Are things being cancelled in your area? I'm in the Seattle area

[nolabear]

and EVERYTHING is being cancelled—trips, classes, parties, meetings, Amazon and FB are asking people to work from home.

We’re basically not doing anything in groups. There’s some small alarm about someone I was in a room with a week ago but we hope it’s not Coronavirus. She’s a tad hysterical but went to the ER last night I understand. Hope she gets tested.

We’re considering it our patriotic duty. This ain’t bullshit. And btw FUCK TRUMP.

[leftieNanner]

1. Not yet

I'm in Ashland, Oregon and it will be interesting to see what happens with the OSF Theater this year. The season is just opening. I hesitated to buy tickets, but went ahead and did it. The only Oregon cases of the virus are up in the Portland area. So far.

[ismnotwasm]

2. Daughters daycare is staying open for now

She works for Trupanion down in Georgetown (in Seattle) and they are encouraging people to work from home.

I’m a nurse, so...not an option

[nolabear]

4. Thank you for wading into the fray. Stay sanitary!

[dewsgirl]

3. I'm in Florida where they have literally decided, they

just aren't going to test..I guess and hope it miraculously goes away. There is a presumptive positive in the county next to mine, but this is Florida where tourism dollars rule above all else.
I really hope you are ok.

[nolabear]

8. Me too. I'm pretty healthy in all the ways that count.

But it’s a tad spooky nonetheless.

[getagrip_already]

31. the disney protocols.....

If you don't test, there are no reported cases and people keep coming to the house of mickey.

[Pacifist Patriot]

44. I went to WDW three times in February.

As a chaperone for a high school band that was performing at the Epcot arts festival. My son was sick this past Sunday - Tuesday with fever, coughing, and shortness of breath. We tried not to draw any conclusions. LOL!

You're likely right. FL never wants to mess with tourism dollars.

[dewsgirl]

84. Yikes, how is he now?

[Pacifist Patriot]

89. He's fine.

Woke up yesterday with no fever and feeling well other than the slight nagging cough typical of any cold or flu. Took the SAT yesterday morning. No one else in the band is sick.

Been a weird year. Kid hasn't had a sniffle since he had pneumonia at the start of 8th grade. He's now a junior and has battled every darn bug that has come his way this school year. Meanwhile, his dad and I haven't picked up anything he has brought home.

[Dem2theMax]

81. You-know-who has his permanent address in Florida.

Can't have Mar-A-Lago being shut down.

[kurtcagle]

90. Fewer Golf Trips?

I have to wonder if germophobic Trump is likely to reduce his golf trips in the months ahead?

[Dem2theMax]

99. I doubt it.

I don't think he would allow himself to be denied anything he wants. And of course, if he did get the Coronavirus, he would blame it on someone else.

Is it really bad of me to say I'd like to watch that happen?

[deurbano]

5. In SF, it hasn't affected my family yet (except more hand washing) but do you subscribe to TPM?

Josh Marshall has been following this closely, and readers from around the country are keeping him apprised of their situations.

[nolabear]

10. TPM?

[deurbano]

19. Talking Points Memo with Josh Marshall. Some stuff you can see without a subscription... I think?

He's also on Twitter.

[nolabear]

28. Oh! Haven't seen them in ages! Thanks.

[uponit7771]

6. Just came from Cali, only 20 people on plane from SNA to DFW. Don't know if that is regular but

... seamed awfully low

[Leghorn21]

32. Yes, it IS low, upon:

U.S. travel has begun to crumble under the risk of coronavirus

Link to tweet

?

Every aspect of our economy is going to feel this nightmare up close and personal before we’re done

[lapfog_1]

7. nothing here in the central valley of CA...

in the Bay Area a number of tech conferences, including a big one sponsored by my company, are canceled.

I expect that classes will be canceled for a few weeks here in the central valley any day now. At least I hope so.

If it were up to me, I would be canceling any political rallies, trade shows, closing movie theaters, plays, even sporting events... until further notice.

