Me: As @mangeurdenuage points out [1], banning large gatherings does nothing. They need to just tell people to stay home if at all possible.

The third link tells about something that @simsa03 and @geniusmusing and myself were discussing recently: the possible impact of # on campaigns and elections.

# Wuhan # #

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9:52 pm: France bans gatherings of more than 5,000 people

France's health minister has said that gatherings of more than 5,000 people, in a confined space, will be banned. This comes as the country's number of confirmed cases rose to 73 on Saturday. [2]

6:20 pm: Coronavirus could turn the 2020 presidential campaign upside down

Should the virus continue to spread, it may become impossible for the Democratic presidential campaigns to avoid changing their event schedules. As companies cancel events and limit travel in the name of caution, candidates are taking a risk by carrying on as normal.

"I think we'll see, pretty soon, decisions by the campaigns to limit rope line and scale back events to small-town halls and use technology like streaming to reach voters," said Scott Gottlieb, former head of the Food and Drug Administration under Trump.

"Even if the risk doesn't merit these steps right now, it's important they consider the examples they set." -- Hirsch [3]

Links:
[1] https://loadaverage.org/notice/18970861 [loadaverage org]
[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/coronavirus-latest-updates-china-hubei.html [cnbc]
[3] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/29/coronavirus-live-updates-france-bans-large-gatherings.html [cnbc]