# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2020 Breaking News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 11, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758 "2020-02-11T01:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/702 "2020-03-12T20:19:29Z")
Broadway shows shut down through April 12. > **[Broadway Shuts Down: Performances Canceled Through ...](https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198775/broadway-shuts-down-performances-canceled-through-april-12-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/)** > > As a precaution due to COVID-19, all Broadway performances have been canceled until April 12, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Charlotte St. Martin,&nbs... ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/703 "2020-03-12T20:26:50Z")
NCAA Basketball Tournament cancelled in full. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/704 "2020-03-12T20:28:45Z")
The governor of Ohio shut down all K-12 schools for 3 weeks. In our district, that means 4 weeks because 4 weeks from now is spring break. Parents are scrambling. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/705 "2020-03-12T20:29:56Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > 1. If you start feeling ill, you may not be able to get tested. Self-isolate. On first glance I read this as “Self-immolate.” Yowza, things are getting SERIOUS. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/706 "2020-03-12T20:31:00Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [This weekend’s IndyCar and NASCAR races will be held in front of empty stands](https://sports.yahoo.com/indycar-nascar-closed-fans-amid-covid-19-pandemic-194213568--spt.html); [next week’s NASCAR race in Miami has been postponed](https://www.foxnews.com/auto/nascars-miami-homestead-postponed). To be fair, the stands at most NASCAR events have been mostly empty for years now. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/707 "2020-03-12T20:31:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > A preview of human reactions in a couple of months? Why? Do you think the virus will lead to mass starvation soon? If not, what do you think humans will be fighting over? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/708 "2020-03-12T20:34:02Z")
[Toilet paper.](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toilet+paper+fight) ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/709 "2020-03-12T20:36:19Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Toilet paper.](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toilet+paper+fight) The entire living population of ex-Soviet citizens must be collectively rolling their eyes. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/710 "2020-03-12T21:08:21Z")
Broadway is shutting down for a couple weeks as the governor banned most gatherings of over 500 people. > **[Broadway Goes Dark to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic | TheaterMania](https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/broadway-will-go-dark-at-5pm-to-combat-coronavirus_90766.html)** > > New York State has banned gatherings of more than 500 people. I think it more likely it will stayed closed indefinitely. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/711 "2020-03-12T21:15:49Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Toilet paper.](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=toilet+paper+fight) And [face masks](https://soranews24.com/2020/02/26/street-fight-breaks-out-in-japans-second-largest-city-between-shoppers-wanting-to-buy-masks%E3%80%90vid%E3%80%91/). ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/712 "2020-03-12T21:16:03Z")
Disneyland in California will be closed at least until the end of March. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/713 "2020-03-12T22:06:32Z")
Authorities in Ohio believe there are 100,000 cases in the state. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/714 "2020-03-12T22:13:15Z")
I predict that this event will lead to the US finally implementing a European style national healthcare system within the next 10-15 years. If not this than nothing will. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/715 "2020-03-12T22:15:39Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Authorities in Ohio believe there are 100,000 cases in the state. Whooooaaahhh. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/716 "2020-03-12T22:21:30Z")
BREAKING: The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/717 "2020-03-12T22:26:05Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Broadway is shutting down for a couple weeks as the governor banned most gatherings of over 500 people. > > [Broadway Goes Dark to Combat Coronavirus Pandemic - TheaterMania.com](https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/broadway-will-go-dark-at-5pm-to-combat-coronavirus_90766.html) > > I think it more likely it will stayed closed indefinitely. [Off by three years.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isG3qkQXBic) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/718 "2020-03-12T22:29:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > BREAKING: The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. Stolen, and made clear I stole it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/719 "2020-03-12T22:32:39Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > BREAKING: The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. Stunned silence. You know, this may have made the whole pandemic worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/720 "2020-03-12T22:37:57Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I poked at my conservative friends this morning with a headline that Pence said no copays for getting tested - I said “SOCIALISM!” > > In Singapore and Hong Kong they lowered financial barriers to getting tested and getting treated - all free. They also instituted more aggressive testing and tracking. Guess what - their rates of infection are lower and slower than in the US. And as a result, their economies are likely to recover quicker, and everyone get back to normal routines sooner. Singapore if charging full cost for foreigners treated in it’s public hospitals. It is afraid of being overrun by sick people from Indonesia. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758/721 "2020-03-12T22:38:35Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > [Off by three years.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isG3qkQXBic) Meanwhile, [_Akira_ was right on the nose](https://soranews24.com/2020/02/18/did-the-akira-manga-predict-the-coronavirus-epidemic/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2020-breaking-news/847758.md?page=37)