(2020 Amercian Physical Society March Meeting in Denver Colorado has been canceled.)

[nitpicker]

Source: The Guardian

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Richard Adams

The American Physical Society has announced the cancellation of one of the world’s major international scientific conferences, little more than a day before it was due to start.

An announcement on its website said:

“Due to rapidly escalating health concerns relating to the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the 2020 APS March Meeting in Denver, Colorado, has been canceled. Please do not travel to Denver to attend the March Meeting.”

Around 10,000 physicists and scientists from around the world were due to attend the conference this week, and the late cancellation has caught many overseas delegates in the middle of travelling.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/01/coronavirus-latest-updates-coronavirus-live-updates-latest-news-china-wuhan-stock-markets-update-china-iran-us-australia-south-korea-japan

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. Probably for the best...

since they would have been arrested once they got here. Can't have smart people running around the place informing others about reality, now can we? (November is not going to get here fast enough... the party of dictators is going to make its move before then I fear...)

[kag]

2. "the party of dictators is going to make its move before then I fear..."

This is my fear as well. They're going to try to cancel the November elections. Possibly because of the virus scare. All part of the plan.

Martial law, anyone?

[NickB79]

3. The smartest people in the world, taking the risk seriously

We should all be emulating them.