It would be hard to know where you picked it up from.
Certainly the longer you?re in a venue, the chances increase but you can still pick it up
in locations you may have only spent a few minutes in.
It’s difficult, but not impossible; contact tracing is A Thing, and can be traced back to
John Snow tracing back a cholera outbreak to a water fountain pre-germ theory.
I do not agree with enforcing testing, face masks and
COVID vaccinations, when countries have moved away from such restrictions.
A private organization, non-profit or otherwise, shouldn’t have to have permission from
the government to enforce face masks. If an organization wants to enforce COVID
precautions for their event, they should do so without conseqeunce. This may not be what
you mean, the above statement might be more of a shrug, but such restrictions on enforcing
COVID precautions isn’t without precedent; according to
AARP.org <http://aarp.org/>,
in Florida:
A law passed by the state legislature May 3 and signed
by Gov. Ron DeSantis May 11 permanently prohibits private businesses and government
entities from imposing mask mandates. Local governments and school systems were already
barred from establishing mask rules and other COVID-19 restrictions under a May 2021
gubernatorial order.
From,
I dream of horses
She/her
> On Sep 8, 2023, at 4:55 PM, Robert Myers <robert.myers(a)wikimedia.org.au>
wrote:
>
It would be hard to know where you picked it up from.
Certainly the longer you?re in a venue, the chances increase but you can still pick it up
in locations you may have only spent a few minutes in.
>
> There was an uptick in cases world wide around the time of Wikimania. I was unable to
attend due to work commitments, since my place of employment had people off due to COVID.
>
> Wikimania didn?t have any requirements, it recommend ART/RAT, face masks and to stay
away from the conference if unwell
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Health. PCR
tests are now impossible to get, even if you can, they are now expensive. Though I found
ART/RAT to be relatively reliable but just not as sensitive (T line would be faint for the
first two days of symptoms), when I got COVID for the first time in March/April this year.
>
> I do not agree with enforcing testing, face masks and COVID vaccinations, when
countries have moved away from such restrictions.
>
> --
> Robert Myers
> robert.myers(a)wikimedia.org.au <mailto:robert.myers@wikimedia.org.au>
>
>> On 9 Sep 2023, at 2:01 am, Lane Rasberry <lanerasberry(a)gmail.com
<mailto:lanerasberry@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> ?
>> I got COVID at Wikimania as did my boyfriend Fabian. Our symptoms both began two
days after the conference. I was sick in bed, hardly moving for 3 days. Both of us have
been vaccinated five times in the United States and caught COVID one time before.
>>
>> Completely unrelated, but back in the United States our housemates got COVID
while we were gone. Also elsewhere in my town there are suddenly people out with COVID in
many places, when for some time, we had not been experiencing cases.
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 11:03?AM Neurodivergent Netizen
<idoh.idreamofhorses(a)gmail.com <mailto:idoh.idreamofhorses@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> I didn't attend but I'd imagine any event with international
attendees would have a increased chance of spreading covid, even if certain measures were
taken to prevent that from happening.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, there are measures that can be taken to reduce the likelihood.
Honestly, I need to disclaim the following by saying I?m not sure what measures were
taken; however, I think one of those measures actually was taken: I think Wikimania was a
hybrid event. Requirements for both testing and masks might?ve helped; the more accurate
COVID tests take a couple days to process, the rapid tests are less accurate, hence the
need for both. Also, outdoor eating areas, along with purified and ventilated air indoors
would also helped. Requirements for vaccination would make sense in a world where
vaccinations were more accessible.
>>>
>>> An entirely virtual option would be ideal in the COVID situation we?re in
(that is, a worldwide spike) would be the most ideal, but that?s impossible to predict.
>>>
>>> From,
>>> I dream of horses
>>> She/her
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Sep 8, 2023, at 7:48 AM, Clover Moss <clovermosswikipedia(a)gmail.com
<mailto:clovermosswikipedia@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I didn't attend but I'd imagine any event with international
attendees would have a increased chance of spreading covid, even if certain measures were
taken to prevent that from happening.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sept 8, 2023, 10:47 a.m. Galder Gonzalez Larra?aga
<galder158(a)hotmail.com <mailto:galder158@hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>> I don't know if there's something statistically significant,
but when I returned home, some of my friends were with COVID, and not me. It would be
difficult to know if Wikimania affected people, or simply there's a spike worldwide.
>>>>>
>>>>> Take care
>>>>>
>>>>> Galder
>>>>> From: Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com
<mailto:jayen466@gmail.com>>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 8, 2023 4:43 PM
>>>>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>
>>>>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Post-Wikimania Covid cases
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've heard from a couple of Wikimania attendees that they got ill
with Covid after Wikimania Singapore.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just wondering ? are those exceptional cases, or did this happen to a
substantial number of participants?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Andreas
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