WFC 2021 COVID-19 Report
Nov. 12th, 2021 05:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kevin_standleeWorld Fantasy Con 2021 reported today (and sent email to its members, which is how I first heard about it) that they "received a report of a positive COVID result that was likely contracted during the convention."
First off: it's not me.
Second: I'm fully vaccinated, was tested before I went to Montreal, right as I arrived at YUL, and on the Sunday of the convention so that I could fly back home on Wednesday. (All tests were obviously negative, or you would have heard it by now and I either would not have made the trip or would be right now self-isolating in the hotel in Montreal.) Also, I think I was pretty good about wearing my N95 (an actual US-made N95 from DemeTech, not a Chinese-made KN95) mask nearly all of the time except while eating. I am more concerned about being exposed to Covidiots going through O'Hare than anything else.
I have no symptoms, but as I mentioned yesterday, Lisa was already keeping isolated in her travel trailer, and I won't be going anywhere for a week. I will self-monitor for any symptoms, and I have two at-home COVID tests, the first of which I will take in a few days. As I have a COVID booster shot booked for next Friday, it's doubly important that I be sure I am not positive before getting it.
This afternoon, I saw Lisa, with both of us masked and at a multiple-meter distance. She's been working on breaking up more of the pallets we have accumulated, and I used some of that to restart the fire in the fireplace. Speaking of which, when I get the photos that Lisa took while she was working on the stove while I was away, I'll be able to show off the work she did that was easier to get done while I was not around.
Meanwhile: I woke up ahead of my 4 AM alarm this morning, did Day Jobbe stuff for a couple of hours, and then had breakfast and dealt with some of the accumulated email for Worldcon and other things. About 9 AM, I went back to bed and slept until 2 PM. I would have liked to stay in bed all day, but I did have things that needed to get done.
Tomorrow is the first day in a while when I've had no morning commitments. I'm very happy to have no alarm set, even though I've mostly been waking up before my alarm.
First off: it's not me.
Second: I'm fully vaccinated, was tested before I went to Montreal, right as I arrived at YUL, and on the Sunday of the convention so that I could fly back home on Wednesday. (All tests were obviously negative, or you would have heard it by now and I either would not have made the trip or would be right now self-isolating in the hotel in Montreal.) Also, I think I was pretty good about wearing my N95 (an actual US-made N95 from DemeTech, not a Chinese-made KN95) mask nearly all of the time except while eating. I am more concerned about being exposed to Covidiots going through O'Hare than anything else.
I have no symptoms, but as I mentioned yesterday, Lisa was already keeping isolated in her travel trailer, and I won't be going anywhere for a week. I will self-monitor for any symptoms, and I have two at-home COVID tests, the first of which I will take in a few days. As I have a COVID booster shot booked for next Friday, it's doubly important that I be sure I am not positive before getting it.
This afternoon, I saw Lisa, with both of us masked and at a multiple-meter distance. She's been working on breaking up more of the pallets we have accumulated, and I used some of that to restart the fire in the fireplace. Speaking of which, when I get the photos that Lisa took while she was working on the stove while I was away, I'll be able to show off the work she did that was easier to get done while I was not around.
Meanwhile: I woke up ahead of my 4 AM alarm this morning, did Day Jobbe stuff for a couple of hours, and then had breakfast and dealt with some of the accumulated email for Worldcon and other things. About 9 AM, I went back to bed and slept until 2 PM. I would have liked to stay in bed all day, but I did have things that needed to get done.
Tomorrow is the first day in a while when I've had no morning commitments. I'm very happy to have no alarm set, even though I've mostly been waking up before my alarm.
