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i agree, CCI has to go along with whatever Gov. Newsom & Mayor Faulconer think best. The stories out of NYC are heart breaking.I am coming around to changing my vote from 'yes with disinfectant' to 'No'
I would say take whatever images you are getting from the media with a grain of salt.I live in NY. Not NYC, but in the suburbs. I did a big drive around the NY metro area today. I stayed in my car the entire time, and did not interact with anyone. It was very easy, as there is no traffic (the only good thing about this crisis). I drove by a number of hospitals, Urgent Cares, and a test center. The test center is a pop up, and there was a line, but it was manageable. The hospitals are obviously making additional provisions, but I didn't notice any long lines. As for the Urgent Cares...The one I use didn't have any more cars than normal, and another one was closed (which surprised me). What I also noticed were people were doing their best to go about their business. People were walking, jogging, and biking. Obviously there were a lot less, but some were out just the same. Some wearing masks, and some not. Mostly maintaining their distance, but there were couples holding hands. I have to say, my spidey senses are not jiving with the concern I'm getting from my out of state friends. I'm not saying this is not serious. Obviously people dying is a serious matter. I'm just saying hold off on your judgement on what's going on here (and everywhere), until more data comes in. I'm a senior and 'technically' in the at risk group (over 65). I'm still not changing my vote.
I don't think there's any chance of comic-con happening this year. I think the question is whether there will be a comic-con next year.IMO, the only reason CCI hasn't cancelled is that it needs to be sure you can recoup as much of it's losses as it can from insurance. That insurance probably will not pay out if they cancel by choice. If they cancelled now, it would be by choice. It doesn't matter how much demand there is for tickets if there's no CCI left to sell them.This year is done. There's the second wave that the government has finally started preparing the public for. Would anyone go to a big con with the expectation that the second wave could happen while it's going on? Even if they wanted to hold it, what studio has anything to promote? Movie releases are an unknown. Production has stopped on TV shows and movies. Sports channels won't be the only outlet running reruns when the current content that's been produced runs out.
Should things go back to normal so quickly after an epidemic? When it's not even clear that it's been dealt with?
I don't think there's any question if it'll happen next year. By then that would be the tail end of the 18 month guideline for production of a vaccine. Jan to Feb of 2020 to July 2021. If anything there would be more of a drive to do it next year.
That's "aspirational". Vaccines normally take 24-60 months to develop. And even then some vaccines that were thought to work, didn't. 18 months would be a breakneck speed. They are getting to that date by foregoing the phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials. All but one that is. One vaccine candidate is doing a phase 2. The trial that proves it works.Even it it could be done in that short a period of time, chances are there would not be much of it. Enough for healthcare workers, first responders and people in government. Not enough for you and me.
There's a 0% chance that the world is shut down this time next year. While you say "aspirational" I say pragmatic. There's a trillion reasons they will have public gatherings this time next year. Less so because of SDCC's pull; more because of the national sporting leagues run by billionaires exerting influence and power. Whether it's perfect? We don't know. It's hard to predict what'll happen in a month let alone 18. I just find it hard to believe. ymmv.
There's a huge difference between having the world shutdown and having large public gatherings. The world gets along just fine without large public events. China reversed itself and closed it's movie theaters again. This where they consider the virus defeated. Their concern is about people flying into China and bringing it back in.Science doesn't work on a business schedule. It happens when it happens.