Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Cancellation of Conference

A conference that I worked on was cancelled this week because of fears of the novel coronavirus.

Sigh. It's for the best, but it hits close to home.  I feel for the people that put more hours than me in helping prepare for it.

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

COVID-19

Lurking in the background of my day-to-day life is the rapid spread of a new strain of Coronavirus. It has a slightly higher fatality rate than the regular flu and is spreading very rapidly with no vaccination or specific treatment yet.

From what I've read I and my loved ones will probably catch it, with most of us having mild symptoms. Not much that we can do other than the usual prevention efforts (mostly hand-washing, etc.).