Paranoid? A little... but do we really WANT to be Italy or South Korea (never mind China) before we take such measures?

BTW, all of those gatherings I just mentioned... canceled or curtailed in those countries now.

[nolabear]

12. Hey, it's not paranoia if it's a real threat. Better safe!

Hang in there.

[marlakay]

9. I am planning on going to Paramount theatre

To see Eckhart Tolle mid May in Seattle, I am driving and staying with cousin.

Will be checking to see if canceled and or how it is spreading.

I was looking forward to it, geesh, already canceled my cruise with stops in Italy which I have never been to Europe....

[nolabear]

15. Yeah, I imagine many are wondering about that.

Hope they postpone it.

[barbtries]

11. not yet,

but it's in my state. i expect it.

[fleur-de-lisa]

13. Nothing canceled in New Orleans yet.

I have to go to Virginia next week for work. I hope the trip is postponed, but as of right now, it's still on.

[nocoincidences]

59. Virginia doesn't have any reported cases (knock on wood)

so try not to bring any extra "passengers" with you...'k?

[fleur-de-lisa]

60. LOL! I'm not worried about Virginia.

I have to fly through Atlanta. I'm getting hives just thinking about the hundreds of thousands of people who go through ATL every week, coupled with the incompetency of the ShitHole Administration in handling testing.

[nocoincidences]

62. I just flew through Atlanta coming home

from Puerto Vallarta. Didn't see many, if any, masks in use, no temp taking, but gazillions of people.

Good luck social distancing in that location.

[pertello]

91. I find it least crowded at the $10 tuna sandwich stand! 😄

[oldsoftie]

67. Just saw a story on the increased sanitation in Hartsfield.

A LOT of extra people cleaning everything everywhere. I just flew in the other day.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Easy to get hysterical when you don't fully understand how it will affect your

own health. I walked into the grocery store today and saw a frail Chinese lady walking out with a face mask. The only other people I have seen wear a facemask were two Muslim people at the Sams we went to over the weekend. Yeah, it's making me think. We really don't know what we're getting into.

[nolabear]

18. We don't. And precaution is good, particularly here.

I’m happy with local officials but Jesus, 45 is a shitshow.

[Baitball Blogger]

36. +1

[demigoddess]

68. + another 1

[Javaman]

16. SXSW is losing corporate attendees daily. that starts a week from friday.

I have a feeling they will either cancel to scale it back greatly, sometime either tomorrow or early next week.

[LanternWaste]

17. A popular film and entertainment gathering in Texas called SXSW (South by Southwest)

...has had Google, Netflix, Twitter, Facebook and Amazon all withdraw from their scheduled engagements in the past week alone.

But schools, places of worship, etc. around here (north central Texas) still seem to be running as though everything's normal.

[nolabear]

23. I knew SXSW was cancelling things. Churches need to get on board.

There’s one school here closed for two weeks. It must be a nightmare for those people. What do you do? In many ways I’m lucky to be retired and have no kids or grandkids of school age.

Man...

[Initech]

24. My dad flew through MSP and SNA last week.

He said in both airports he only saw one person wearing a mask. Just one. And MSP had a lot of traffic the day he flew in. Also, most of the people who fly in and out of SNA are going to Disneyland, where there can be thousands of people going through in a day.

[Initech]

20. I'm still planning on going to Vegas next week.

And no I am not going crazy or losing sleep over my vacation.

[nolabear]

26. Have fun! Sanitize those slot machines!

[Initech]

29. March Madness! Wooo!!

[oldsoftie]

70. Good. I'm keeping my plans as well.

i know its serious but i think the media craves viewers so much that they'll make everything to do with this a major emergency
Good luck

[SoCalNative]

88. A very good friend of mine

decided to not worry and keep his holiday plans.

Now he's stuck on that cruise ship sitting in the waters outside the port of San Francisco.

