Re:Google Cloud Next 2020 – in person event cancelled
by sveng on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:48PM
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I don’t think they’ve fully faced the emerging danger of COVID-19 for an event like this. It’s not just the 400,000 attendees, it’s the 2.2 million people in greater Austin.
COVID-19 can render a victim contagious within 12-24 hours after contact. That person can be asymptomatic for 5-7 days, even longer.
Attendees either start to get sick near the end, or on the trip back home. Or bring it to home and their workplace.
There are no vaccines, no one has any immunity. It is NOT the flu.
I’d bet it will be cancelled, when the promoters realize how many people have bailed already and the massive public health risk it poses.
In Italy they are playing soccer games to empty stadiums.
COVID-19 can render a victim contagious within 12-24 hours after contact. That person can be asymptomatic for 5-7 days, even longer.
Attendees either start to get sick near the end, or on the trip back home. Or bring it to home and their workplace.
There are no vaccines, no one has any immunity. It is NOT the flu.
I’d bet it will be cancelled, when the promoters realize how many people have bailed already and the massive public health risk it poses.
In Italy they are playing soccer games to empty stadiums.