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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 01-Mar-2020 21:59:57 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • mangeurdenuage
   • GeniusMusing
   Me: As @mangeurdenuage points out [1], banning large gatherings does nothing. They need to just tell people to stay home if at all possible.
   
   The third link tells about something that @simsa03 and @geniusmusing and myself were discussing recently: the possible impact of #COVID-19 on campaigns and elections.
   
   #2019-nCoV Wuhan #coronavirus #SARS-CoV-2
   
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   9:52 pm: France bans gatherings of more than 5,000 people
   
   France's health minister has said that gatherings of more than 5,000 people, in a confined space, will be banned. This comes as the country's number of confirmed cases rose to 73 on Saturday. [2]
   
   6:20 pm: Coronavirus could turn the 2020 presidential campaign upside down
   
   Should the virus continue to spread, it may become impossible for the Democratic presidential campaigns to avoid changing their event schedules. As companies cancel events and limit travel in the name of caution, candidates are taking a risk by carrying on as normal.
   
   "I think we'll see, pretty soon, decisions by the campaigns to limit rope line and scale back events to small-town halls and use technology like streaming to reach voters," said Scott Gottlieb, former head of the Food and Drug Administration under Trump.
   
   "Even if the risk doesn't merit these steps right now, it's important they consider the examples they set." -- Hirsch [3]
   
   Links:
   [1] https://loadaverage.org/notice/18970861 [loadaverage org]
   [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-hubei.html [cnbc]
   [3] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-live-updates-france-bans-large-gatherings.html [cnbc]
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 01-Mar-2020 22:29:33 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     The graphic has become useless as the numbers in various Chinese provinces and in nations around the world get larger and their circles overlap. https://nu.federati.net/attachment/264660
   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 01-Mar-2020 22:35:37 UTC mangeurdenuage

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     We talked about the election problem earlier with my father. The situation is already unstable in france having corona wiping indirectly thousands of jobs won't help.
     
     >and use technology like streaming to reach voters
     I hope that people like him will get infected with 2019-ncov. https://invidio.us/watch?v=w3_0x6oaDmI
     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.
   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 01-Mar-2020 22:39:30 UTC mangeurdenuage

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     Forgot this link.
     https://invidio.us/watch?v=PT0e9yTD2M8
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   • mangeurdenuage (mangeurdenuage@loadaverage.org)'s status on Sunday, 01-Mar-2020 23:22:30 UTC mangeurdenuage

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     Also note that all the cancelled concerts and/or similar won't refund people's tickets. And professionals who bought food and merchandise to sell on the events aren't covered by insurances.
     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.