Covid-19

[jmrathbun]

Our local club is winding up for its annual show and sale next month. It's the biggest in the SE US outside of Florida and attracts exhibitors, judges, and attendees from all over. Several large rooms are full to overflowing with plants and people throughout the three days of the show. Similar events are held routinely throughout the US and abroad.

Question: Is this appropriate with the current onslaught of Covid-19, which has sickened over 100,000 people that we know of, killing roughly 3% of them, including over 500 documented cases in the US to date? Bear in mind that the death rate for young, healthy folks may be closer to 1% while older, infirm, and juveniles may be closer to 5% and it apparently spreads readily through casual contact for weeks before symptoms are evident.