Just sayin'

[oldsoftie]

97. Yeah, I've actually got 6 friends leaving for a 7 day cruise in 10 days.

And since they booked it, the price is now about 40% less than what they paid. I imagine there have been some cancellations.

[Initech]

98. As far as I know the concert that I'm attending is still going on too.

In fact I just checked their Twitter feed and they were advertising the beer that's going to be sold there.

[Sherman A1]

21. Not as of yet.

My table top miniatures group which meets a couple of times each month is starting to have some background discussions about how we keep up activity should there be problems with either our venue or our older membership many of whom already have health issues.

[northoftheborder]

52. What kind of miniatures do you collect?

I have some miniature things in storage to sell or donate which I would like to see "gone" to a good cause!

[Sherman A1]

55. The group does historical gaming in a variety of scales

Also some sci-fi and I believe some do fantasy, but that’s not my thing. Currently I’m working on 6mm and 25mm for skirmish games.

Hope that answers your question.

What are you looking to clear out? Feel free to PM me.

[inwiththenew]

22. They cancelled the Arnold Fitness Expo

This is a huge event with like 200k attendees that goes from like Friday to Sunday. It's probably the biggest one in the fitness industry and they hold it once a year. They will still be having all the competitions but expo that is open to the public has been cancelled.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. Lions are considering not playing in next year's Superbowl.

... wait ... uh ...

[nolabear]

27. 😂😂😂

[handmade34]

30. Northern Vermont

about 20 people per square mile... not much concern here at this point

[getagrip_already]

33. Nothing visible in central mass....

But the town is talking about it. Just to be prepared.

No state rec's yet.

[nolabear]

34. We're up to 74 cases. Not many, and it seems to be concentrated.

But it’s the most in the country. At least the spread makes sense. I’m pro caution if we can actually keep it from spreading.

[Brother Buzz]

35. I'm in Solano County and it's business as usual

That is, until the balloon goes up. There seems to be a lot of misinformation on the incubation period for the coronavirus: one day, one week, two weeks, and even three weeks.... so we're just biding our time to see what happens.

[nolabear]

37. Makes sense. I think it'll take a long time to get to some places.

Sadly, we’re special.

[Brother Buzz]

47. No, I'm in Solano County

We had our Typhoid Mary before you did.

We don't know where this is going, but it could be just be the calm before the storm. Hence, all that incubation stuff.

[wnylib]

80. Recent interview with med professional

on NPR says the incubation period can vary from 2 to 14 days. So some early tests are negatuive, but then positive a few days later.

[Brother Buzz]

96. Well, Damn, we're right in the middle of the window. I sure hope things don't explode this weekend

Solano County

At least eight cases are reported in the county, which includes six evacuees from Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield being treated at local hospitals.

Feb. 28 - A health care worker is being called a presumptive positive case after being in contact with a Vacaville woman infected with the virus.

Feb. 26 - A Vacaville woman is believed to be the first United States case with an unknown origin. She is being treated at UC Davis Medical Center.

[nolabear]

38. Crap. Pence is here.

Another virulent strain.

[sweetloukillbot]

39. Tucson Festival of Books hasn't been cancelled yet

But I know several authors who have pulled out.

Up in Seattle I know Emerald City Comic Con is still on, but a lot of guests and presenters are cancelling.

[GP6971]

40. South Puget Sound. Haven't

heard of any cancellations so far.

[sarisataka]

41. This weekend is the high school hockey tournament;

Attendance will be about 100k over the four days. The only concern mentioned is Pence will be in town a couple blocks away which will cause some traffic problems.

[Initech]

49. I'm going to Vegas next week and it's going to be a madhouse.

I'm going for 311 Day and that alone is going to be drawing people from all over the world. But then add in March Madness - it starts that week. There's games going on at T-mobile Arena literally right next door. Those are sold out. Then all the high end hotels like Caesars Palace and Mandalay Bay are sold out that week. And... holy shit it's going to be nuts.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

42. Nothing cancelled

Business as usual in Maine.

