Nearly 10,000 sign petition calling for SXSW to be canceled over mounting coronavirus worries
A Change.org petition on Sunday calling for the cancellation of South by Southwest, an annual media festival scheduled to take place March 13-22, is rapidly growing in signatures amid increasing fear of the spread of COVID-19.
"I'm concerned about the hundreds of thousands of people who will be traveling to austin Texas[sic] in march for the SXSW festival," the Change.org petition author, Shayla Lee, wrote in the petition addressed to SXSW, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the Austin Department of Public Health, and the Centers for Disease Control. "I believe that having an event like this is irresponsible amid an outbreak."
The petition received nearly 10,000 signatures by Sunday evening.
On February 28, SXSW posted an update to its website that told people the event would go on as planned, citing guidance from the World Health Organization.
https://news.yahoo.com/nearly-10-000-sign-petition-220000826.html
Don't go if you're worried about it. I have a suspicion however that these people would never bother to go if there wasn't a coronavirus.
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