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DISCUSSION of TAR 33 SUSPENSION DUE TO COVID (may contain location spoilers)
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: Racegroupie79 on March 12, 2020, 01:56:44 PM ---With the traditional 3 week filming schedule, season 33 would probably be wrapping production this weekend if it hadn't been pulled. Given the expansion of issues sine the call was made, I think we can all agree it was the right call! Very unfortunate though.
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Yes. As horrible as this is logistically, emotionally and financially, it was 100% the right thing to do for the safety of all involved in the race.
theschnauzers:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 12, 2020, 03:06:49 PM ---
--- Quote from: Racegroupie79 on March 12, 2020, 01:56:44 PM ---With the traditional 3 week filming schedule, season 33 would probably be wrapping production this weekend if it hadn't been pulled. Given the expansion of issues sine the call was made, I think we can all agree it was the right call! Very unfortunate though.
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Yes. As horrible as this is logistically, emotionally and financially, it was 100% the right thing to do for the safety of all involved in the race.
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Let me add this to what Peach said. If you compare the global situation then with what it is now, it’s apparent that they never would have been able to finish filming as planned. Even a finish in LA would have been problematic. One thing they never would have been to control was the involvement of locals or visitors interacting with the Racers in different places around the globe since even if infected and were in the incubation period before symptoms appeared, locals wouldn’t have know and could transmit the coronavirus.
Take Tom Hanks and his wife traveling in Australia when he was diagnosed. Even if Australian authorities are correct that they were exposed to the coronavirus in the US before traveling, that still meant an unknown number were exposed to the coronavirus while they travelled. That’s the sort of thing that can’t be control, and one reason why a temporary suspension was critical.
ghostbusted:
I don't recall if this has been posted but here is a link to an interesting Covid-19 map.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
It is from Johns Hopkins University so no reason to doubt credibility except they awarded me two degrees. :-)
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: ghostbusted on March 12, 2020, 10:57:40 PM ---I don't recall if this has been posted but here is a link to an interesting Covid-19 map.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
It is from Johns Hopkins University so no reason to doubt credibility except they awarded me two degrees. :-)
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That's the map I've been following. It's been good, though in the US as numbers climbed, they stopped posting the exact location of each case and just have info for each state. Two days ago I said there were 8 or 9 states with no cases. This morning it's just Idaho, Alabama and Alaska. Most likely there are cases there too, but with limited testing available, it's hard to confirm cases. We had one case in my town that was finally confirmed after about 10 days and another that was initially said to not be the virus, but now he's got the symptoms. It's unclear because the testing hasn't been finished yet. Just yesterday in my office, we had 2 people (out of about a dozen here) leave early as a precaution because they were feeling a little sick. It's probably not the virus but it's still alarming.
HavaDrPepper:
The state of Ohio officials are estimating that there could be as many as 100,000 cases in the state all untested. At this time there are only 1000 test kits available. I have believed for a long time that there are carriers of the virus out there that don't know it and that is what will make things worse.
Ohio had revoked all tickets to the high school tournaments for various sports with limited spectators. They have now shut them all down and all K-12 schools will be closed for 3 weeks starting Mar 17. March Madness shut down also affects Ohio in 2 locations... play in games in Dayton and a regular round in Cleveland. Mid American Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments are no longer being held. These games and the March Madness are all played in the same venue where the Cleveland Cavaliers play and the Utah Jazz had played there in the past 10 days before these decisions were made.
This is a far reaching virus and I think it is the right decision for everything that is going on.
And you know it is bad when Disney closes down.
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