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Days before the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo kicked off, area politicians celebrated this great piece of Americana dubbed the worlds largest livestock show which was going forward in the age of the coronavirus.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, a 29-year-old rising political star,posted on Facebookon Feb. 28 how pumped she was for rodeo season, sharing a list of her favorite songs. Look forward to seeing yall there! #RodeoHouston.

She also reassured residents that the overall risk of COVID-19 to the general public within our counties remains low at this time.

Not to be outdone, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner donned a black suit and cowboy hat andposted a videoof himself line dancing to the wobble.

But over at the Rodeo Houston headquarters, organizers worried that the 20-day event would have to be shut down early as they watched a global increase in coronavirus cases. While COVID-19 had not been confirmed in Houston at that point, they knew it was a matter of time.

Do we really think the rodeo will be shut down? they asked Dr. Kelly Larkin, an ER physician and longtime board member of the rodeo.

Yes, she said.

Enough evidence existed that something was probably going to develop during that time period. We just didnt know how or when, she told ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.

A review by the news organizations of thousands of emails, social media posts, press releases and public comments by civic and municipal leaders, along with interviews, shows that government leaders, health officials and rodeo organizers knew that once the novel coronavirus was detected here, they would have to shut down the rodeo. Many in the community were urging organizers and city leaders to cancel the event.

It is my belief that you should use your authority to basically shut down the Houston Rodeo or at least those components of it that will take place in a closed arena, attorney Seth Chandler, the former director of the University of Houstons Health Law & Policy Institute, wrote to Dr. David Persse, the head of the citys Health Department, before opening day.

Chandler, who had worked with Persse on seminars involving the Zika virus, added, I know full well the Rodeo is hardly the only potential source of spread in Texas. But it strikes me as the most serious threat. We can, of course, wait until we have confirmed cases, and doing so might make a closure more politically palatable. But by the time we discover a confirmed case, there are likely 50 circulating in the community

Organizers and other key leaders shared little of these concerns with the public and instead remained on message: COVID-19 was not a local threat and the 20-day rodeo would go on.

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the citys largest annual event, attracting 2.5 million people and generating nearly $400 million in economic activity for the region. Thousands of kids spend their entire year preparing for the livestock show.

Ultimately, on March 11, after eight days, the rodeo shut down. A police officer from a neighboring county who attended a pre-rodeo barbecue tested positive for COVID-19 evidence that it was now spreading in the community. The health department is now confident the officer caught the virus at the rodeo.

So far, at least 18 people who attended the rodeo and live in four counties surrounding Houston have tested positive for the coronavirus, though it is unclear if they all contracted it at the event. The city of Houston, which reports its cases separately, did not provide ProPublica and the Tribune with its updated figure, saying it is busy responding to COVID-19.

The actual number of people with ties to the rodeo who were infected may never be known. While testing remains problematic across the United States,Texas ranks among the worst in the country.

Persse, who also serves as medical director for the rodeos safety committee, said no one wanted to make a rushed decision, fearing they would lose the publics confidence. At the end of day, he said, the community has got to believe we have their overall interest at heart.

Claus Wilke, a University of Texas at Austin biologist who studies the evolution of viruses, believes the rodeo should have closed earlier, although he said its hard to pin the blame solely on organizers or the city when neither the federal government nor Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had issued guidance on such events.

I see this as a political failure first, and probably more so at the level of the federal government, he said.

By early March, it was already out of control in Italy. At that point we should have been fully aware of what was happening, he said. For a disease spreading widely, all it takes is one person who drives a car from an area where it has been circulating to an area where it hasnt and there you have it.

The countrys fourth-largest city was not the only to grapple with decisions about what to do regarding thousands of events big and small iconic to their communities and, at times, huge economic drivers. In Seattle, its beloved soccer team, the Sounders, played before a crowd of 33,000 fans despite recommendations from health officials that large events be cancelled, ProPublica and the Seattle Timesreported.

In the coming weeks and months, states and cities across the country will have to decide when to allow large gatherings again and may encounter the very struggles that Seattle and Houston leaders have faced: protecting the public while igniting economic growth, providing transparency while not creating fear.

