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This is a simple poll on the coronavirus. Even though the situation has changed dramatically since the poll preview last Friday and remains extremely fluid, we thought we'd take the pulse as it currently beats. We've combined several of the selections and added a few from comments and questions we've fielded in the interim.
Basically, this poll has turned into a general survey of sentiments while we're still in the early phases of this massive disruption of life as we've known it. Jim G, who sent in a prompt for conducting this poll, also suggested that we run another one later on to measure how things have changed. We'll see.
A:
943 Total Votes
| I've postponed all traveling out of my area, whether for business or pleasure, until the coronavirus situation stabilizes. |
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| I'm hoping that I can travel to Las Vegas in time to take advantage of low airfares, room rates, and rental-car costs. |
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| I believe this crisis will lead to a temporary reduction in resort fees. |
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| I haven't postponed a planned trip out of my area due to the virus and/or the market meltdown. |
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| I believe this crisis will lead to a rescission of paid parking, at least until the visitors are crowding the Strip again. |
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| I've postponed all travel until the financial markets stabilize, however long that takes after the virus has been brought under control. |
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| I'm relying on my wall of toilet paper to keep me safe. |
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| I'm worried enough about germs and bugs that I doubt my travel plans will ever again be the same as they were before this crisis. |
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Analysis
We're still in the early stages of this pandemic crisis, but we suspect the number-one vote getter will remain number one until it's over and possibly beyond.
The world is upside down and nowhere is this more evident than the Las Vegas Strip, which had been averaging nearly a million visitors a week and is now a Nevada ghost town.
All we can do is wait this thing out, try to keep ourselves and loved ones as far away from the coronavirus, hospitals, and ventilators as possible, and hope for the best as the Strip, the country, and the world slowly return to normal.
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