Without losing perspective, the city in the U.S. that may have been hit hardest thus far by the spread of the coronavirus may be one that has not yet seen a single case of the illness: Austin, Texas, where the annual South by Southwest conference, which brings dozens of thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars to the city every year, was cancelled on Friday.
So in the spirit of people who are going to the city anyway, here’s a link to a list of what’s happening in Austin this week, despite the cancellation of SXSW, courtesy the Austin American-Stateman: https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/sxsw-event-status/ The ten-day conference, which encompasses music, film and tech, was seen by local government as too much of a health
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