Wineconf futures

[Mandi Gagne (she/her)]

Excellent points, Dan.



On 7/8/21 10:37 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Yeah, bit hard to predict.  Nobody knows which way things will go, quite.
>
> To reduce risk of an outbreak at the conference city, better pick one with
> a really good vaccination rate.  Africa is right out...
>
> Better allow remote participation, too.
> - Dan
>
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 10:46 PM Marcus Meissner <meissner at suse.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 01:03:59PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
>>> Hello from a longtime lurker!  I'm not planning to attend, but here
>>> are some thoughts from my biology geek side.
>>>
>>> Coronavirus data for Minneapolis' surrounding county at
>>> https://covidactnow.org/us/minnesota-mn/county/hennepin_county
>>> shows Rt well below 1.0 and 60% full vaccination, which is pretty good.
>>>
>>> I figure if there is no post-july-4th surge in the next couple weeks,
>>> it should be safe for fully vaccinated people to attend.
>>> See https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/attend/health-and-safety/
>>> for an example policy the event might want to adopt (or who knows,
>>> might already be required to adopt, dunno about xdc governance).
>>>
>>> Also, rules for international travel are complex.
>>> Being fully vaccinated is strongly recommended and a specific kind of
>>> proof of vaccination
>>> and a recent specific test result may also be required; see e.g.
>>> https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-during-covid19.html
>>> https://reopen.europa.eu/
>>> I suspect travellers may need to obey rules for both origin and
>>> destination countries...
>> The pandemic situation is quite fluid still, so any forecasts are risky.
>>
>> See UK currently with a exponential raise of numbers due to the Delta
>> strain (and ongoing cutting of anti corona measures) ...
>>
>> I see also other European countries and likely also the US on an uptick
>> in the next weeks / months again due to Delta.
>>
>> I fear the current pandemic situation makes planning a in person event in 2021 a bit risky.
>>
>> Ciao, Marcus
>>
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