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CES 2021 Is Now Cancelled As Well, Some Digital Activities Will take Place
With COVID-19 still raging across the globe, CTA the organisation behind CES has made the wise decision to cancel CES 2021, at least in its physical form. It's the first exhibition in 2021 that the virus has affected.
CES 2021 in Las Vegas was programmed to take place in early January, but with the disastrous pandemic response in the US, the CTA doesn't think the country will be ready to host international events by next year. CTA president and CEO Gary Shapiro sent out an email with the now all-too-familiar COVID cancellation language. "Amid the pandemic and growing global health concerns about the spread of COVID-19," Shapiro wrote, "it's just not possible to safely convene tens of thousands of people in Las Vegas in early January 2021 to meet and do business in person.”
Shapiro said CES 2021 is "shifting to an all-digital platform for 2021" and offering "a unique experience that helps our exhibitors connect with existing and new audiences." On its website, the CTA claims it will provide a rough online equivalent to the three major pillars of CES: "Keynotes and conferences," "Product showcases," and "Meetings and networking."
CES started in 1967, in a time before the Internet communication revolution, and today it regularly pulls in 150,000+ attendees from around the world. The CTA’s decision to discard the in-person version of CES is also more confirmation that even as the US economy reopens, it will likely be a long time before comprehensive events can resume with business as usual.
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#5813114 Posted on: 07/29/2020 06:23 AM
I have a feeling they will do something similar to what Comic-Con did with inviting everyone and making it virtual, remember that?
I have a feeling they will do something similar to what Comic-Con did with inviting everyone and making it virtual, remember that?
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#5813147 Posted on: 07/29/2020 08:28 AM
I would just urge caution re: younger people not getting it.
One of the main future worries about coronavirus are its parallels with Spanish Flu about 100 years ago which in the second wave killed lots of otherwise young and fit adults. We also know that under 50, those you do need to go to hospital, approx 10% will end up needing ventilatory support or intensive care, which is a big proportion.
So far more than double the number of annual influenza deaths from coronavirus in USA and rapidly increasing, and you still have half the year left and not out of first wave yet.
Illnesses exist as long as their are vectors for them to exist in. Staying home and not creating more infections is definitely part of the solution. Also acquired immunity from infection is currently not a thing, as most people appear to be losing their antibodies after a couple of months.
Be safe people. Going virtual and distance work for now, despite its limitations, is probably amongst the best things we could be doing.
I would just urge caution re: younger people not getting it.
One of the main future worries about coronavirus are its parallels with Spanish Flu about 100 years ago which in the second wave killed lots of otherwise young and fit adults. We also know that under 50, those you do need to go to hospital, approx 10% will end up needing ventilatory support or intensive care, which is a big proportion.
So far more than double the number of annual influenza deaths from coronavirus in USA and rapidly increasing, and you still have half the year left and not out of first wave yet.
Illnesses exist as long as their are vectors for them to exist in. Staying home and not creating more infections is definitely part of the solution. Also acquired immunity from infection is currently not a thing, as most people appear to be losing their antibodies after a couple of months.
Be safe people. Going virtual and distance work for now, despite its limitations, is probably amongst the best things we could be doing.
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#5813193 Posted on: 07/29/2020 10:51 AM
SCAM-19, when will you sheeple wake up?
The only "spread" here is made by panicked minds like most of you.
Spanish flu ? parallels ? boggles the mind :s
SCAM-19, when will you sheeple wake up?
The only "spread" here is made by panicked minds like most of you.
Spanish flu ? parallels ? boggles the mind :s
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#5813198 Posted on: 07/29/2020 11:04 AM
SCAM-19, when will you sheeple wake up?
The only "spread" here is made by panicked minds like most of you.
Spanish flu ? parallels ? boggles the mind :s
COVID related miss information, disinformation campaigns are being taken down on Facebook, YouTube, & Twitter in the interest of public healthcare during the pandemic.
The more you know. The fact is your post is literally spam. Also how’d we veer off course from CES?
SCAM-19, when will you sheeple wake up?
The only "spread" here is made by panicked minds like most of you.
Spanish flu ? parallels ? boggles the mind :s
COVID related miss information, disinformation campaigns are being taken down on Facebook, YouTube, & Twitter in the interest of public healthcare during the pandemic.
The more you know. The fact is your post is literally spam. Also how’d we veer off course from CES?
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Elderly and sick should watch themselves, wear a mask etc. Young people are very rarely affected.
You think sitting and home and wearing a mask will stop this virus? cold/flu viruses have been among people since the beginning and we are still here. Regular flu kills hundreds of thousands yearly, mostly elderly and nobody cared so far.
You got it a bit backwards:
1. Wearing a mask doesn't hardly do anything at all at protecting the wearer. Wearing a mask is to prevent others from getting infected.
2. The less you interact with public spaces, the less likely you are to spread the virus. So yes, staying home does actually help. The virus is only able to spread if you give it another host. If you are unnecessarily interacting where other people go and don't take proper precautions, you are greatly increasing the chances of it spreading.
3. Coronavirus isn't scary because of its mortality rate. The problem is that it's highly contagious and has a long incubation period. You could have the disease for days, even weeks, and unknowingly spread it without symptoms.
4. Except or certain parts of Asia, nobody wears masks when they're sick, and a lot don't stay home either. So yeah, of course colds and flus stick around, because up until recently, people have been pretty inconsiderate about such things.