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"Today the threat of community spread is low [in Austin], but we are prepared for that to happen here," said Mark Escott with Austin Public Health in a press conference March 4.
He went on to say that right now, "there is no evidence that closing SXSW is going to make the community safer." In fact, he said, "one concern is if we shut down SXSW, people will still continue to come here."
Yes. It does.Caesar4 said:
Interesting, does that include the EDU component? Today I saw 3 A&M decked-out cars in Austin today advertising SXSW.
https://sxsw.tamu.edu/
It wasn't a power play. Facebook, Intel and Twitter all backed out which put pressure on others. After 10+ major sponsors backed out the pressure was on. It was more of a "CYA" situation as no one wanted to be responsible for the spread during a worldwide event of 400,000 people. I'm not saying it was the right call but it wasn't a power play.TwoTimeAg said:
Mayor and city council just wanted to make a power play...anyone think the city of Austin refunds any permit fees?