[spooky3]

43. University canceled student and faculty international travel

And told faculty to have a plan to hold classes online if things worsen.

[lame54]

45. Just read that Seattle Comic-Con is still on

[nolabear]

48. Oh I'd forgotten about that! Glad I didn't get tickets this year.

I’ve gotten tickets for Mr Bear and the sons for Christmas often.

[LisaM]

108. No ComicCon would be a plus for me.

Of course, I would feel bad about people who depend on the income, but last time I-5 and downtown were so full of Ubers and Lyfts, I was late for work. The participants can't seem to walk anywhere, and I think a lot of them must not stay in the downtown hotels, since they all seem to be coming from outside the downtown core (probably staying at AirBnBs).

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

46. I do hope that NorWesCon still happens next month.

[FreepFryer]

50. Social distancing must happen now, and must continue until we have a path to a vaccine.

The limitations of our ability to stop human-to-human transmission means social distancing is the best way we can currently reduce the spread of this dangerous disease.

I would rather overreact now than not. Sadly imho. most people haven’t come around to this way of thinking yet.

[JustAnotherGen]

51. Business Travel Cancelled

To key colleagues are not allowed to come to our company in NJ for a month - as they were IN Amazon's campus in Seattle this week.

Rumors of schools closing in the Hudson County NJ area but nothing seems to be published . . . yet.

Out where I live? Nothing - but our mayor has been in contact with Governor Murphy.

[Tink41]

53. International Home Show.

Cancelled the biggest trade show of the year in Chicago. The build was supposed to start Wednesday morning they called it 5pm Tues evening. Not exactly sure what the deciding factor was. I can guess. It would have meant jobs for about 300+ tradespeople for 2 around the clock weeks. Not to mention jobs for security, food service, etc...

[catchnrelease]

78. It may affect the larger economy as well.

This was discussed on the radio this am. How some of the big conventions and trade shows are being cancelled and how this will affect employment in the surrounding areas. As you say--the people that work in and around the events will be losing out on work and pay. It has a ripple effect.

One caller who has a gourmet spice company here in the US gets her packaging from China and is currently not able to get it. So she is buying it here in the US now, but her cost has gone from $.15 a piece to $1.25 a piece. Obviously this will make a big difference on her bottom line and what the consumers have to pay. She is worried.

There was also a contractor on tv the other night, saying that his workers are required to wear a specific kind of mask for their job--I think it involved spraying some kind of chemical or product. Because people are freaking out and buying up all kinds of masks he can not get the kind his crew is required to wear. So he said they can not do the job and will have to not go to the site, just have to wait until they can get masks. Now there is a whole backed up situation where a project can't be done.

The speculation was that if this really spreads widely it can bring on another recession.

[vapor2]

54. Las Vegas NV expos

While the upcoming Adobe, ASEAN, Atmosphere, and NXT conferences have been canceled due to the spread of coronavirus, many other upcoming conferences in Las Vegas are still scheduled as planned.
This statement is a little bothersome to me.........“This isn’t the Zombie apocalypse,” said Geri Wolff, spokeswoman for the Digital Signage Expo, set for April 1-2 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. (4000-5000 expected attendance).

[Kacy]

56. Zombie show fans might have turned out in droves,

spears and axes in hand, if she’d said that it was the zombie apocalypse.

[beachbumbob]

57. 60,000+ housewares convention in Chicago, 6000+ Oracle convention in Chicago

just the start

Southwest Airlines worse 2 weeks of booings since 9-11

just the start

[skip fox]

58. I love Southern Louisiana, but the people around Lafayette

seem to be carrying on as usual.

Yesterday was the first day when I walked into the classroom before the hour and they were taling about the virus.

I went to the grocery store later and bought 3 boxes of hand-sanitizer wipes. It didn't apper as though anyone else had bought any. Same thing with Clorox wipes.

I'm 73 and worried am not terribly afraid. I'll take sensible precautions, but having died once already . . .

[jmbar2]

75. You got booted out of the Rapture?

Damn, you must be a badass.

