Update: Seems all the bars closed early for the night. See the comments for more.
City Councilor Michelle Wu (at large) was a bit aghast when she saw this photo from South Boston today on the eve of its cancelled parade:
South Boston is doomed....#COVIDー19pic.twitter.com/ODc6eJOvCg
— Ross (@Ross_Jankins) March 14, 2020
Wu writes:
Small businesses need govt help so they don’t have to choose between facilitating COVID19 spread or going bankrupt.
To my fellow millennials/Gen Z, I know we feel safer bc data shows seniors are most vulnerable, but averages mask the risk and it’s on us to protect all our loved ones
In declaring a national emergency, the president said the Small Business Administration would be loaning money to companies in areas hit hard by Covid-19, but he also said Google is building a national site to register for testing, so who knows what will really happen.