Here is the backstory on how local leaders tried in vain to pull off the rodeo, a signature Texas event held nearly every year since 1932 with the exception of 1937 due to a fire.

Rodeo organizers and city Health Department officials had tracked the spread of the coronavirus since January and more closely as opening day approached, knowing it would impact the efforts of 35,000 volunteers, 135 full-time staff and the millions of dollars in educational grants and scholarships given to participants.

In his weekly update to the mayor on Feb. 27, Persse wrote about community spread in California and Washington State. As predicted, the U.S. strategy of containment appears to begin to fail. We should expect to have community spread in Texas shortly.

Larkin and the rodeo executive leadership were meeting daily. They were carefully watching the spread, monitoring suspected cases, discussing the delays in getting local test results, just flat-out hoping they could keep the rodeo open for yet another day.

We were watching what was happening in other parts of the world, and we knew that it was happening here, said Larkin.

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had declared the novel coronavirus a public health emergency by the end of January.

Federal officials warned it would likely spread in the United States. Its not so much of a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more of a question of exactly when this will happen, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,said on Feb. 25.

Rodeo organizers were getting multiple calls from people concerned about the event taking place and asking what they were doing to prevent an outbreak. Lisa Gagnon, the rodeos executive director of marketing, asked the city for help. With the Rodeo starting on Tuesday, we welcome any feedback, advice or collaboration, she wrote on March 1.

The rodeo nearly doubled the number of hand sanitizer stations and posted signs throughout the grounds reminding people toproperly wash their hands. They added ahealth tips sheet on their website with CDC guidelines and advised people who felt sick to stay home.

This is a difficult situation, Persse wrote in an email to Gagnon. There are NO cases in SE Texas as yet. Many expect that there will be, we just do not know when or whom.

But he warned there would inevitably be the criticism that those gatherings should have been closed/canceled if theres later a case of a person who attended one of them.

Yet, today we have no reason to do so, other than to stimulate even more unnecessary fear, Persse added. We need to anticipate that and give people the best guidance we can in an environment where [we] do not necessarily have all of the facts. As of today, there is no reason not to go to the Rodeo. I for one am very much looking forward to seeing Willie Nelson, never seen him before! Wish I had better news to share.

In his email to Persse, the Houston health director, Chandler, said he calculated that at least 10 people in the Houston area could have contracted the virus and, in a closed space like the rodeo, the possibility existed for the virus spiraling out of control.

By March 3, the day the rodeo opened, there were more than 90,000 cases confirmed globally, andabout 70in the United States. Places such as Washington state and New York were becoming hot spots.

Then, there was the first local case.

On March 4, a man in his 70s who lives in neighboring Fort Bend County became the states first confirmed coronavirus case after returning from a river cruise in Egypt.

As the rodeo went on, more emails from constituents asked the mayor to consider closing it.

No confirmed cases today DOES NOT mean there isnt any case in Houston, as many patients dont have symptoms but can spread the disease, a March 4 email said.

Two days later, there were six more cases.

All were related to the same Nile River cruise not evidence of community spreading.

Nearly 500,000 people had already attended the barbecue cook-off and rodeo.

Every day was like holding your breath, Larkin said.

With every negative test, the rodeo lived for another day.

But the threat of the virus kept getting closer.

The reality is there were people saying, including public health officials, you dont have to cancel events or close schools until you have community transmission, but that was flawed advice, said Ellen Carlin, an assistant professor in the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University. From a health perspective, its very risky.

Across the state, as of Sunday, there were nearly 19,000 cases of COVID-19 reported, with 4,600 in Harris County more than twice as many as the next county. Given low testing rates, UT Austinresearchers assumethat one in 10 cases is tested and reported.

On March 6, Austin Mayor Steve Adlercanceled South by Southwest, an annual arts and technology festival scheduled for March 13-22 that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from more than 100 countries.

Pressure to shut the rodeo intensified, but rodeo and government leaders insisted the rodeo was different.

