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‘Do the right thing’: Alabama’s top health officer concerned about Mobile Mardi Gras risk Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 12, 2021 Facebook Share Mardi Gras Day in Mobile represents a concern for Alabama’s leading public health officer who implored revelers on Friday to “do the right thing” and avoid large crowds. Dr. Scott Harris, the state’s health officer, said he sees a large gathering for Mardi Gras having the potential of causing a COVID-19 super spreader event one year after the 2020 Carnival activities in New Orleans were blamed for creating an early coronavirus hot s...

Police Chief Lawrence Battiste said he has concerns about his officers exposed to the COVID-19 virus during a Mardi Gras Day event in downtown Mobile. The city is planning to close off city streets downtown, but there are also eight block parties scheduled to take place on Fat Tuesday. At the same time, New Orleans is closing bars and prohibiting to-go drinking from Friday to Tuesday.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the street closures in downtown Mobile on Fat Tuesday are meant to keep people from congregating inside the downtown bars and restaurants.

The health officers in Mobile and Jefferson counties are hopeful that state lawmakers will wait until after the COVID-19 pandemic is over before adopting new legislation that reforms public health administration in Alabama.

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — With most of its Mardi Gras events canceled for the first time...