Re: Readercon code of conduct

On 2024-05-24, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Wed, 22 May 2024, James Nicoll wrote:
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In article <v2kkrb$15g4e$1@dont-email.me>,
Gary McGath  <garym@mcgath.com> wrote:

The latest in my series of blog posts on convention codes of conduct
covers Readercon. Points discussed include the conflation of good ideas
with requirements, the usual prohibition on saying anything derogatory
about anybody, and mask/vaccination policy.
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https://garymcgath.com/wp/readercon-code-of-conduct/

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As it happens, I was for a while the only person at work who still
masked*, work in this case being live theatre in facilities with up
to 700 people. Coincidentally, I am also the only person on staff
who has not caught covid. For a while there, a significant fraction
of my shifts were me subbing for sick people.

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So? I'm not vaccinated and most people I know who are, have gotten corona
2-3 times more often than I have. Sweden proved scientifically, that the
best way to handle corona was without masks and without restrictions and
without forced vaccinations.

They did try that but it failed and they fairly quickly followed the same
procedures as everyone else.

Lots of people now have their fingers crossed hoping the bird-flu doesn't
spread any further.


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Bernard Peek
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Wigan