There will likely be many more conventions cancelled or postponed. Most will have to wait for government action to force their hand in order to invoke the 'force majeure' clauses in their contracts to do so without going bankrupt. For those who don't know there are often very high cancellation penalties as well as the event being on the hook for the room cost of all the rooms in the room block that wouldn't be rented. Invoking that clause gets them off the hook for that. Most furry cons in the US do not have or even qualify for event insurance.
I'd say the ones that have rescheduled are being very optimistic. We haven't come close to seeing the peak of this pandemic. I've seen estimates that that could well be 3-4 months out or even longer. That's if everyone cooperates with the measures being put in place now (expect those to get more restrictive). This pandemic will be with us until a viable vaccine is developed or enough people have caught it and recovered (hopefully) that the rate of new cases can't go exponential anymore.
There will likely be many more conventions cancelled or postponed. Most will have to wait for government action to force their hand in order to invoke the 'force majeure' clauses in their contracts to do so without going bankrupt. For those who don't know there are often very high cancellation penalties as well as the event being on the hook for the room cost of all the rooms in the room block that wouldn't be rented. Invoking that clause gets them off the hook for that. Most furry cons in the US do not have or even qualify for event insurance.
I'd say the ones that have rescheduled are being very optimistic. We haven't come close to seeing the peak of this pandemic. I've seen estimates that that could well be 3-4 months out or even longer. That's if everyone cooperates with the measures being put in place now (expect those to get more restrictive). This pandemic will be with us until a viable vaccine is developed or enough people have caught it and recovered (hopefully) that the rate of new cases can't go exponential anymore.