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A woman dances atop a makeshift float on Bourbon Street on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, Tuesday. Feb. 25, 2020.
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In the American South, the first year of coronavirus began with a party. As uproarious jazz celebrated a year not yet ruined, more than one million people packed the gritty streets and ornate balconies of New Orleans for Mardi Gras, an infamous carnival of excess. They chugged beers. They tossed beads. They ate king cake. They spread joy.
Two months later, sickness swamped the city. While the new coronavirus was still an intangible threat in most of the nation, Louisiana reported one of the fastest growing outbreaks in the world. Scientists warned Mardi Gras was the likely cause. The New York Times called it a virus nightmare.
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