Again, the November event required masks and vaccines. It did not however ban all people unable to take the vaccine because it allowed a negative test within 72 hours of the event.
Unfortunately COVID is here to stay and the general public is not going to wear masks every time they leave their homes any more than they do for flu. People are going to get COVID, just as they get the flu, and that is a new normal that is going to have to be lived with. One takes the vaccine and hopes for the best but even at the height of the pandemic it was made clear that all the vaccine really does is make the case milder so the chance of hospitalization or death is minimized.
I am not angry at Westercon, disappointed we are now unable to attend even though we are vaccinated, but certainly not angry. And, just as an FYI I do work conventions and have done so for over 30 years... for awhile the second mortgage on our house was the result of succeeding failed Westercon bids in the 1990s and the travel we put in to promote those bids.
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Re: Middle Ground means 3 feet under instead of 6?
Date: 2022-06-12 11:03 am (UTC)Unfortunately COVID is here to stay and the general public is not going to wear masks every time they leave their homes any more than they do for flu. People are going to get COVID, just as they get the flu, and that is a new normal that is going to have to be lived with. One takes the vaccine and hopes for the best but even at the height of the pandemic it was made clear that all the vaccine really does is make the case milder so the chance of hospitalization or death is minimized.
I am not angry at Westercon, disappointed we are now unable to attend even though we are vaccinated, but certainly not angry. And, just as an FYI I do work conventions and have done so for over 30 years... for awhile the second mortgage on our house was the result of succeeding failed Westercon bids in the 1990s and the travel we put in to promote those bids.