Steve Posted April 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 It looks like the San Diego Comic-Con is going to be canceled this year. The organizers and county officials don’t see a way to hold it and maintain social distancing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Tear down an arena dedicated to chasing a ball and hold in in the hundreds of acres freed up by that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 In Britain they have set up new hospitals in some of the major exhibition centres. 2 were announced at end March and are already open Capacity 400 each. 5 more have been announced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Last I heard in my county we have had 5 cases so far. And the 5th guy, didn't find out he tested positive until he had recuperated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Steve said: It looks like the San Diego Comic-Con is going to be canceled this year. The organizers and county officials don’t see a way to hold it and maintain social distancing. We can hope businesses can be reopening by late July, but still with social distancing as an issue. Unless the virus *really* recedes in the summer....which is possible, certainly...or some other radical shift occurs, there's no way events like that can be staged, that I can see. But they're not gonna want to cancel prematurely, and it is at the end of July. The next real big event that hasn't been called off...is the World Series of Poker. That's scheduled to start late May. But I gotta think that's no more than a couple weeks away from cancellation, at the latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Hopefully this thing will be over soon, so I can quit my job and find something better. Iuz the Evil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, unclevlad said: We can hope businesses can be reopening by late July, but still with social distancing as an issue. Unless the virus *really* recedes in the summer....which is possible, certainly...or some other radical shift occurs, there's no way events like that can be staged, that I can see. But they're not gonna want to cancel prematurely, and it is at the end of July. The next real big event that hasn't been called off...is the World Series of Poker. That's scheduled to start late May. But I gotta think that's no more than a couple weeks away from cancellation, at the latest. Anime Expo 2020 is scheduled on the 4th of July weekend, but I don't think it will be happening. Japan is experiencing a new surge of cases and officially declared they are in an emergency situation, so that will affect things too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Looking at the graph for daily new cases in Japan (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/japan/, scroll down a bit) I think it unlikely they're anywhere close to a peak. Honestly, I'm afraid to say....it seems more likely to be the tip of the iceberg, along with Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 Oh dear....from CNN... Smithfield is closing its Sioux Falls processing plant...because there are 240 cases of CV among its 3700 employees. That's over 1/2 the state's total too. That plant produces 4-5% of the country's pork production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 12, 2020 Report Share Posted April 12, 2020 28 minutes ago, tkdguy said: Hopefully this thing will be over soon, so I can quit my job and find something better. Preach on. I've never been so frustrated at work. I was literally shaking with anger last Weds. Glad I'm employed. I'm repeating that over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Australia has had 4 this year, one each month so far. Steve, Lawnmower Boy and Lord Liaden 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Iuz the Evil said: Preach on. I've never been so frustrated at work. I was literally shaking with anger last Weds. Glad I'm employed. I'm repeating that over and over. I just noticed something that hopefully is just a mistake. If it's not an error, I may just tell the company to shove it and risk unemployment for a while. TrickstaPriest, Iuz the Evil and pinecone 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 You don't really know the people you know until you see them in troubled times. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 50 minutes ago, tkdguy said: I just noticed something that. hopefully is just a mistake. If it's not an error, I may just tell the company to shove it and risk unemployment for a while. Wow. Usually, you are a paragon of calmness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 3 hours ago, tkdguy said: Hopefully this thing will be over soon, so I can quit my job and find something better. Making Tik Tok videos?😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 42 minutes ago, Ragitsu said: Wow. Usually, you are a paragon of calmness. I just haven't posted about wishing to kick someone's butt in a long time. But the desire hasn't passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, pinecone said: Making Tik Tok videos?😏 I doubt that will pay very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Andrea Bocelli performed today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Just now, tkdguy said: I doubt that will pay very much. Maybe so, but You tube did make some folks "rich" you could make some mad viral vids and blow up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 55 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: You don't really know the people you know until you see them in troubled times. I have been saying "people in times of crisis become more who they truly are". I've not been saying it generally as a compliment, but sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Farmers destroy their crops as lines in the food banks grow longer https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/04/13/farmers-destroy-food-banks-lemon-ctn-vpx.cnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, tkdguy said: I just haven't posted about wishing to kick someone's butt in a long time. But the desire hasn't passed. If you can, save it for the ring...or a table . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 And Smithfield has shut down a plant that providers 4-5% of America's pork products after a serious coronavirus outbreak among its workers. We have not yet had the sort of crippling food shortages that get people killed, though. The question will become, at least for farmers, who can by their crops. Burning them seems a bit over-the-top. In happier news, her IRS says many people will get their stimulus checks direct deposited today or tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 4/9/2020 at 10:54 PM, Bazza said: I was just going to bring up this topic. Will there be a baby boom starting in about nine months? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 Eh, maybe a bit of a bump (pun intended). But no one who wasn't already planning to have children before this, is going to avoid using pregnancy countermeasures during a time of uncertainty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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