'We must set an example to prevent fear' – how San Francisco and Austin's giant tech conferences became the front lines that kicked off a frenetic fight against the coronavirus
The same day that AT&T dropped out, on February 20, San Francisco Mayor London Breed was still encouraging those registered for the RSA conference to come to San Francisco, working to downplay worries about the virus, and keeping in close contact with event promoters.
RSA President Rohit Ghai opened the conference with a keynote speech in which he offered "thanks to Mayor London Breed and her office for collaborating with our conference team to ensure a healthy and safe event for all." in San Francisco. In a surreal juxtaposition to the RSA president's opening speech, the city's director of health stood before the mic at a news conference and stressed that "this is not business as usual.
that said the governor and other officials said he was "the first Connecticut presumptive positive case of coronavirus." In Austin, a state capital that sees fun as its right and where tourism employs around 10% of its roughly one million citizens, a tense drama unfolded over several weeks as the coronavirus and the South By Southwest festival were heading for the city on a collision course. Unlike the mixed messages and contradictions that colored San Francisco's approach, Austin officials and SXSW organizers seemed unpersuaded by the mounting evidence that viruses and large gatherings don't mix.
But health guidance was changing rapidly. By March 3, the World Health Organization was urging anything but "usual precautions."
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