[Chakaconcarne]

61. Lots of big conferences are being cancelled....

That's a big deal on so many levels....

[Chakaconcarne]

63. Lots of data will come out of all of this...

On how to create and sustain chaos in a country....

[murielm99]

64. I live in a rural area.

If it comes here, I wonder if we will have adequate response resources in place. We do have some good hospitals nearby.

I have decided, until this dies down, to distance myself a bit. I will not cut out all social contact, though.

I have decided to walk outside and exercise at home rather than renew my gym membership. Fitness centers can be germ factories. Also, I needed to get another pneumonia vaccine. I did that today. It has been ten years since the last one.

I have a weak immune system.

I shouldn't say if it comes here, but when it comes here. We are so unlucky to have a madman as a so-called leader.

[SunSeeker]

65. Yes, major and minor gatherings being cancelled in the Los Angeles area.

I was in my favorite juice bar Monday and this poor ginseng product manufacturer was talking to my juice lady, talking about how a health food convention was cancelled at the last minute, after he had already arrived by air and booked a hotel for a week. He was left with nothing to do but go to various health food stores to see if they were interested in his product.

And I was supposed to participate in a marketing resesearch interview this month for my electric car, but today I just got an email that they are suspending all marketing research interviews because of the coronavirus risk.

[MadMike47]

66. I hope Trump schedules a rally there

It would be interesting to see how many Trumpanzees show up

[keithbvadu2]

85. Wonder if Donald has cancelled any rallies? He says they are safe while worshipping him.

[Traildogbob]

69. Not so mild, as trump says

Today on Thom Hartmann's show he read a day by day account from a British, healthy, 25 year old man that went through 30+ days with the virus. Horrifying details of what he went through, his cat even died, possibly contacted through him. The transcript may be on his website, so if ya can, read it. No one is safe, absolutely. Nothing like trumps disrciption. Be careful all, believe nothing from GOP and especially Fox. Mass murderes, right, white, wing extremist, terrorists. With plenty of our cash to send Jr on hunting trips, just not test kits.

[eleny]

106. I heard that, too

It was riveting.

[cab67]

71. my institution just cancelled all university-related travel for a month.

Our department was going to run a field trip to Costa Rica over spring break. Not anymore. (I wasn't involved in that.)

[JPPaverage]

72. A local University has cancelled some kind of junket to Italy

Local news said it was some sort of study abroad program. And the people they interviewed were really bummed over the cancellation. Dont blame them. Who knows if they'll ever get another chance to go to Italy?
And a friend of my wife was planning to go to the Philippines to visit some relatives, but her flight was cancelled indefinitely.

[ancianita]

73. Please stay safe. Take lots of minerals. Mineral deficiency afflicts 1/3 to 1/2 of humanity.

Magnesium is needed for at least three hundred enzyme reactions. Inadequate levels are implicated in lots of problems like ADHD, bipolar behavior, depression and worse.

Iron, too. Zinc very much. Zince is required for at least 200 enzyme reactions, essential for tissue repair and wound healing. Zinc deficiencies lead to increased susceptibility to infectious disease.

They're at the drug store, and are not synthetic, obviously, yet overlooked when people try to keep their immunity systems strong. They are among the micronutrients not present enough in our veggies.

I guess this sounds like a weird psa, but preventive steps in strengthening your immune system can maybe help you feel a bit better.

Peace and good health.

[nolabear]

74. I appreciate it. I'm doing all I can. Elderberry too.

Can’t hurt.

[ancianita]

76. heh heh I just got told off by some guy that elderberry's only good for A virus, not coronavirus,

but hey, what does he know. He's just some guy on the nets.

[customerserviceguy]

77. Nobody

in the Carolinas seems to be doing much about this. There's not even panic buying, although I did come out of Total Wine with a LOT more beer than usual a couple of days ago.

[deurbano]

79. My daughter's high school just closed in SF. Got a message that a kid's relative has the virus,

so all school and school activities cancelled at least thru tomorrow.

