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Whether you like it or not, the hysteria about the Corona Virus Disease is already a very big deal
In the absence of specific guidelines
from federal authorities. states and major cities have begun to publish
their own rules and directives to slow the spread of Clovid-19, the
respiratory disease associated with the newly discovered. so-called
“novel corona virus.”
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These new rules are likely to become
more widespread in the next week and will almost certainly trigger
unexpected and poorly reported-on results. The first is the continuance
of jury trials and possibly other legal proceedings into the summer or
later. The second if the almost certain cancellation of the following
social events aimed at motorcycle enthusiasts: Arizona Bike Week
scheduled to begin April 1; the Angel City Spring Motorcycle Rally
scheduled for April 15; Laughlin River Run, April 23; the Leesburg
BikeFest, April 24; the Spring Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally in Panama
City, April 29; the Route 66 Biker Rally in Oklahoma, April 30; the
Steel Horse Rally in Arkansas, May 1; and Myrtle Beach Bike Week
scheduled to begin May 8.
Yesterday the Centers for Disease
Control released a “Guidance” Statement that said: The “CDC, in
accordance with its guidance for large events and mass gatherings,
recommends that for the next 8 weeks, organizers (whether groups or
individuals) cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50
people or more throughout the United States.”
As of March 16, none of these events has
officially cancelled and no legal proceedings anywhere have been
continued because of Covid-19 fears.
California
However, events in California and Los Angeles illustrate where we are all headed.
Gavin Newsom, the governor of
California, which as of Monday morning had 335 cases of Covid-19
resulting in six deaths. has ordered all bars, wineries and brew pubs to
close. Virtually every school in the state is closed and will remain
closed until at least April 15. All California restaurants have been
ordered to halve their capacity. The governor has also ordered all
citizens aged 65 or older to stay inside under virtual house arrest.
Newsom has not said how he plans to enforce his directives which run
into dozens of pages and can be found here.
Los Angeles has ordered even more
draconian guidelines to attempt to minimize the spread of the virus
including the closure of all restaurants and the postponement of all
jury trials.
As of Monday morning, the United States
has confirmed 1774 cases of Covid-10 resulting in 69 deaths. There are
169,387 confirned cases of Covid-19 infection worldwide which has
resulted in 6.513 deaths. No one can say definitively how many people
are infected with the virus that causes the disease, the mortality rate
of the disease or how long a person with the disease remains infectious.
Most actions taken to prevent the spread
of the disease are very speculative which explains why none of the
motorcycle rallies listed above have yet been cancelled and refunds
issued for rooms booked, tickets sold or vendor spaces reserved. But
local and state officials are under significant public pressure to do
something and the easiest thing for those officials to do is to make
speeches, and shut everything down.
