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I've been thinking a lot about that "when did you realize this was serious?" poll and I've got some thoughts on this.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Apr 1 '20, 20:50

I wondered if maybe it was "Tom Hanks" or "Italy is shutting everything down" but really it was when the NBA suspended the season. By the end of the day, everything had fallen over like dominoes. Just the day before I was talking to the organizing committee for my organization's annual conference and we were confident that we would be moving ahead. But the afternoon that the NBA shut down was announced, I e-mailed the director of the conference and said "I think we need to cancel" and he was resigned to that reality. It was a full 180 turn-around in just one day. No wishy-washy nonsense. The conference was canceled, I was looking to cancel my vacation, and the university was looking to move everything online. It was a little bit like whiplash.

Mop

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We were driving to Tampa for MrsJax's birthday weekend when the cancellations started happening. We almost turned around. - JaxSean Apr 1, 21:34 1
- Sidenote: I know today I will likely remember as the first instance I had a problem with the time that has passed. - JaxSean Apr 1, 21:38 [Attachment]
This is a great question. For me it was not Hanks or NBA -- (edited) - loosilu Apr 1, 21:08
someone fb messaged me what up, I said I'm just watching the world burn, "is it really?" Yes, I think it is -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 21:04 1
- someone posted that the crew sent to meet the plane load of evacuees from Wuhan were improperly protected, then a few days later a 'community' case - zeitgeist Apr 1, 21:07
In the span of one hour: - Tim Apr 1, 20:57 5
- remeber the day3 weeks ago I showed up on ST out of the blue and said, we're fucked? - loosilu Apr 1, 21:13 2
  - SHE'S A BANSHEE!!! -- nm - Mop Apr 1, 21:30
  - Remember it well :-( -- nm - Meg Apr 1, 21:21
- I made this post... -- (link) - David Apr 1, 21:02 [Backboard] 1
  - I played pub trivia that night as well and it felt like an Irish wake. We all laughed but there was a morbid undertone. -- nm - Mop Apr 1, 21:11
Worth preparing for: late feb. Deadly serious: Tom & Rita. -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 20:53 1
- Tom Cruise / MI7 shut down in Italy & left, before Tom Hanks got infected, right? -- nm - Beryllium Apr 1, 21:10
Friday the 13th - Max Apr 1, 20:52 1
- there was a jazz group at a tavern, got cancelled, I said its not like you guys get a big enough crowd that people couldn't space themselves.... -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 1, 21:20

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I've been thinking a lot about that "when did you realize this was serious?" poll and I've got some thoughts on this.

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