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NAB Cancellation Thread: From Adobe, AJA, and Avid to Zaxcom. And of course NAB themselves!
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well – I live in Orlando, Florida – 2 minutes from Universal Studios and 15 minutes from Disney. There are more international tourists here, than will ever be in Las Vegas – so I AM GOING to NAB 2020.
Disney is not shutting down, Universal is not shutting down, Sea World is not shutting down, and all the neighborhood restaurants that I frequent (which include the Orlando Convention center which is 10 minutes from me) is not shutting down. So all of this is “child’s play” compared to what could happen here in Orlando – so I AM GOING to NAB.With that said – does anyone on this forum know where I can get a liver transplant ?
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
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[Tim Wilson] “But I’m also aware from having some immuno-compromised folks in my family that I could easily survive something like the flu or Coronavirus that I might pass along as a carrier, that would kill THEM. I gotta tell you, I’d really rather not live with the burden of killing an older or younger loved one because I felt the need to see a bunch of new widgets or old friends. It can all wait this year.
“THIS.
I’m blessed with pretty excellent health for my age. So I don’t have a single fear that attending NAB would put me in the slightest jeopardy.
But I’m utterly unwilling to become a vector for a known virus that’s spread by close human contact.
Two anecdotes from the past week. There’s a small little shopping center a 2 minute walk from my front door. We’re there a LOT because the mom and pop restaurant is convenient, they all know us, and when we need a break from edit sessions, we tend to take that path of least resistance. It’s the type of restaurant where there are two signs on the wall near the large “back room” noting that the Rotary and the Lions both have held meetings there for decades. Three of us were eating there the other day and I looked around the eatery and while some days the place is full of families and business folk, this particular day a bit late in the lunch cycle I suspect the average age of the clientele was about 80.
THAT is where I’m simply NOT going to be the guy who came back from a monster convention carrying a bug that probably wouldn’t hurt ME – but might screw with all the decent veterans and locals in my neighborhood who are just trying to live out their lives in peace and quiet.
Two doors down is the local barbershop.
I don’t always go there, because frankly, the shop is kinda Trump Central, and the political discussions barely make sense to me. (Bitcoin is a liberal plot? Really?) But I still like to stop by every few months and listen to the concerns of that slice of contemporary thinking. But THIS TIME, the average age in the room was closer to 90! Talk about the MOST vulnerable population.
And what REALLY stuck me was that as both the barbers finished one customer, they didn’t even wash hands or use sanitizer between clients. They had actually TALKED about COVID-19 during the time I was there – but didn’t actually do ANY of the recommendations as a public business full of barber chair arms and cash bills and magazines that the general public spends time touching all day long.
The more I think about this the more I think maybe I ought to look seriously into buying a Flowbee.
That’s the landscape out there, at least in my neighborhood here in San Diego.
And it’s not very pretty.
If I did go to NAB, I’d try to spend the next month self-monitoring and go out as little as possible for the next month. I can do that because my entire editing operation is at home now. But I’m still an outlier that way.
And my thinking about everything has changed a bunch in the past month.
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Hello –
I took Bill Davis’ post to heart. He frequents places that service people in their 70’s and 80’s. We have friends that play music at the Moose Lodge, and Elks Club and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and when we go, we are the youngest people that are there (and I am 64 and my wife is 60).LET ME TELL YOU – I like going to local neighborhood places that are not tourist traps.
When I go to Vegas, I will be going here – the food is AMAZING –https://www.yelp.com/biz/asian-bbq-and-noodle-las-vegas
if you look at the second review, you will see that the reviewer will cite how horrible the cleanliness or heath care that this restaurant is responsible for. The other reviews are wonderful – and my review is wonderful. I AM GOING. It’s great, and it’s cheap.
SO – what does this mean – does this mean that when I get back from NAB 2020, I am going to infect all of Orlando with Coronavirus ? Will I be “patient zero” and be blamed for the deaths of thousands of people ? REMEMBER – we go to see our friends play music at the Moose Lodge and Elks Club and Fraternal Order of Eagles all the time – and these are vunerable 70 and 80 year old people. Will I be the one responsible for killing all these people ?
I can only say this –
I AM GOING TO NAB. I always go to NAB. I will not be left behind. I will know all the latest technology. If I die in the process – well – so be it. There ain’t no 20 – 30 year old that is getting ahead of me, just because of a life threatening disease. I would rather be dead. What’s the alternative – “well – you did not go to NAB, and there are now other guys in their early 30’s who know more than you do – and you can’t compete with them – BUT YOU SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES”. No sir – I would rather go to hell.Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Pretty sure that NAB won’t be happening
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The panic mentality has really taken hold. At least this time I’m no longer working in a laboratory up to my ears in nasal swabs like during the avian flu panic about 12 or so years ago. Just today, a really big Conference/Trade Show cancelled in my (and Bob’s) neck of the woods too:
https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/coronavirus/2020/03/03/donald-trump-himss-conference-orlando
Roger
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Sorry, I had a senior moment during my last post. It wasn’t the avian flu, but the H1N1 swine flu outbreak of 2009 I was referring to.
Roger
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I think that many of you WANT NAB to be cancelled. Seems that everyone is excited that it might be cancelled.
As Steve Conner mentioned – I live in Orlando, Florida, around the corner from Universal Studios, and about 2 miles away from the giant Orlando Convention center. Right outside my door is “restaurant row”, which services all these convention people and tourists. I continue to eat there, and the restaurants are all crowded (someone is saying “you’ll be sorry !).So I should be dead from Coronavirus, long before NAB starts this April. And yes, conventions are being cancelled here – part of the panic. In the mean time – life goes on here as normal. Still can’t find a spot in the grocery store parking lot (and it’s not from people stocking up on water, toilet paper, and hand sanitizer).
Bob
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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Bob, I don’t think Coronavirus could stop you!
Of course nobody really NEEDS to go to NAB. So that might be the reason people won’t go. At least the bars won’t be crowded when you go.
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All decisions are individual choices but it is not that easy to decide …
FRANCOIS
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Hello NAB readers,
I myself is taking a pass on NAB this year. Better safe than sorry even though all precautions are in place I’m sure.
As stated in this thread that you can get all the information on the internet.
When I get information on NAB 2020 I will post it.Happy Travels
Ralph Hajik
RJTravelMedia
https://www.RJTravelMedia.com
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