Well, shit, the tradeshow I was planning to avoid actually was fully canceled last minute, that's gonna be a BIG hit for Anaheim's local economy this coming week since apparently it's the 2nd largest event of the year that goes on at the convention center. Virus scare apparently caused almost 50% cancellations in the past few days, so today, they pulled the plug for the first time ever, giving people less than a fucking day to try to find a way out from their commitments.
I feel really, really terrible for the small companies who are going to be out thousands and thousands of dollars for their booth spaces and flight/hotel losses, shit costs something like $5k just to get a shitty card table in one of the far outreaches of the hall where few bother to venture to, probably well over a hundred million dollars just dried up overnight. Those who paid for prime space are out WAY more than that, and if you were big enough to need a booth that has presence? Well, you just lost enough to buy a new Tesla outright.
Stay safe, those of you in CA, seems the panic in your state is settling in big, let's just hope is cautionary hype and not because this virus situation is far worse than we know!