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No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - robkelk - 03-04-2020 Producers postpone release of 007 film No Time to Die Quote:Together with 007 producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, studios MGM and Universal announced Wednesday that the next Bond instalment will not open next month as scheduled "after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace." Also:
Bucking the trend, the IOC is unwavering on Tokyo Olympics starting in July. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Norgarth - 03-04-2020 The Amazing Race has suspended production for similar concerns https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/cbs-suspends-amazing-race-production-coronavirus-fears-1203519026/ RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Labster - 03-05-2020 If this thing spreads like influenza it should all be over by July, anyway. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - hazard - 03-05-2020 (03-05-2020, 03:15 AM)Labster Wrote: If this thing spreads like influenza it should all be over by July, anyway. Not necessarily. Spanish Flu started in the winter/spring of 1918, mostly stopped during the summer and hit even harder in the autumn. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Labster - 03-05-2020 (03-05-2020, 05:26 AM)hazard Wrote:(03-05-2020, 03:15 AM)Labster Wrote: If this thing spreads like influenza it should all be over by July, anyway. Ah, we're starting off well... (03-05-2020, 05:26 AM)hazard Wrote: Spanish Flu started in the winter/spring of 1918, mostly stopped during the summer and hit even harder in the autumn. Nope. I mean, the facts are correct, but you chose the most atypical epidemic I know of -- the virus evolving to become more deadly is something that happens extremely rarely. And of course, the world in 1918 wasn't connected by routine worldwide air travel. Basing predictions off this is like predicting climate change based on a blizzard or two. I'm sure there's an argument to be made that I'm wrong but that's not it. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - hazard - 03-05-2020 The problem isn't that the virus became more deadly. The problem is that the virus came back. The heat and dry weather of summer will not guarantee that the disease dies out, especially since the disease has struck the Middle East, famously arid and hot, and has not stopped. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - robkelk - 03-05-2020 Back to the topic at hand... 2 Canadian insurance companies stop covering coronavirus-related trip cancellations. They're big insurers, too. Previously-existing travel insurance isn't affected, but new insurance won't cover this type of cancellation. Quote:Travellers with regular trip cancellation insurance typically have been able to get reimbursed if, after booking their trip, Ottawa issued a coronavirus-related advisory to avoid non-essential travel to their destination. Oh, and fears of coronavirus contamination prompt Starbucks to temporarily ban reusable mugs. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - robkelk - 03-06-2020 South by Southwest festival cancelled over COVID-19 Quote:Officials in Austin, Texas, have cancelled the South by Southwest arts and technology festival. On the other hand, San Jose isn't cancelling this weekend's NHL hockey game. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - robkelk - 03-10-2020 Hands up, everybody who already knew that the person in charge of the WHO's first response to COVID-19 is from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Yeah, I didn't think I'd see any hands. Mine wasn't up, either. A short interview with Dr. Bruce Aylward Quote:What is the biggest challenge you face with preventing the spread of COVID-19? Arctic Winter Games cancelled amid coronavirus concerns Quote:Yukon's acting chief medical officer of health, Dr. Catherine Elliott, made the recommendation because she felt there was no scenario where it would be safe to conduct the games. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Dartz - 03-10-2020 Convention with attendance normally in the realm of 10,000 going ahead Next Weekend Whee. St. Patrick's day is cancelled, meanwhile. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - robkelk - 03-11-2020 The tl;dr on this one would be longer than some full articles linked to from this thread. At least skim through it all anyway, please. Coronavirus: WHO calls COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, warning of bigger numbers ahead The article gives an overview by region of the world. Coachella carrot music festival postponed Ottawa's Italian businesses feel effects of lockdown, from prosciutto to guided tours RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - hazard - 03-11-2020 Well, official WHO response went from 'contain and exterminate' to 'delay and survive'. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Dartz - 03-11-2020 Dublin Comic Con was just cancelled - recommended by Venue. Steve Martin's show with about 5,000 people at it went ahead. Statistically one at least one attendee has The Virus. Good show though. Kaizokucon is - at the first week of April - still going ahead. St. Patrick's Day cancelled. Most business still going ahead. Trinity closed. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Dartz - 03-12-2020 And now we've closed schools and public buildings. Gatherings over 100 indoors - or 500 outdoors - are banned. Corona is also under some 1947 disease act originally written for Tuberculosis that gives the government some fairly serious powers - like putting people in prison for resisting isolation for it. Pubs are still open. No restrictions on restaraunts and stuff. Questions are being raised about the authority of the government to do this - as they have already resigned and called an election which they lost - but the constitution is fairly clear that the government specifically retains its duties and offices until such a time as a new government can be formed. This has yet to happen. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - classicdrogn - 03-12-2020 Well, it would be even worse to have all the same problems but no leadership with the authority to address them. Even if some of the actions taken are less than ideal, at least there's a clear line of who to blame afterward RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - robkelk - 03-12-2020 School's out for three weeks all across Ontario, too. (The province, not the county.) At this point, I'm just going to point at the local "what's closed" list... Aw, the St. Patrick's Day Parade is off. So are the Nowruz celebrations. And the Pearl Jam concert. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - LynnInDenver - 03-12-2020 We've been seeing events fall into cancellation/postponement over the past week here in Denver. We've got an anime convention taking place later this month, I'm waiting for word that it's being cancelled or delayed, although we hadn't been planning on going. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Star Ranger4 - 03-13-2020 No, it wasn’t a dream: Every Disney theme park in the world is now closing. Good, my vacation ends just as these go into effect. bad... the damage has already been done. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Black Aeronaut - 03-13-2020 Here's another big one: South-by-Southwest got cancelled. https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/06/sxsw-cancelled/ RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Labster - 03-14-2020 Well, just had my friend and coworker die, on a cruise ship. But not of the virus, it was a SCUBA accident. Seriously, those boats are floating deathtraps, avoid. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Norgarth - 03-14-2020 a funny take on "The Devil went down to Georgia" RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - RMH999 - 03-14-2020 Covid-19 progression of symptoms Here's a scientific preprint of symptom progression if anyone needs it. RMH RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - Dartz - 03-15-2020 And they just ordered the pubs shut RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - LynnInDenver - 03-15-2020 Yeah, we cancelled our attempt to go to the Indian Hot Springs today, and we'll attempt it again in a few months once the pandemic has passed. The plan was to do some home projects this week, anyway, so we'll be home and shut in. I'm waiting for them to start ordering smaller events (<250 people) and stuff shut down at this point. Edit: Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee at the start of April has been cancelled. RE: No Time to Die... from COVID-19 - hazard - 03-15-2020 Well, that didn't take long to get changed. New orders from the Dutch government to deal with the COVID-19 epidemic. I believe the previous orders are in the political forum in a thread on COVID-19. All schools and pre-school facilities are closed. For children of those working in critical industries (healthcare, law enforcement, public transport, fire department etc.) a system of in school child care is being arranged. Educational programs are being arranged by teachers to teach pupils now stuck at home. Priority is given for those in their final year of secondary education so they can complete their exams properly. All restaurants, pubs etc. are closed. Sporting clubs, gyms, sauna's, sex clubs, and coffeeshops are closed. It's requested that people maintain at least 1.5 meters distance from each other as much as possible. These measures will be in place immediately and until 6th of April. All previous measures are extended to the 6th of April. |