Broadway theatres will go dark beginning 5 PM, March 12.

The announcement comes as venues and performing arts organizations around New York City and the country have announced closures of their own amid rising concerns about the global coronavirus pandemic.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a press conference that no gatherings of more than 500 people will be allowed, excepting schools, hospitals, mass transit, and nursing homes. That ban will be effective beginning 5 PM, March 13.

For gatherings under 500, the seating capacity will be cut in half.

In any public health crisis, time is precious.

We lost valuable weeks while the Administration was downplaying the seriousness of this now-pandemic, instead of surging our capacity to test, treat, and slow the spread of Coronavirus.

Incompetence kills.

"Jazz players privately say that Rudy Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings," Wojnarowski reported. "Now a Jazz teammate has tested positive."

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Mike Pence said that there has been "irresponsible rhetoric" from people who have downplayed the seriousness of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pence-says-there-s-been-irresponsible-rhetoric-people-downplaying-coronavirus-n1156371 …

The moment the number of coronavirus cases in the US tops the Dow will forever be known as the Trump Curve.