Would love to but definitely not at the expense of getting an experimental injection. I’ll just host a party for the unvaccinated instead since studies are showing we spread the new variants less anyway mine should be safer! Feel free to join.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 11, 2021, at 2:08 AM, Rick Moen via Basfa <basfa@lists.basfa.org> > wrote: > > This is my recurring 2nd Saturday outdoor event that's in theory a Linux > user group but mostly friends enjoying being together and my cooking > for the crowd. (Some guests also bring food but it's not required or > expected.) Please feel welcome to join us if fully vaccinated. > > I think I'll do homemade apple pies. > > > ----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> ----- > > Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 23:11:08 -0700 > From: Rick Moen <r...@linuxmafia.com> > To: consp...@linuxmafia.com > Subject: CABAL (in-person + Jitsi Meet), Sat. Aug. 14, 4pm - 12m > > We're on again for CABAL in Family Moen's nice and very spacious backyard > with home cooking -- despite the Delta variant -- and the only new change > is, re: vaccination proof, have altered "Assume I may check" to > "I will check." > > And I will check. > > For August, I'm doing a perennial favourite: homemade from scratch > pizza. Also traditional garlic bread with homemade sourdough, and we'll > see what else. Good things. > > > > Rick & Deirdre's house > 1105 Altschul Ave. @ Gordon Ave. > W. Menlo Park > (lost? call me: 650-283-7902) > > > You must: > > o Be COVID-19 vaccinated, plus enough time for ramped-up immunity. > o Feel safe to be here, in company. > o Attend at your own risk. > > Bring your CDC card: I will check. > > > _or_ attend online, on Jitsi Meet: > http://meet.jit.si/CABAL > > To attend remotely, you'll need: > > > o Computer w/supported Web browser. Jitsi Meet's supported list is at > https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers > > mic w/ speakers/headphones. Headphones/earbuds > are recommended because they avert audio feeback loops. > > o or a specialised Jitsi Meet client program: > > o Jitsi Meet Client (28MB APK) for Android 5.0+, via F-Droid: > https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/ > > o Jitsi Meet Client for Android, via Google Play Store > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet > > o Jitsi Meet Client for iOS, via Apple iTunes Store > https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905 > > o Jitsi Meet Electron desktop client (86MB binary: Linux x86_64, MacOS, > MS-Windows), https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases > (Recommendation for headphones/earbuds still applies.) > > > > > DELTA BULLETIN: > > Yes, we do follow pandemic news. A recent tool that should be of > interest: microCOVID Project, https://www.microcovid.org/ > > One microCOVID is a bespoke unit denoting one-in-a-million chance of > getting COVID-19 (meaning, infection, which does not necessarily mean > being ill). The tool permits, using data for one's county, calculating > the incremental risk for particular sorts of activity -- and also uses > the concept of "risk budget", the cumulative level of COVID risk each > person decides is acceptable to run in life. You tell it the sort of > scenario, e.g., for CABAL, I tried: > > Scenario: Outdoor hangout with multiple people > My vax: Double dose Moderna > Nearby people usually within 5 metres: 6 > How close are those nearby people, on average: normal socialising > Duration: 180 mins > Other people vaxed? Yes > Their risk profile: Has 1 close contact whose risk profile I don't know. > Environment: outdoor > Masks: none > Talking volume: normal > > Result: moderate risk, 20% of my weekly risk budget (assuming I have a > standard caution budget permitting 1% chance of COVID illness per year, > working out to 200 microCOVIDs per week. Risk for this events: ~40 > microCOVIDs. > > And, speaking for my family, we're totally fine with that. > > I think the tool's a brilliant way to get your mind straight. It shows > you the math, the assumptions, and the data modeling. > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > _______________________________________________ > Basfa mailing list > Basfa@lists.basfa.org > http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org _______________________________________________ Basfa mailing list Basfa@lists.basfa.org http://lists.basfa.org/listinfo.cgi/basfa-basfa.org
