Hey, we're totally not fear mongering by cancelling SXSW - meanwhile, a few hours after cancelling, to keep people from going to large gatherings, here is the mayor encouraging his entire city to go to large gatherings

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More from the mayor in the link I posted elsewhere in this thread:

How many cases have been detected in Austin at this time?

We don’t have any cases detected in Austin at this time.

How many tests is Austin performing at this time?

That number hasn’t been released, because we’re not releasing negative results. There’s been one or two confirmed cases of testing, but with negative results. We’re not going to keep identifying the number of negative tests that were given.

Personally I feel like not releasing negative test numbers feeds the mania. The vast majority of people tested will and do test negative. If people were able to see those negative results as compared to deaths it would dwarf the fear mongering.