As more and more people announced their plans toskip Emerald City Comic Conbecause of business concern regardingCOVID-19 , one of the biggest question on everyone ’s creative thinker was whether the convention would in reality go on as planned next week . While ECCC is n’t being canceled in a flash , things are change for the convention .

Today , Reed Exhibitions released a public statementannouncing that ECCC is being postponed until some metre in the summer , presumably at a point in which there are more effective measures in position to deal with the counterpane of the coronavirus .

“ We have been closely monitor the situation around the COVID-19 virus in Seattle , and , after many hours of conversation internally and consultation with local administration official and the tourism office , we have decide to move next hebdomad ’s Emerald City Comic Con to summertime 2020 with date and item declaration forthcoming , ” the command understand . “ We did everything that we could to start the effect as planned , but ultimately , we are following the direction of the local public health officials indicating that convention should now be table . ”

Emerald City Comic Con art.

Emerald City Comic Con art.Image: (Reed Echibitions)

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The declaration comes after ECCC ’s organizer extend repayment to anyone who purchase ticket for the convening , and while the mensuration is obviously intend to be in the populace ’s unspoiled involvement , the con ’s rescheduling is almost certainly going to lead to vexation for people who ’ve already booked travel to and accommodation in Seattle . It ’s dependable that the pattern ’s being postponed , though , if only for the fact that risible book conventionality are exactly the kinds of societal gatherings that one should really avoid in the midst of a viral outbreak .

But the expectant issue is still that we do n’t have a honest approach to really deal with the coronavirus ’ spreadhead , mean that as we get recondite into con time of year , organizers are break down to think very hard about if and how they ’re die to put on these show and win over people to come to them . With con season just catch into full   swing — WonderCon is position for April 10 - 12 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California — we’ll be keeping an eye on this developing story .

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