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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by outside1234 on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:10AM (#22475705)
No - they are responsible. It is irresponsible to show up to these events when the mortality rate for 70+ year olds is so high for the virus.

These events just exponentially multiply community transmission so while everyone there might be 30ish and just gets a bad flu, the bigger point is that they are spreading it to their communities at home and disproportionately at-risk populations.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by davidw on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @12:16PM (#22476482)
Also - and this is critical - the more it can be slowed down, the less likely it is that the health system gets overloaded, which would lead to more deaths than if the exact same quantity of people become sick over a more drawn out period of time.
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by the_watcher on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:44AM (#22476108)
It's possible to be both scared and responsible.
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