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TAR 33 ORIGINAL PRE-RACE Speculation (dates/cast/routes)
Brannockdevice:
--- Quote from: cbacbacba1 on February 09, 2020, 10:25:55 AM ---A large part of Asian countries have to be avoided because of the virus incident
Not mentioning Mainland China, but Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore all have quite large amount of cases already
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I think Asia might take a big hit in the way that we might only get a couple of legs this season. We could theoretically avoid China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore, but these are all home to some of the biggest airports in East Asia. Even if the race wanted to visit somewhere in Asia where there has been no reports of virus - maybe Bhutan or Brunei - they would eventually have to connect through a major airport like Changhi or Narita or something like that. And airports are where these viruses catch their flights around the world.
For example, if we just focus on East and Southeast Asia, there are suspected cases (but not confirmed) in Indonesia, Myanmar and Bangladesh, and no cases (suspected, confirmed or otherwise) in East Timor, Brunei, Laos and Bhutan. Every other country has had a confirmed case.
Now, granted, not every country has been hit as hard as China. India, for example, only has 3 cases, and they are all confined to the state of Kerala. Similarly, only one case has been confirmed in Sri Lanka, in Colombo. So, even for countries where there are confirmed cases, the other parts of the country aren't eliminated completely.
Nevertheless, I could foresee producers skipping over giant swaths of Asia just to be safe.
Maanca:
It's going to be really interesting to see what Coronavirus does to the east Asian part of the route. Maybe this might actually force their hand into making that long overdue return to Australia.
BourkieBoy:
I think producers of the show should be more concerned about the amount of flooding certain parts of Australia is receiving, rather than what bushfires are doing!
Parts of New South Wales & Queensland are now under water from flooding, after being on fire in January! :funny:
Victoria's OK though! So is Tasmania...
Malcooolm:
--- Quote from: Maanca on February 09, 2020, 03:19:11 PM ---It's going to be really interesting to see what Coronavirus does to the east Asian part of the route. Maybe this might actually force their hand into making that long overdue return to Australia.
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Hopefully we can get an Africa and Oceania heavy season!
claude_24hrs:
--- Quote from: BourkieBoy on February 09, 2020, 08:55:09 PM ---I think producers of the show should be more concerned about the amount of flooding certain parts of Australia is receiving, rather than what bushfires are doing!
Parts of New South Wales & Queensland are now under water from flooding, after being on fire in January! :funny:
Victoria's OK though! So is Tasmania...
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Even (the state of) Victoria is now in good condition. The US version hasn't yet visited that state before, including Melbourne. Four states and one territory visited in TAR US before.
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