Asking for a friend....

New Orleans on track to run out of health care capacity by 1st week of April, John Bel Edwards says https://t.co/ecDNqMAOjb via @nolanews

— Jessica Williams (@jwilliamsNOLA) March 24, 2020

“With 567 confirmed cases as of Monday, New Orleans actually has more cases than Los Angeles County, which has a population 26 times as large.” - ⁦@jadelson⁩ ⁦@GordonRussell1⁩ https://t.co/qRrF0vm0sI

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) March 24, 2020

"We had Mardi Gras. People flew in from all over the world. We were in close quarters. One of two had too much to drink and lowered their immune systems" -- @SenJohnKennedy on why coronavirus is spreading in Louisiana pic.twitter.com/qHfPrarejx

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 24, 2020

(Drinking has no real effect on your immune system, btw) Which parts of the country are ready to go back to work, again?

On @cnn, @JoeBiden incredulous about Trump’s calls for the country to be back on its way back to work by Easter: “By Easter, he wants everyone back to work? What’s he talking about?"

— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) March 24, 2020