| 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 CO
VID 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.
? 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, whe
n for some time, we had not been experiencing cases. 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 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 < [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 8, 2023 4:43 PM
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]>
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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