The Rodeo is predominantly a local event, with 73% of the 2019 Rodeo visitors residing in the greater Houston area, 94% in Texas, and 99% in the U.S., rodeoorganizers said. In contrast, 26% of the 2019 SXSW attendees were international.

Persse remained confident that they had stopped the spread of coronavirus from that Egyptian cruise in time. Still, on March 7, his office began drafting news releases and key messages in the event of community spread.

More COVID-19 cases became public. When a New York woman who attended the rodeo on March 8 tested positive, the Houston Health Department said, she was not symptomatic during the Rodeo visit and there is a low risk to attendees.

However, there had already beenreportsfrom China and Europe of patients who tested positive despite having no symptoms or very mild ones, and epidemiologists were warning that such patients could infect others before they realized they were sick with COVID-19. The virus has an incubation period of up to 14 days.

By March 9, the Houston area had 12 confirmed cases, all still tied to the cruise.

Another case came the following day.

A young woman tested positive. She had been studying abroad and flew back to Houston from Italy feeling ill.

Some 786,000 people had already attended the rodeo.

Then came the call.

We have a patient who was a community-acquired case who was hospitalized, Persse told Larkin.

It was about 9:30 p.m. on March 10. The K-pop boy band NCT 127 was playing in the NRG Stadium.

Darn, Larkin recalled responding, It was a wow kind of moment.

Thats all she needed to know.

By then more than 850,000 had attended the rodeo. An additional million attendees were expected over the next 12 days.

She got on the phone with rodeo president Joel Cowley.

Hours before the city held a press conference to announce the cancellation, Larkin and Cowley gathered staff to explain why one case had changed everything.

When theres a community-acquired patient where you dont know where they got it from, it means they got it from someone who is out there who doesnt know they have it and they are just out there going to the grocery store, going to school, pumping gas, Larkin said.

Teachers, vendors and parents some crying called the city to plead that the rodeo stay open. They couldnt bear the thought of the students not being able to show their animals and the economic loss.

On the rodeos last day, over 2,000 youth from across the state had checked in to show their lambs and goats. An additional 2,600 unloaded their heifers for what was supposed to be a multi-day event.

Everyone got in for free.

Then, by 4 p.m., they all had to be off the premises.

Based on when the police officer started showing symptoms, Persse said he is confident the officer, who is in his 40s, caught the virus at the rodeo. Before the barbecue cook-off, he had been working security near a construction site, Persse said, which doesnt involve a lot of human-to-human contact.

Which means somebody else brought it in and if they infected him, how many people at the rodeo did they infect? he asked. Thats always been my position, and thats why we immediately moved to shut down the rodeo.

During the announcement of the cancellation at City Hall on March 11, Turner said he had no regrets allowing the rodeo to go on. Were basing the decision based on the science and the medical advice and the facts that are presented.

Turner did not respond to an interview request. His spokespeople referred ProPublica and the Tribune to the March press conference.

While people in his line of work knew it was not a question of if but when, Persse said, from the standpoint of community leaders, shutting down rodeos and airports and doing all those sorts of things before you have evidence of spread, thats just completely counterintuitive to them.

But Persse said hes pleased that elected leaders responded once there was clear evidence of a community spread.

For some time, and especially this weekend, it became very evident that we were facing limitations in our testing capability, Hidalgo said at the press conference on March 11. Over the last couple of days its become clear that may give us in a sense an undercount.

Although Wilke, the UT Austin biologist, advocated for canceling large gatherings early on, he said he also understands the difficulty of making those decisions.

Think of an earthquake, it happens, everybody can see it, can deal with it. With a pandemic, you have to make decisions when it feels too early, he said.

At no point did rodeo organizers feel they were doing something incredibly risky, Cowley said during an interview.

You can hindsight it to death and say we should have closed earlier, he said. We felt we were discussing this with experts, the experts were basing their opinions on science and facts, and we were still conducting our events being hyper vigilant about hygiene.

