According to Mercury News out of Silicon Valley, CA, following the first Coronavirus death, Santa Clara County has banned all gatherings of 1,000 people or more. Santa Clara County is home to the San Jose Sharks. It certainly isn’t ideal but for the Sharks, they only have five home games left this season and only three in the next twenty-one days.
It would appear that the Sharks will be the first team to play in front of an empty arena as the threat of the Coronavirus grows by the hour. Full Press NHL will have more details as they become available.
Following first coronavirus death, Santa Clara County bans all large gathering https://t.co/P2SMTgopfT
— Mercury News (@mercnews) March 10, 2020
Santa Clara’s public health officer said Monday night the “tipping point” in deciding to ban mass gatherings was data showing community transmission of the conoravirus.
To date, there are 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county and one death linked to the virus.— Rick Westhead (@rwesthead) March 10, 2020
Santa Clara County is banning all large gatherings of 1,000 people or more for three weeks starting Wednesday because of the coronavirus outbreak.
The #SJSharks next scheduled home game is Mar 19. They have 3 across 21 days and 5 left this season. pic.twitter.com/f85gfs8pEc
— Brodie Brazil (@BrodieNBCS) March 10, 2020
Doesn’t matter. Sharks aren’t going to the playoffs this year. Might as well tank. This coronavirus is the new black plague.