[kwlug-disc] Sysadmin appreciation day this year

[Steve Izma]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 07:07:01PM -0400, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Sysadmin appreciation day this year
> 
> > Hi Paul: I haven't planned anything this year. I don't expect venues to
> > be open by the end of July for the crowds we usually attract, but I
> > suppose we could plan a potluck picnic to be held outdoors.  What do the
> > members of KWLUG say to that?
> 
> Like in TPM. Ensure that you are vaccinated, then come. Otherwise, it is a
> bit too soon. Just a bit. A single bit. A tiny bit. Of by one error. Etc.

Mikalai, you are opening up a can of worms. I, however, am
willing to go fishing. The chance of contracting Covid-19
outdoors is usually estimated at about 1% (.1% in Ireland, as of
March), regardless of vaccination. The New York Times reported
on 11 May 2021 that the CDC had miscalculated this as 10%, and
the CDC later corrected it to .1%. (The issue of the Times is
behind a paywall.) It is easy to see, despite censorship by
social media corporations, that the efficacy of the current
public health policies are contentious, to say the least, even
among the establishment scientific community. I am in favour of a
potluck picnic. It will be easy for us to form separate eating
groups, if people prefer that.

Math calcs on indoor transmission (MIT study, 27 Apr 2021
<https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2018995118>) demonstrate
that outdoor transmission with an air change of even just a few
times per hour is safe.

    -- Steve


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