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The next big challenge for activists is Polands presidential election, scheduled for May 10. With incumbent President Andrzej Duda, a PiS loyalist, riding high in the polls, PiS is keen to press ahead with the vote despite the pandemic.

After backing down from an initial plan to go ahead with the election as normal, PiS has offered the opposition two options: hold the vote entirely by post or change the constitution to extend Dudas term by another two years.

Although many Poles oppose the government and criticism has been rife about the risks of organising an election during a pandemic, activists are unsure if they will be able to put enough pressure on PiS to delay the poll.

Bogumil Kolmasiak, a new media specialist at Akcja Demokracja, a prominent campaigning organisation, said his team was exploring options.

On April 11, Akcja Demokracja asked Poles to take part in a Lets postpone elections event. People leant out of their windows or went out onto their balconies to play a synchronised alarm bell on their mobile phones. They also hung banners calling for the election to be postponed.

Kolmasiak declared the event a success. Some 5,000 people signed up to join the event and around 200 sent video clips or photos to Akcja Demokracja.

Kolmasiak said this type of protest under lockdown was uniquely challenging as it involved people being politically active from their homes, exposing their views to neighbours or passersby from what is usually a safe, intimate space.

This is the first time we organised an action exclusively online during the pandemic, and our actions usually combine online and offline activities. We treat this one as a dress rehearsal for what will come next, and we expect every further action to be bigger.

According to Kolmasiak, a recent Akcja Demokracja appeal to email lawmakers about the abortion draft law led to almost three million emails being sent, which pretty much crashed the website of the group.

With isolation measures in place, we have so many people simply sitting at home and hanging out online, and this is a huge potential that we are thinking a lot about how to best use, he said. This sad situation is also an opportunity to learn new forms of activism. There is lots of space for creativity.

This sad situation is also an opportunity to learn new forms of activism. There is lots of space for creativity.

Bogumil Kolmasiak, Akcja Demokracja

Obywatele RP, a civic group involved in pro-democracy protests since PiS came to power in 2015, has said that if the poll goes ahead by post in May, its members will publicly destroy their ballots.

We call on all those who plan to take part in the elections or their organisation, actively or passively, to boycott the poll, Obywatele RP said in an online statement. We warn the government to put an end to this farce and focus on the real management of this crisis.

Opposition parties are divided over how best to deal with the presidential election. On Monday, the main opposition force, Civic Coalition, proposed holding the vote next spring.

Meanwhile, anti-government voters are debating what to do if the election does go ahead by post in May. The question is whether to boycott the vote altogether, thus paving the way for a Duda victory, or take part despite profound misgivings about a pandemic election.

A possible strike by postal voters could prove a dealbreaker. Union representatives have expressed concerns about the extra risk posed to their workers, already on the frontlines, by having to deliver the ballots for the nationwide poll just as the epidemic reaches its peak.

The leader of the postal workers union told Polish media that workers were considering a go-slow strike on the day of the vote, with employees working to rule. Such a strike could cause severe disruptions to the election, which experts say is likely to be marred by logistical difficulties anyway.

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The next generation is slowly but surely beginning to make an impact on the world we are living in. They are proving to be intelligent, articulate, and passionate about their beliefs and future. Lets take a closer look at how this generation is standing out.

This generation is the first to grow up in an entirely digital world. They have always lived with the internet and many have even never lived without access to the internet in their home. Due to this, they are swiftly becoming much more comfortable with technology than their parents might ever be.

Coding is even taught in schools, and it might not be too long before we see the next big technological leap coming from young minds rather than industry experts. Investors and other interested parties are already on the hunt for leads like this. Tej Kohli, Sir Chris John, Steve Morgan and other prominent philanthropists want to help companies who are looking to better humanity overall. If they were to reach out to offer funding to a younger person with such an idea, it would give them the funding and platform needed to potentially work on a worldwide level.

Name a movement at the moment and you will find young people as the voices at the very heart of it. Be it gun control or climate change, it is the younger generations that are spearheading these important movements. It is incredibly easy to get involved in these movements yourself. Even joining in through social media can make a massive difference in the grand scheme of things, adding your voice to the others.

