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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 3474767, member: 504"] Definitely different. Like watching high level pick up games at the Y. The impact on related businesses like the thousands of fans who would fly in, use hotels, restaurants and bars, venue employees who run concessions and others not needed to run the actual game and operate the facility. This might all be overreaction, but there is no vaccine and the disease seems readily transmittable so it’s hard to say what nuts or not. Some BYers are blaming the media for government reactions here and abroad, especially Italy. I think that’s a stupid take. The media here is reporting events and I pay much more attention to the evaluation by medical professionals than what politicians and talking heads are saying. I suspect that government officials are also listening to medical professionals and reacting to facts on the ground. The stock markets aren’t reacting to the media and I’d guess business leaders and other private section interests like the NCAA aren’t that anxious to shut off customers unless convinced it’s prudent to do so. Obviously some panic is causing people to hoard wet wipes, so I decided to stock up on all-grain alcohol as way to drown the infection. Being in a high risk category, I figure, why not. [/QUOTE]