Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus not contained

Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by puranjay on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @12:37AM (#22420592)

The biggest impact will be on global supply chains. Also paints into sharp contrast our over reliance on China.

A side project I'm working on uses a key component from a Chinese manufacturer. Their factory has been shut indefinitely and we are 40 days behind schedule. My rep told me that while they've been working on the marketing/tech side of things from home, the factory can't open since workers are simply refusing to show up, and neither coercion or incentives seem to help.

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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by irq11 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:50AM (#22421199)

People are eventually going to realize that the economic costs of this reaction far exceeds the cost of letting it spread, and things will slowly return to normal.

The only real uncertainty at this point is if the HN/reddit fever-dream scenario of overwhelmed hospitals plays out, outside of Wuhan.

So far, it has not.

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