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"Three of the SSEs—in Japan, Skagit County, WA, and Singapore—involved concert-goers and singing groups belting out tunes together over a period of hours. (The Skagit example is particularly interesting, because the organizers were aware of the COVID-19 risk beforehand, and took the precaution of spacing out the participants by several feet. If they had been merely chatting, instead of singing, no one might have gotten sick.)"

Imagine how bad Austin would have been if SXSW had actually gone ahead given how hellbent they were on going through with it. It would have been much much worse state than it is now. It is a positive that the government listened to health officials and shut it all down despite the complaining to the contrary. Economies never work well in sickened environments.

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