Flu

[lofty]

French gov ban gatherings of over 5000 people to prevent virus spread.this may become a problem for us.

[jimclark]

Jus' curious.....how is that supposed to work???

Virus: "Oh, there's only 5000 people here, don't jump across guys......"

Does it really give a hoot how many heads there are? Rocket science..........

[Kristof]

It's March, LM is in June ... nothing to worry about so far.

ELMS test and opening race in Barcelona could be a problem in 4 weeks time if there's an outbreak in Spain.
Monza might be a question mark for the ELMS in May.

[Bonio]

Regardless,

Cant stop us turning up in a French field for beer and merriment..

Huzzah

[Truck]

Statistically, you stand more chance of being killed by a snake, or one of those strange French sausages

[Landy_Jon]

I'm guessing that it'll all be over by then ~ and hoping the French lift their ban.

[jimclark]

It's March, LM is in June ... nothing to worry about so far.

ELMS test and opening race in Barcelona could be a problem in 4 weeks time if there's an outbreak in Spain.
Monza might be a question mark for the ELMS in May.

Outbreak in Spain? Don't forget the race hosting country might not want to let it in. 'Not necessarily the only worry being coming out with it.

[Kev_mk3]

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[Rhino]

We should be OK as alcohol kills viruses

[lofty]

We should be OK as alcohol kills viruses
I’m on it right now.prevention is better than cure.

[jimclark]

"The virus, and its unforeseen impact, has come out of the blue"

What's the impact (besides the panic and results thereof)?
And, out of the blue? The "corona" virus has been around for years and years. This one's just a new strain.

40,000ish people a year die on the highways (lowways too?) each year here in the U.S. Is this "ultra pandemic"?

Oh, the humanity......  (and more seriously, the ignorance.... )

[lofty]

Plague killed over 200 000,000

[jimclark]

And? What was the world's population and number infected at the time?....Percentage of infected?
It's not killing nearly that percentage, now is it?

"The Black Death Killed 2/3 of its victims within 3-4 days. 25 million people died due to the Black Death and 1/3-1/2 of the worlds population had died by 1350. The Black Death was a combination of three disease. The mortality rate for humans who caught the bubonic plague was 30-75%. The pneumonic plague killed 90-95% of its victims."

There is ignorance in panicking. That is more dangerous than this virus.

[smokie]

As an ACO member I received an mail from the ACO today, which said

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE


We are monitoring the Coronavirus situation closely.


For the moment, we have not been notified of any requirement to postpone or cancel any of our sporting events scheduled in the coming weeks on the Le Mans circuit. Our event calendar remains unchanged.
 
We are confident that the 24 Hours of Le Mans will go ahead as planned on 13-14 June.

Please note that our priority is to maintain our published schedule for 2020.
•   However, should it be necessary to do so, we will reschedule events later in the year.
•   In the event of a cancellation, tickets will be refunded.

[Kev_mk3]

I will still be on my ferry and going to France even if the race isnt on.