New Orleans Needs Support (not blame) During Coronavirus

Marielle Songy
5 min readMar 28, 2020
Bourbon Street, Photo by: Marielle Songy

To Whom It May Concern:

It’s currently being reported that New Orleans has had an explosive rate of coronavirus diagnoses and may soon be known as the “epicenter” of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. Many factors are to blame: New Orleans is easily one of the poorest cities in the country- we lack proper healthcare and housing. Our homeless population is huge with…

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Marielle Songy

Marielle Songy is a writer and journalist living in New Orleans. More of her work can be found at www.mariellesongy.com