Why canceling events makes sense in the age of COVID-19
Across the nation, cities, states, and businesses are mobilizing to take drastic measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. This level of action hasn’t occurred since the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic that killed more than 50 million people around the world. Public health officials say the steps are not just necessary but critical in order to stop the spread of the virus. The difference between fast action now and further delays, they said, will determine if the disease has a low, relatively flat “curve”...