Hello, On Sat, Jul 19, 2025 at 11:44:02AM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > […] > I hope the next Debconf will have a stronger, not weaker, policy. > > For example, we should expect attendees to do daily tests. This has a > relatively low financial cost. Positive tests come after > infectiousness starts, but with a long conference like Debconf they > can help reduce the continued transmission risk from asymptomatic > cases. > > We should expect attendees with cold-like symptoms to mask, at the > very least, regardless of test status. > > At registration, attendees should be reminded of the policy and their > responisbility, and asked to explicitly confirm that they will follow > the policy. > > We could ask attendees to show evidence of a negative pre-travel test > at Registration (and failing that, registration would have tests > on-hand). Announcing such a policy in advance can discourage > symptomatic people from travelling to the conference and giving > everyone "con crud". > […]
I wrote a "proof of concept" of what I'd like to have for future DebConfs, namely to have attendee figures to get a general trend so we can adjust COVID (or flu, etc.) policies, and for everyone to decide whether to wear a simple mask, FFP2, or not attend. The idea is for a significant number of attendees to respond to a short questionnaire a few days before the conference, and every day during the conference. A random offer to get tested could appear (with a factor to be adjusted based on the number of tests; we could imagine purchasing them in bulk or asking each attendee to bring a certain number). Here's what it looks like: https://gcolpart.evolix.net/covid-group-tracker-debconf25/ The source code is on https://salsa.debian.org/reg/covid-group-tracker Context: I had some symptoms on July 14th, the first day of DebConf. I tested myself that evening and was positive: so I missed the rest of DebConf :'( I probably got infected during Debcamp Regards, -- Grégory Colpart
