Rich Cline Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 COVID-19 UPDATE What started out late yesterday as a few closing announcements morphed into an avalanche of notices overnight. Major colleges and universities are closing early. A number of of state governors are closing major venues in excess of a couple hundred people. The major airlines are reducing flights plus many more closings by companies and organizations. DCI has not yet made an official statement but it is expected they will make their announcement today or tomorrow. Even if a corps wanted to tour, it would be very difficult to find suitable housing with so many schools closing. The airlines have said they have not experienced anything like this since "911". I believe all corps have their show music either partially learned or complete as of this date and are ready to begin learning drill at their camps. It is my guess that we will either see a "delayed" season of some type or; some other type of competition season when conditions improve in a couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 8 hours ago, oldbandguy said: I'm not understanding this. What does DCI have to do with a WGI group pulling out? Replace "DCI needs" with "corps need". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 2/26/2020 at 6:35 PM, N.E. Brigand said: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, today said that the first trials will start in 45-60 days but also: "In order to get a vaccine that's practically deployable... it's going to be at least a year to a year and a half, at best." Simultaneously as Dr Fauci was making his off-the-cuff remarks, Gilead announced clinical PHASE 3 trials (NOT Phase 1) that would measure comparisons of immediate results to results from patients released after 14 days. The second two parts of the trials are expected to conclude in May, at about the same time that Dr Fauci estimates that the "first trials" will begin. The fog of war is thick, and all war plans are invalid the moment the shelling starts. UPDATE: Today, Dr. Fauci testified in front of Congress. "...treatments will be available sooner", he said. He must have left that out of his comments 16 days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) Unfortunately the virus spread is just starting in the US. Santa Clara County is banning any public events with 1000 people or more until further notice. NBA and MLB are looking into playing their games with no spectators. Edited March 11, 2020 by DFA1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, garfield said: Simultaneously as Dr Fauci was making his off-the-cuff remarks, Gilead announced clinical PHASE 3 trials (NOT Phase 1) that would measure comparisons of immediate results to results from patients released after 14 days. The second two parts of the trials are expected to conclude in May, at about the same time that Dr Fauci estimates that the "first trials" will begin. The fog of war is thick, and all war plans are invalid the moment the shelling starts. UPDATE: Today, Dr. Fauci testified in front of Congress. "...treatments will be available sooner", he said. He must have left that out of his comments 16 days ago. To be clear, that’s not for a vaccine. Remdesivir is an antiviral that they’re hoping can have some efficacy against Covid-19. (The studies plan to give it intravenously to already infected patients.) Edited March 11, 2020 by year1buick clarity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 According to the World Health Organization, it is now officially a pandemic. I think I will go over to the Madison Scouts thread to cheer up. (Edit: bad idea.) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: According to the World Health Organization, it is now officially a pandemic. I think I will go over to the Madison Scouts thread to cheer up. (Edit: bad idea.) Stay out of Cadets thread as West Chester camp is cancelled... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said: Stay out of Cadets thread as West Chester camp is cancelled... well West Chester is closing the school for everything including kids that work there and now have no rent money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFA1970 Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) I think we all need to be prepared that this up coming DCI season just might not happen. Edited March 11, 2020 by DFA1970 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommeee Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, DFA1970 said: I think we all need to be prepared that this up coming DCI season just might not happen. That would be a HUGE overreaction. Plain and simple. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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