 24:
You can call it a coverup, complacency, incompetence, or whatever you please. If you think it's a coincidence that countries running more tests are finding more cases and more deaths, you're naive or worse. Of course we're missing signficant numbers of cases; it's a contagious disease and it's spreading around the globe.
The US either has either chosen not to test to avoid a panic, or we don't have the ability. Or, if you're gullible, we're so much more advanced than the rest of the world that we can accurately model these brand new virus numbers and skip the testing. LINK
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Richard H. Ebright @R_H_Ebright
China has performed nearly 200,000 tests. South Korea has performed nearly 28,000 tests. Meanwhile, US--with most expensive, but most dysfunctional, healthcare system on planet--has performed just 414 tests and has little or no capacity to perform more (https://cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-in-us.html…)
12:16 AM · Feb 24, 2020
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Manu Raju @mkraju
All senators will be briefed tomorrow in classified setting on Coronavirus, per Senate sources. They will hear from officials from a variety of agencies, including HHS, DHS, CDC, NIH and State. It comes as administration preps emergency funding request to deal with outbreak
3:02 PM · Feb 24, 2020
Those who were paying attention knew with 99% certainty the virus was here and spreading before Feb 25th. I would be SHOCKED if there wasn’t at least a phone call to LA’s governor or New Orleans mayor from the DHS recommending that Mardi Gras be canceled out of precaution. Even if that phone call didn’t happen, the people in charge of these events did not have their head where it should have been and did not exercise proper judgment. It should have been canceled.
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Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:55 pm to Jon Ham
Shut up
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:55 pm to Jon Ham
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:55 pm to Jon Ham
quote:Money does strange things to people's judgement, doesn't it?
the people in charge of these events did not have their head where it should have been and did not exercise proper judgment. It should have been canceled.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:56 pm to Jon Ham
Should have yes
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:58 pm to Jon Ham
Most of it was cancelled anyway remember?
Posted on 3/23/20 at 1:58 pm to Jon Ham
Probably. Can you imagine how much we all would have bitched about it too?
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:01 pm to Huey Lewis
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Most of it was cancelled anyway remember?
Tandem floats actually saved lives?
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:03 pm to Jon Ham
This is like asking whether or not the US military should have had fighter jets flying around New York City on 9/11.
At the time, what did they have to base the decision on? Its easy to say they should have after the fact.
At the time, what did they have to base the decision on? Its easy to say they should have after the fact.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:04 pm to truthbetold
I didn’t start paying serious attention to coronavirus news until Feb 26th. On that day I posted this:
LINK
If someone like me, who’s not in charge of shite much less a huge event that brings in people from all over, could arrive to that question on Feb 26th after not paying much attention at all to coronavirus, then people in charge of Mardi Gras should have been able to spot it coming at least a handful of days prior to Feb 25th.
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If you’re able to work from home with minimal adverse impact on your job, should you do it? I’m in eastern PA. Long Island and Massachusetts aren’t super far away and they currently have hundreds of people in voluntary quarantine. It could easily spread far before we know what’s up.
LINK
If someone like me, who’s not in charge of shite much less a huge event that brings in people from all over, could arrive to that question on Feb 26th after not paying much attention at all to coronavirus, then people in charge of Mardi Gras should have been able to spot it coming at least a handful of days prior to Feb 25th.
This post was edited on 3/23/20 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:04 pm to Jon Ham
My float practiced social distancing beautifully. I was proud to serve.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:05 pm to Jon Ham
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Mardi Gras was on Feb 25th.
Mardi Gras started on Feb 1st dumbass
ETA:Jan. 6th if you want to get technical
This post was edited on 3/23/20 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:06 pm to Jon Ham
Hindsight is always 20/20 you know.
But it would not have worked at all. At the time there were only a handful of cases in the U.S. Maybe a handful of deaths, too.
Even if you cancelled Mardi Gras, that was not gonna stop hundreds and probably thousands of people from congregating in New Orleans. The police would have certainly had their hands full trying to contain that crowd
But it would not have worked at all. At the time there were only a handful of cases in the U.S. Maybe a handful of deaths, too.
Even if you cancelled Mardi Gras, that was not gonna stop hundreds and probably thousands of people from congregating in New Orleans. The police would have certainly had their hands full trying to contain that crowd
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:08 pm to Jon Ham
Remember when we all thought that a couple idiots getting run over by floats was a huge deal? I member.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:09 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Mardi Gras started on Feb 1st dumbass
He is referring to the actual date of Mardi Gras.. Fat Tuesday was on Feb 25th. Mardi Gras weekend (which started on Friday, Feb 21, 2020) is when the most people were in New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras (or celebrating the days leading up to Mardi Gras which is referred to as just "Mardi Gras").
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:09 pm to Jon Ham
I was in NOLA for Mardi Gras weekend and can assure you that it was worth it, even if I had gotten the 'rona.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:09 pm to SloaneRanger
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Remember when we all thought that a couple idiots getting run over by floats was a huge deal?
no one thought that was a huge deal except for idiots like you
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:09 pm to Jon Ham
The parades went on for weeks in advance of February 25.
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:11 pm to OweO
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Mardi Gras weekend (which started on Friday, Feb 21, 2020) is when the most people were in New Orleans celebrating Mardi Gras (or celebrating the days leading up to Mardi Gras which is referred to as just "Mardi Gras").
Mardi Gras started before Feb 21st Chris....
Posted on 3/23/20 at 2:11 pm to Jon Ham
Hindsight... yes.
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