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[KGB]

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/03/13/daytona-beach-mayor-issues-emergency-order-pulling-all-permits-for-bike-week-st-patricks-block-party/


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[iski]

This will not be well received by the biker community.  Because bikes, beer, boobs and the last weekend is usually the biggest if the weather is good.  This year's it's perfect.

There are some in Daytona that would prefer no bike events, will appeal to them.

[OBB]

Wonder what they're going to do about spring break?

Sent from my boring Droid phone.

[iski]

Good question. Florida is in a state of emergency, schools are cancelled for the next 2 weeks.  Weather is mid 60s los, high 70s low 80s no rain for the next 2 weeks in Daytona.  Most of Florida has perfect weather forecast.  Hotels are booked, bands are booked.

My guess is it will all cancel, may have already just have not read it myself.  BSR & I had a trip to Nashville planned to se the Time Jumpers next Monday.  They just cancelled all their March shows so that's off.  Doggoneit.

[FLSTFI Dave]

Wow.  I feel it's an over reaction, both for bike week and all the other events being canceled.  In the USA the people this is hitting hard are old unhealthy people with other pre existing conditions.

This is wrecking the economy, and it will devastate FL if they continue canceling cruises, bike week, spring break and so on.  FL relies on tourism and visitors.  They going to close Disney and Universal too?

The panic is real, in my area they are stealing face masks from Hospitals and Dr offices.  I just do not think the panic is justified.

[Phreakyz]

Wow!  What a Cluster F*&k!

[mark]

This only cut bike week by two days...

[grc]

You have to love how the media took this story and created a panic that will have lasting effects for everyone, regardless of the real facts.  I'll be interested to see if anyone does a real study afterwards to expose the facts versus the BS.  Meanwhile, the plain old influenza virus is killing just as many if not more at-risk people, as it always does, with nary a peep from the press or government.  I've lived through all the previous pandemics and outbreaks going back to the 50's, and don't remember all this hoopla even with the much more deadly viruses like Ebola.  SARS, MERS, Ebola, Ebola again, and all the others I can't remember off the top of my head, and we didn't shut down much of anything.

When they state the fatality rate as over 3% to scare us, they assume none of the people actually understand statistical analysis or even basic math.  The only reasonably accurate number they have is the number of fatalities, they have absolutely no clue as to how many people have actually had the virus with only mild symptoms and fully recovered without medical intervention. 

As an "at-risk" old fart I'll be taking reasonable precautions, but I'm not going to let the fearmongers force me into the bomb shelters.  Unfortunately we all will be deeply affected by this mass hysteria whether we get the virus or not.  Just think about the economic repercussions of shutting down huge portions of our economy for a month or more.  We'll be lucky to get back to normal in six months to a year, and once again we will be hearing all the stories of people who lost their life savings, small and not so small businesses that cease to exist, etc.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the huge distortion in demand for certain household items.  It will take a long time to refill the pipeline for commodities like toilet paper.  I'm still trying to figure out what it says about American society when the most important thing to hoard is toilet paper.

JMHO - Rant over (for now) - Jerry

[Ironhorse]

Where are are all the free spirit, rebel riders? The ones who challenge the man on every front to be free from his oppression? What happened to "Don't worry, it's all going to go away in April when it warms up?" Now we have to depend on socialism to support the businesses and people who are losing money. Why can't they just go on their own and take their own risk? It's like helmets. If you want to risk riding without a helmet then go ahead. If you die from COVID-19, or from a crushed skull, at least you were free enough to make that decision.

[skratch]

They going to close Disney and Universal too?

yep, done.

[guppytrash]

If you see info that does not come from the CDC it is probably BS.

29million cases of the flu with 150,000 deaths in the USA so far.  This is the normal for this time of year.  Nobody freaks because it is a known.

COVID 19 is new and nobody knows much, not even the experts.

I don't work for the CDC so this is also BS.   

Doesn't seem like that many people died from it in China.  Hard to say if the numbers they present are correct. 

One thing seems for certain.  If you stock up on toilet paper (40 plus rolls) you should be much more likely to survive.
Let's just hope these same mental giants stock up on condoms as well. 

[iski]

Wow.  I feel it's an over reaction, both for bike week and all the other events being canceled.  In the USA the people this is hitting hard are old unhealthy people with other pre existing conditions.

This is wrecking the economy, and it will devastate FL if they continue canceling cruises, bike week, spring break and so on.  FL relies on tourism and visitors.  They going to close Disney and Universal too?

The panic is real, in my area they are stealing face masks from Hospitals and Dr offices.  I just do not think the panic is justified.

Disney is closing all parks for a couple of weeks - at least. 4 cruise lines - same deal. Spring break is a PITA - a lot of Florida communities have passed laws to cut it back to nothing already.  Fewer bugs will no doubt be splattered as a result. 

Panic is not justified.  Was just at a few stores buying regular amounts of supplies.  Saw nutty behaviors, frantic shopping, and obviously some folks have just gone nuts.  I blame media influence & lemming behaviors which are unfortunately a part of human nature.  I quit watching tv news - all of it on the national level - a few years ago.  I read news instead.  usually I am not all hair on fire or out of brath about whatever the media is telling me because - reading is slower and can find alternatives to insane hyperbole from left/right.

[Twolanerider]

I had plenty of toilet paper already.  So I'm immune.  At least I think that's how it works.

[Ironhorse]

I just don't understand. How did we go from?

2/24 "The Corona Virus is very much under control in the USA"
2/28 "Corona Virus fears are a democrat hoax".
3/12 "It's going to go away"
3/13 "Declaring a National Emergency"

And now folks are hoarding, places are closing, gathering sizes are restricted, activities are cancelled, and travel is curtailed. Maybe next time we'll pay attention to the doctors and scientists who tried to warn us.

But I'm probably wrong.

[CVODON]

The City of Daytona really had no choice. The Governor of Florida had already requested activities be curtailed due to size. They had already canceled pro categories at Gatornationals and the St Pete Indy race so I'm OK with it, we came home early on Thursday vs normally on Saturday night. Hopefully it will pass and all of us will be fine but I'd rather be cautious if it will help, being 67 and just really don't want to be sick, even mild flu sucks.