tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post6579289854909692637..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: American Physical Society cancels its meeting 34 hours before start due to COVID-19Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-52633705560284099622020-03-04T10:41:19.681-05:002020-03-04T10:41:19.681-05:00I understand that there is a tendency for media to...I understand that there is a tendency for media to blow these things out of proportion. But the fact of the matter is now the mortality rate is reported to be as high as 3.4% and seemingly increasing, the outbreak is spreading fairly rapidly and reaching all corners of the globe, and we have no reason to believe this will not become a seasonal virus hereafter. This is quite a bit more of a significant threat than Y2K or Africanized bees were, although no one is suggesting it will kill us all - but certainly has the potential to kill the more vulnerable of the population. There are over 3000 people dead... and you are pitying the people are missing out on spending 4 days looking at posters and nodding off in lectures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-37313426772456626442020-03-04T10:38:01.454-05:002020-03-04T10:38:01.454-05:00@KT: Coronavirus will be more like chloroflurocarb...@KT: Coronavirus will be more like chloroflurocarbons. They would have killed us all, had countermeasures not been taken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-75348415631034371502020-03-04T09:45:46.386-05:002020-03-04T09:45:46.386-05:00I strongly suspect this is going to be like Africa...I strongly suspect this is going to be like Africanized bees, Y2K, and everything else that was supposed to kill us all.KTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-28423421929952020702020-03-03T13:26:29.128-05:002020-03-03T13:26:29.128-05:00I think their intention is good, the last thing we...I think their intention is good, the last thing we need is to throw open Denver's doors to a potential influx of virus. However, doing this at the zero hour may be too late - if many of the would-be attendees still make use of their plane tickets. I think the fact that some people may miss out on a conference this year is the absolute least of our worries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-29960583814808964092020-03-02T09:43:23.349-05:002020-03-02T09:43:23.349-05:00That was pretty obnoxious of them. Money losses f...That was pretty obnoxious of them. Money losses for a last-minute cancelled business trip are a cost of doing business, but a lot of people have an annual budget for conference attendance, and might not get to pick another one this year if the budget got burned up paying for flights and hotels that couldn't be cancelled on such short notice. I suspect a lot of attendees who had planned to combine the conference with a few days of doing touristy stuff in Denver are going to be stuck losing their own money.KTnoreply@blogger.com