- It happened. For the first time, the circuit-breaker hit pretty much off the top of the session as the stock market fell 7% pretty much instantaneously. And it held about there.
- The NBA's decision to go fanless is probably going to come down to a Wednesday conference call with the owners. Word is, it's probably a go.
- About an hour ago, the Italian prime minister placed the entire country of Italy under quarantine.
- Six were killed in Italian prison riots.
- Finally, Serie A has been shelved. Took the nationwide quarantine to do it, but Italian soccer is now done for the foreseeable.
- In another level of possible exposure for the President, it appears the two previously-mentioned Congressmen under self-quarantine both had social contact with President Trump.
- And now you can add the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee to the list: Doug Collins apparently may have been exposed at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference.
- As of Monday evening, the number of members of Congress which are self-quarantining against the virus is up to six.
- California-Berkeley has become the third Pac-12 school to cancel all in-person classes until at least their Spring Break is over.
- USC is now the fourth, at least until March 23rd.
- Additional colleges heading to online/remote-only: Vanderbilt (rest of the month), Ohio State, Amherst College (who is clearing all students from the campus as of the 16th!), San Francisco State, Rice, San Jose State
- University of California-San Diego is going online-only for it's entire spring quarter.
- EDIT TO ADD: About 4:15 PM PDT, all of the major in-progess professional sports leagues released a joint statement banning all non-essential access to the locker rooms. That's MLB, NHL, NBA, Major League Soccer. (ESPN)
- The article also notes that the upcoming NCAA Division I Hockey playoff series between Rochester Polytechnic and Harvard will be played without fans.
- Here is a list ESPN is keeping of all postponed events.
- "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune", the two biggest American game shows, are now both taping without audiences.
- Santa Clara County has just banned all official gatherings over 1,000 people, including conventions. Current effect is three weeks.
- Pearl Jam has scrapped it's 2020 tour.
- South Boston has cancelled it's Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
- The Coachella music festival is now off til at least October.
The truth is not what actually happened. It's what you can ENFORCE happened. It's ALL enforcement.
Monday, March 9, 2020
3/9/20 Coronavirus update
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