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from what i have been able to gather, while coronavirus may be super contagious, it's not particularly deadly. i think the issue is primarily that infected folks are contagious before they show symptions
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I think if the coronavirus is still a big epidemic (or even bigger) in China by July, the US might start banning flights from China before that happens. So I think we'll generally be safe. Always consistently wash your hands of course to help decrease your risk and don't touch your nose/eyes. If someone sitting close to you in panels is clearly sick and is sneezing/coughing, I would probably switch seats just in case.
It's the flu. Flu season ends around May. It will all be over well before SDCC begins.Coincidentally, my husband and I had booked a 2021 trip to China about a week before Coronavirus was all over the news. The organizers already cancelled the 2020 trip. But we're fairly confident that Coronavirus will run its course and be finished long before our trip next year. In fact, we might be 'safer', because these mutated viruses seem to come no more frequently than every decade.
During the con please please please wash wash wash your hands!!!
That already happened 2 weeks ago. The major US airlines stopped direct flights between China and the US. The remaining flights are being diverted to 5 airports for enhanced screening. I think screening does more good than stopping the direct flights. Since nothing stops someone from flying to a third country from China and then onto the US from there. That's not a direct flight and thus not stopped or diverted.
I don't see them cancelling SDCC (or any other North American comic conventions, for that matter). Most of the events being cancelled are global and/or tech events...many tech companies have a big presence in China and a lack of Chinese presence at these conferences will be felt. But comic cons are largely local events, even SDCC (despite the "I" standing for "International.") Nearly all the vendors are domestic, and the attendees are still hyper-local.