Just take a look at some of the young people who are already rising thanks to their activism. People like Malala Yousafzai and Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez are already showing that young people have a much-deserved voice when it comes to standing up for what they believe in.

This generation has some of the most tolerant and accepting individuals amongst it. While there are those who subscribe to more conservative values, there are also many accepting and celebrating liberalism.

More and more young people are claiming to fall somewhere on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. The conversation about trans and non-binary rights is also alive, with many exploring their sexualities and gender identity in a way that has not really been done so far. With them pushing the boundaries and encouraging conversations in older generations, there are so many things that can be learned from how they view the world.

While the stereotype definitely exists that the younger generations are immature and dont know what they are talking about, this generation is most definitely changing that. They are unafraid to go after what they want, and their vision of a better world is one that can most definitely be achieved. There is a long way to go to get all the generations in a conversation that works, but the youngest among us are going to be the ones to do it. They are already standing out amongst the population and they will no doubt change the world as we know it.

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An $8 million fund launched by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will create more production opportunities in the coming months and in turn protect the jobs of media professionals.

The Public Service Content Fund is part of a series of initiatives introduced by the authority to tide Singapore's media sector over the Covid-19 pandemic.

Media firms can benefit from reduced operating costs and more project opportunities while practitioners, including freelancers, can tap subsidised training fees to sharpen their craft during the downtime, said IMDA yesterday.

Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran said these initiatives are part of the larger national effort to protect jobs and livelihoods.

"In the longer term, the Government will continue to build capabilities to better prepare our workers, businesses and people to seize opportunities. Working together, we will overcome this period of uncertainty and emerge stronger as one," he added.

Under the new fund initiative, media firms Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Mediacorp and Viddsee will commission short-form content for their digital platforms through a call for proposals. Media firms and talent can take advantage of this circuit breaker period to put together their proposals and start production work when restrictions are lifted.

SPH deputy chief executive Anthony Tan said this initiative will encourage the local content production community during these trying times.

IMDA will extend its support for ground-up initiatives by media associations, by contributing to a Covid-19 relief fund set up by the Singapore Association of Motion Picture Professionals to support those affected by the cancellation and postponement of projects.

Half of the $40,000 fund will be contributed by the IMDA, and the rest by the association. Those affected can apply for grants of between $300 and $500. In addition, the authority is encouraging professionals to deepen their craft during this downtime.

It will support the upskilling of self-employed professionals by providing a grant of up to 90 per cent of course fees, capped at $3,000 per course under the Talent-Assistance scheme.

Media companies will also receive a waiver of the film exhibition and distribution licence fees from this Friday for both new licence applications and renewals of existing licences. Classification fees for films (public exhibition and video distribution) and video games as well as label fees will also be waived until further notice.

IMDA will also be helping media firms to boost their competitiveness by tapping the expertise of its international content partners.

It has worked with partners such as WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks APAC and ViacomCBS Networks Asia to bring forward the implementation of a capabilities partnership programme, which pairs media multinational corporations with local media firms to develop "Made in Singapore" content.

The programme is expected to benefit 80 to 100 local media companies over the next 12 months.

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Callum Wilson has dealt with uncertainty for most of his career. The Biarritz Olympique centre and former England sevens player knows the life of a sportsman can change with the stroke of a pen on a contract without much notice. He once found out he was leaving a club over the loudspeakers of a stadium when the president addressed the fans after the final match of the season to tell them which players would be departing that summer. The coronavirus crisis has brought a different kind of uncertainty. The 29-year-old is currently locked down in his apartment aware that he may be out of contract by the end of the year.

Wilson is unable to leave his home in Bayonne without a note and can only exercise within one kilometre of the apartment. Every morning, he and his girlfriend prepare a detailed to-do list and work through it. His list contains exercises to keep his body in shape for the rigours of rugby and study for his preparations for life after rugby. His contract is winding down and Wilson is now unable to showcase his talent to interested clubs.

