San Francisco, for example, postponed its, one of many celebrations and spectator events that have been disrupted as officials try to contain the virus. Several Silicon Valley companies have told employees they can work from home. Major conferences and events like South by Southwest in Texas have been canceled.The L.A. Marathon is expected to go on as scheduled on Sunday despite coronavirus concerns.
L.A. County health officials recommended that spectators who are sick stay home and that anyone who attends stay six feet away from others. Runners were advised to wash their hands before the race and to not shake hands with other participants or the public. Hand sanitizer will also be available for runners along the course.
“We are not currently recommending the suspension of any large public events, including the L.A. Marathon,” Barbara Ferrer, director of the county Public Health Department, said in a statement Thursday. “The public can continue to enjoy all that L.A. County has to offer, including this historic event.”
The marathon is one of the largest in the country. Runners traverse the city, starting at Dodger Stadium and ending near the Santa Monica Pier.“This is a big popular event, but I remain concerned & don’t think it’s worth the risk,” wrote Councilman Tom Bonin on Twitter.There have been questions about the massive Coachella music festival, set for April 10-19, and its country cousin Stagecoach, set for April 24-26, in Indio.Dr.
“If we do make an emergency declaration based on changes in local conditions, as a public health officer I do have the ability to shut down such large gatherings. We would do so with as much lead time as possible,” Kaiser said.that officials could change their minds if coronavirus spreads but didn’t specify how many cases there would have to be to cancel Coachella, which last year drew 100,000 fans.
Because no one has any real plan for this. It changes depending on who is in charge.
Crazy
Answer: Greed. Lack of leadership. The usual.
Coachella isn’t afraid of germs. Didn’t a bunch of people get herpes last year?
Instead of runner's finish times, they can assess how many people they infected with each snot-shot onto the street! Good job lamarathon!
Just stay 6 feet away from your fellow attendees
Great news, life should go on. Exercising social distance will keep everyone safe.
Need to call it what it is. Wuhan coronavirus made in china! Stop repeating ccp lies. They started this along with the last couple of virus outbreaks. The world needs to wake up and blame ccp!
I am sitting in a casino sportsbook Crowd looks normal. I am watching multiple sporting events. Once again crowds look normal. At least some people are not overreacting.
For now
I've asked this question a couple times does the CDC or LA County have a plan in place for when the homeless population start getting this virus and how do they plan on containing it throughout the homeless? I'm just gonna keep on asking we do deserve an answer!
There's a great deal of money on the line with both events: sponsors, vendors, agents, promoters. Both will attract thousands of people to watch or attend. The Coronavirus could infect those thousands which in turn could infect thousands more. This is the nature of contagions.
At least two event organizers have a brain
Pass the Covid- on the left hand side.. 🎶.
Can we cancel the Chinese birth tourism here yet?
Corona virus will be too high on molly and special K to infect anyone Coachella
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