The Verge:

Companies based in Santa Clara County, California — which includes Cupertino, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose — should avoid travel and postpone or cancel mass gatherings, the county recommended on Thursday. The recommendations come after six new cases of the novel coronavirus have been identified, bringing the total number of people confirmed to have the disease to 20.

Other guidance from the county includes minimizing the number of people “working within arm’s length of one another,” urging people to stay home if they’re sick, and spacing out start and end times of the workday for employees. People at higher risk for serious illness — those who are over 50 or have another underlying health condition — should stay home.

The county recommendations are an attempt to slow the spread of the new coronavirus by limiting in-person contact.

As I said on Wednesday night’s Your Mac Life show, Apple should just announce the cancellation/postponement of WWDC now. It’s obvious that they are going to do it eventually. Sooner rather than later is best – release all of those people from the stress of not just planning the trip but also of having to deal with this issue.