I dont know where Im playing rugby next year. Even with that hanging over me, Ive never been more productive. I want to play for at least another three years, but this period has forced me to think deeply about life after rugby and what I want to do with my life. Its a worrying time for so many people in sport and across the world, but I am trying to control what I can, which is preparing for my future.

Wilson is researching a career in executive coaching. He has an an eclectic rugby career, sharing changing rooms with players from all over the world, learning different languages and experiencing a variety of cultures. He has spent the last three years in France, initially at Soyaux Angouleme before stints with Bayonne and now Biarritz. He has grown to love life in France, but cautions against the rose-tinted vision that he is playing champagne rugby on sun-kissed turf.

When I arrived in Angouleme, I stood waiting for 45 minutes in the rain and eventually was taken to this little studio flat overlooking a prison. I live a simple life, so knew I would just have to get on with it. I didnt have a car, so even things like getting a bank account was a disaster. I had to walk 2km to the nearest bank and then I found out they werent open on Monday and didnt even have cash available if you didnt have a bank card. The simple things seemed impossible. I just needed to take any emotion out of it and seek the positive.

On his first morning at the club, he was told to strip down to his underwear for a fat test in front of the team as they enjoyed their breakfast. It was an unconventional induction but he gained respect for having learnt a modicum of French. I knew that language was going to be so crucial in how I settled in France. I had done around eight hours of private tuition before I arrived, but was keen to do more. The club helped me, of course, but I gained a higher level by getting to know some Mormons from Salt Lake City who were doing their mission here. I learned with them. They knew that I am not religious and didnt try to convert me. Helping me to learn French just gave them something to do. I recommend going to them to players in Biarritz now and I still visit them to practice.

During his time with the England sevens team, Wilson became accustomed to a structured approach to rugby. In France, he swapped the intricate gameplans that have made English rugby a muscular chessboard for the off-the-cuff game he had fallen in love with as a boy.

Many players come to France and they think its all jouez, jouez and a lighter training schedule. I had experienced the incredibly intensive cardio work with England sevens training, and I have never been run so hard in France. There wasnt the same scientific approach that I was used to in England. We were encouraged to play on instinct, which often made the game a lot more enjoyable, and you had to be ready to react to whatever happened and not just go to the pre-programmed gameplan.

Wilson became a crowd favourite in Angouleme, a town that has two great loves: comic books and rugby. He was asked for selfies in the local bakery and was pulled over by the police, not for speeding, but so they could ask him how his season was going. Wilson had played in front of 500 people on a good day in the Championship in England and was now entertaining crowds of 8,000 complete with brass bands, pyrotechnics and cheerleaders.

At home, every game is treated the same. In France, the home game takes a far greater significance. Believe it or not, some of this comes down to wine. Theres great pride in the quality of each regions soil and its ability to produce a specific type of wine. This gives a real connection to the terre, the earth. They want to defend the town at all costs and rugby allows these small communities to do that against big towns, or powerhouses. In England, rugby can have a reputation of being an upper-class game. In the south of France, its the peoples game no matter what background you come from you will support the local team.

Wilson understands that passion and his extremely aggressive brand of rugby suits it, yet his calm demeanour initially confused his coaches. At my first home games coaches were bollocking me for smiling in the changing room before we went out. I have always played my best rugby when I am enjoying myself and I like to be very calm before a game. Before home games, we would sit there for hours in silence, no talking, just getting up for the game. It means so much to them to win that game at home.

Wilson signed for Biarritz last year but has not been given as much time on the field as he would like. The restrictions on foreign players have been tightened and he has found his opportunities limited. Now that coronavirus has decimated the rugby season, he does not have a suitable shop window to show off his talents.

I believe that if youre in a situation of uncertainty, you have to grab control. Whatever control you can grasp, you have to do it. So what can I control? I can ensure that I eat healthily. I can ensure that I do as much exercise to keep my body ready and finally, I can be proactive and see what opportunities are out there for me. Im one of these people that is only happy when Ive given everything, as you get older winning and losing is part of life, its the effort that youve put in that counts in life.

Jonathan Drennan is on Twitter and you can read his interviews here.

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