On his last call-in radio show of the year Ask the Governor, Governor John Bel Edwards was asked if the Omicron variant could change upcoming plans for Mardi Gras. Edwards said it’s still too early to tell and so far, there’s not a consensus from health officials…
“As to what Omicron is going to do here in Louisiana and whether it will result in more cases but not necessarily more hospitalizations or deaths,” said Edwards.
Edwards reports that for the last month COVID wise things have been stable in Louisiana with the lowest number of individuals hospitalized at any given time in the pandemic and our positivity rate is down around two percent.
“What I can tell you, whether it’s Mardi Gras next year or anything that we’re going to do going forward, the most important thing that people can do is get vaccinated if you haven’t been vaccinated,” said Edwards.
And if you’ve started your vaccination series, Edwards said please complete it and if you’re fully vaccinated be sure to have your booster shot.
“But it seems pretty apparent right now that if you’re boosted in terms of your vaccine that you’ve got about as much protection against that variant of the virus as you had against Delta from being fully vaccinated,” said Edwards.
Carnival season kicks off in New Orleans the first week of January and Fat Tuesday is March 1st.
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