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PyCon US 2024

Day 9: Sprints (36)

Left from about 33 hrs ago. Had a scratchy throat this morning w/ a negative test and just now have a positive test.

I went out with various groups, unmasked, throughout the weekend. This was a risk I was willing to take. Still, I'm glad I was wearing a mask in the convention center around folks who did not choose to take that same risk.

I'm gonna go rest now.

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At the same time that bad-faith "pollers" are asking about masking, the attendee survey asks about it as well. But that survey only goes to attendees, meaning people put off by the requirement this year will not be asked. How do we get a complete view of the entire population of potential attendees?

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If for no other reason*, I support a mask requirement at because the kind of person who doesn’t attend because they’re required to mask is the kind of person who I don’t want to hang out with anyway.

(* and there are lots of other good reasons too)

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Since people seem to like polls about the mask policy, let's try these two:

First, if you attended or considered attending 2024, and are considering attending PyCon US 2025, which of the following mask policies would you be okay with (i.e., which policies would _not_ make you decide not to attend)?

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aftermath. Heaven help me, I'm reading Tufte.

PS. The super interesting thing is that I had to go to four different floors to get these: Arts & Recreation, Social Sciences & Philosophy, Science & Technology, and Business & Economics. Polymath territory, for sure.

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It's the last day of for me, spent in semi-isolatiion because of a scratchy throat and a COVID exposure.

I've tested non-positive two consecutive days though, so I have hope it's not the bad one. Still, not the way I want to end a PyCon.

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I’ll also just add — look, I’m someone who has decided to accept a fair amount of COVID risk. I’m living a life now pretty similar to pre-2020. I don’t mask much in daily life. I’d feel comfortable at a conference without a mask. I’m a bit hard of hearing and mildly face-blind so masks actually are a bit tricky for me. But I’m still all for a mask mandate because it’s not just about me! It’s about inclusivity and being welcoming and JFC wearing a mask is easy so why not?

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Since we have seen a few positive tests from and it’s very easy to get base-rate brain around this stuff, despite being asymptomatic I popped out to the drug store to get a few COVID tests just in case. Happy to report that I am testing negative at this point.

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Wheels down . was great, but it’s good to be home.

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