[avebury]

82. I heard that Comic Con was still

on in Seattle next week.

[Zoonart]

83. I am the Chair of the BOD of a local Arts Org. and we just reached the decision to

cancel and reschedule our annual Member's Exhibit, which was to open later this month. Many of our artists are older and this is their social event of the season. We usually draw over 100 people to our gallery, and that is a tight fit. We felt that it would be better to be safe than to be sorry. We are in NYS.

[LisaM]

86. Yes (I'm in Seattle proper)

The bus was half empty, traffic was very light. The office is half deserted.

I was at Pike Place Market a couple of days ago and it was eerily quiet. We're being given the option of working from home until March 20th. Our cafeteria at work has closed the salad bar and self-serve breakfast area, winnowed down the menu, and removed all reusable cutlery.

Work-related travel is cancelled until April. Client meetings are being cancelled and no food from outside vendors is being permitted.

The office smells like Clorox wipes, which is going to be tough on people with asthma, since bleach is an irritant.

[Kali]

102. there is no bleach in Clorox wipes

though what is in them might well be an irritant

https://www.cloroxpro.com/products/clorox/clorox-disinfecting-wipes/

Active Ingredient
0.145% n-Alkyl (60% C14, 30% C16, 5% C12, 5% C18) dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, 0.145% n-Alkyl (68% C12, 32% C14) dimethyl ethylbenzyl ammonium chloride

[LisaM]

105. Thank you!

Good to know. I was wiping down my desk and trying to keep it away from my clothes

[volstork]

87. Not yet, but 1st case in TN

confirmed today, in my area. Just washing the hell out of my hands...

[CanonRay]

92. So far nothing on the Oregon coast...

People stocking up on things. No toilet paper or hamburger at Costco today.

[RockCreek]

93. Department of Medicine Live Grand Rounds in RI

This is for a large hospital system in RI. They were changed to being recorded and availableto view on line.
Other departments are not cancelling, however. With community transmission likely to have started here, and the need to keep health workers safe, I think the Dept of Medicine has approached this in a responsible way.

[Olafjoy]

94. Spring training games Arizona still on

Tourists are here. Mom from Minnesota coming Saturday. Told her she might be alone on plane #privatejet

[GulfCoast66]

95. Heard today the first Convention at the Orange County(FL) Convention Center was cancelled.

If travel is curtailed Central Florida will go into a depression. And most workers hardly can make it week to week.

I’m afraid our state politicians are becoming like the Mayor in Jaws. Nothing to see here.

[EllieBC]

100. Not here. I think all we have is a federal committee who something something

something. That’s all that’s been announced up here.

In my province they are doing nothing. They sent home letters today from school telling everyone the chances of getting it are very very low.

Sometimes Canada is very slow to react.

[luvs2sing]

101. The big Arnold Schwartzenegger fitness event in Columbus..

has been cut way back. They are still having the competitions, and may or may not allow spectators in. I’ve heard both so not sure. But the huge fitness trade show has been cancelled. This is the biggest event in Columbus, so a lot of people are losing a lot of money. There haven’t been any cases in Ohio yet, but I’m glad they took this step.

[OneBlueDotBama]

103. Coming to Charleston SC...

March 7th... The Charleston Cruise Show

Tickets are hot, get your ticket, before they;re sold out!!!!

https://www.cruiseandtravelshow.com/charleston/tickets

Looking to get away with the family, or perhaps just that special someone? Meet with cruise lines, all-inclusive resorts and tour companies that have insight into your next getaway. Maybe it’s a honeymoon or a girls-only trip? We’ve got you covered – because we’ve been-there, done-that and have first-hand experience to help you find your perfect Dream Vacation!

https://www.cruiseandtravelshow.com/charleston/event-information

[nolabear]

104. OY...

[caraher]

107. I'm down the road a bit in Olympia

So far things seem pretty normal, but we're making a lot of plans for being shut down at work.