The Boston St. Patrick's Day parade has also been canceled. [link]
Remember when canceled just meant people were unhappy with you on twitter?
Well, then, this is a day I'll feel good to be me.
Mal ,'Trash'
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Calli - Mar 12, 2020 9:53:21 am PDT #17478 of 30019
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
DavidS - Mar 12, 2020 10:10:15 am PDT #17479 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Everybody should cancel their travel plans right now. It's just going to get worse during April.
People should not be congregating.
I am expecting Matilda's schools to declare an early and extended spring break soon. They've been trying to keep the school's open because that's where a lot of kids get their meals, and it's very disruptive to hourly-paid parents to miss work. But...I'm confident they will call it soon.
Laura - Mar 12, 2020 10:11:11 am PDT #17480 of 30019
Our wings are not tired.
My city canceled the St. Patrick's Day parade too. For a smaller city it is a huge parade every year.
-t - Mar 12, 2020 10:14:35 am PDT #17481 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I keep forgetting amidst the general pandemic news - our VP of Operations is leaving us, and her boss is set to retire the end of April. I don't see this being good for my department, she really did advocate for us. Recent upper mgmt hires have all been from otside the company, which might be a smart move but our department is not really valued by people in the company but outside Operations and I don't see an outside hire being better about that...
-t - Mar 12, 2020 10:16:41 am PDT #17482 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I still haven't seen any local cancellations of events, but I have seen ticket sales capped at 200 to stay under that 250 people threshold that was in the latest directive for limiting gatherings I've seen for CA. Basically seems like people are willing to do exactly what is required as far as social distancing goes and I have my doubts that that will be effective.
DavidS - Mar 12, 2020 10:21:54 am PDT #17483 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I still haven't seen any local cancellations of events, but I have seen ticket sales capped at 200 to stay under that 250 people threshold that was in the latest directive for limiting gatherings I've seen for CA. Basically seems like people are willing to do exactly what is required as far as social distancing goes and I have my doubts that that will be effective.
They're going to clamp down much harder than this really soon. Gov. Newsome is going to start shutting shit down. He has to.
There are two things that are true: There aren't enough tests available right now; and many more people are sick than the official count. The Medium article that tracked the outbreak in China and So. Korea suggests that it's like 8x more people sick than the official count early on.
Because of that, lots of sick people are already roaming around being infectious.
So it's going to going to blow up in the next couple weeks.
DavidS - Mar 12, 2020 10:25:06 am PDT #17484 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Look at this Patient Zero muthafuckah! [link]
Steph L. - Mar 12, 2020 10:26:34 am PDT #17485 of 30019
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Well, DAMN: Ohio is banning gatherings of 100 people or more and closing K-12 schools for at least three weeks beginning at the close of school Monday. [link]
DavidS - Mar 12, 2020 10:32:50 am PDT #17486 of 30019
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Theaters are going to be closed. And the ones that are open aren't going to have anybody. Concerts are being cancelled.
Opening Day for Baseball has been cancelled and the first two weeks of the season.
EpicTangent - Mar 12, 2020 10:33:29 am PDT #17487 of 30019
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Currently closely watching to see whether St. Patrick's Day Parade & Irish Festival will be cancelled on Saturday, and House of Ireland Program on Sunday. I wouldn't miss the parade (I never get there that early anyway), but I'd be bummed if they cancel Irish Faire, and I'm supposed to be performing at the HoI Program (plus seeing friends I haven't seen in an annoyingly long time).