with Bob Warren Louisiana is in a new wave of increasing coronavirus cases that models project will continue through December. That’s the bad news. But . . . Emily Woodruff reports that our front-line health care workers are better equipped to care for COVID-19 patients, having learned a lot from the previous surges. And leaders of the state’s nursing homes, where earlier surges wreaked havoc on a population so vulnerable to the virus, also say they're better prepared this time around. Faimon Roberts and Youssef Rdddad spent some time talking with families of nursing home residents to see how they're holding up. For many of us, Thanksgiving is about tradition. But it’ll be a much different holiday this year, as dining writer Ian McNulty tell us in this story about how coronavirus is reshaping those traditions. Speaking of which, Walt Handelsman asked readers to provide the chuckle for a Thanksgiving cartoon that is so 2020. A lot of you responded. Did you watch the Saints take care of the Falcons yesterday? (It’s rhetorical – of course you did!) What a game! Luke Johnson filed this story about Taysom Hill, who got his first NFL start at quarterback for the injured Drew Brees. And Amie Just writes about the stellar performance of the team’s defense, which made life absolutely miserable for Atlanta QB Matt Ryan. In other news, Doug MacCash writes that the Krewe of Krampus is planning a drive-thru version of its annual walking parade and columnist Stephanie Grace hops into the wayback machine to tell us about that time a Republican won the state 2nd Congressional District race. Those stories and more are in today’s Lunch Line. Thanks for joining us today. BW |