New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell remembers the earliest days of the pandemic, when her city was ravaged by Covid-19. She saw how economic, health and racial disparities contributed to a death rate that was once higher than any other area in the country. New Orleans has since crushed its curve—virus rates are relatively low, schools are back and businesses are going through a phased reopening. Cantrell wants to keep it that way. She doesn’t want Bourbon Street packed elbow-to-elbow with beer drinkers and out-of-towners spreading...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 22, 2020 12:00 UTC