JOE BIDEN.

2-SYDNEY:WE START KXAN NEWS AT

TEN WITH DEVELOPING NEWS- BOTH

INTEL AND FACEBOOK ANNOUNCED

THE'RE PULLING OUT OF SOUTH

BY SOUTHWEST DUE TO CONCERNS

ABOUT THE NEW CORONAVIRUS.

2-ROBERT:IT COMES AFTER

TWITTER CANCELED ITS PLANS,

INCLUDING C-E-O JACK DORSE'S

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT.THE

ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE ADDING TO

PRESSURE TO CANCEL THE

FESTIVAL.MORE THAN 26-THOUSAND

PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED AN ONLINE

PETITION.SYDNEY:DESPITE THE

FESTIVAL RAKING IN MORE THAN

350-MILLION DOLLARS TO THE

LOCAL ECONOMY -- KXA'S ALEX

CAPRARIELLO FOUND OUT SOME

LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THE

RISK IS GREATER THAN THE

REWARD.

GARRETT WOOD, PRESIDENT AND

FOUNDER OF GETSALES INC:

"W'RE PROBABLY GOING THROUGH

A GALLON OF HAND SANITIZER A

DAY." GARRETT WOOD WANTS TO

MINIMIZE RISK.HE SAYS THA'S

BUSINESS

1-0-1.GARRETT WOOD, PRESIDENT

AND FOUNDER OF GETSALES INC:

"HAVING AN OUTBREAK IN OUR

OFFICE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AN

UNBEARBABLE COST TO OUR

BUSINESS." WHILE TAKING

PREVENTATIVE STEPS LIKE

RESTRICTING EMPLOYEE TRAVEL --

H'S ALSO CALLING FOR SOUTH

BY SOUTHWEST TO BE

POSTPONED.GARRETT WOOD,

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF

GETSALES INC: "BY HOSTING AN

EVENT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

PEOPLE, WE ARE GREATLY

INCREASING THE CHANCES THAT WE

FACE CATASTROPHIC COSTS IN

AUSTIN."

ALEX CAPRARIELLO: "A

SPOKESPERSON WITH SXSW SAID

THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE

RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED BY

AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT AT

THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO PLANS

TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL THE

FESTIVAL."

JOSHUA BAER, CAPITAL FACTORY

FOUNDER AND CEO: "SOUTH BY

SOUTHWEST IS A REALLY GOOD

THING FOR AUSTIN."OTHER

BUSINESSES HAVE ALREADY SPENT

A LOT OF MONEY GETTING READY

FOR THE INFLUX OF VISITORS.

LOSING THE FESTIVAL, MEANS

LOSING THAT

INVESTMENT.JOSHUA BAER,

CAPITAL FACTORY FOUNDER AND

CEO: "THE'VE SPENT PROBABLY

MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS

GETTING READY FOR SOUTH BY

SOUTHWEST, AND IF IT DOES'T

HAPPEN, THAT MONEY PROBABLY

GETS LOST." WOOD RECOGNIZES

THE GRAVITY OF POSTPONING THE

EVENT, BUT SAID H'S GOING TO

DO WHAT HE CAN TO MAINTAIN THE

HEALTH OF HIS FRIENDS AND

BUSINESS.GARRETT WOOD,

PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF

GETSALES INC: "'M CERTAINLY

GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE

MAYOR AND ENCOURAGE OTHER

BUSINESS OWNERS TO AGREE WITH

ME TO DO THE SAME." KXAN NEWS.

SYDNEY: MAYOR ADLER SAID

TONIGHT THAT PUBLIC HEALTH

OFFICIALS ARE NOT RECOMMENDING

THE CANCELLATION OF SOUTH BY

SOUTHWEST.BUT IF THEY CHANGE

THEIR MINDS - THE'LL

ROBERT:HAYS COUNTY LEADERS

WANT EVERYONE TO STAY CALM.

THA'S AFTER RUMORS THE