There was a fundamental change in the United States’s approach to the coronavirus Thursday. It explains why we began with most men’s basketball conference tournaments being played and ended with the NCAA tournament canceled. Follow the change and you can see why baseball closed spring training complexes and why the PGA Tour should stop its signature event, the Players Championship, immediately.
We began the day thinking about doctor-recommended safety measures. We ended it in what you might call an emergency of our national state of mind. Suddenly, limiting large gatherings and washing our hands a bunch wasn’t enough; the nation, collectively, got terrified, and ultimately that will be for the best.