St. Patrick's Day parade in Dogtown expected to continue despite coronavirus concerns

[pstokely]

Source: Fox2Now

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The annual St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dogtown will be happening despite other cancellations because of coronavirus concerns. The Ancient Order of Hibernians’ says that they are concerned about public health and will continue to monitor the situation.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians have reached out to St. Louis city leaders for guidance. They say that St. Louis City officials have no immediate concern related to the Dogtown St. Patrick’s Day events carrying forward.

The parade in Dogtown will be on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The event starts at 9:00am and is expected to last until 6:00 pm.

Read more: https://fox2now.com/news/coronavirus/st-patricks-day-parade-in-dogtown-expected-to-continue-despite-coronavirus-concerns/

[Sherman A1]

1. I see the one in Cotterville is still on as well

I would think it wiser to cancel, but one hopes they know what they are doing.

[pstokely]

2. only 1 confirmed case in the area

so far

[Sherman A1]

3. Yes, but how many cases exist that are

undetected?

[secondwind]

4. Therein lies the rub..............

[jeffreyi]

5. Wake up.

Cancel it.

[srose58089]

6. Denver CO cancels St Patrick parade

On the morning news today I heard that Denver has cancelled the parade

[BumRushDaShow]

7. They swore they wouldn't cancel it here in Philly too

until they cancelled it late last night (and it was scheduled for Saturday I believe). This year's would have been the 250th so they were really reluctant...

[Chicago1980]

8. Chicago has cancelled ours.

Including the dyeing of the river.

[BBG]

9. Pittsburgh Cancelled

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