Re: [114attendees] [114all] Consultation on COVID management for IETF 115 London

Do we have any idea how the percentage of IETF attendees infected with COVID during the IETF week compares to the percentage who would have been infected if they stayed home?

Margaret

> On Aug 12, 2022, at 6:07 PM, Mike Bishop <mbishop@evequefou.be> wrote:
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> And this, in my opinion, is the primary goal. It is a useful secondary goal to minimize excess exposure to CoVID among participants relative to the exposure we would have had without an IETF meeting. But the primary goal of the IETF's precautions is to ensure enough attendees are willing to take the risk of coming to ensure a successful meeting.
> 
> The recommendations as stated strike an excellent balance between comforting the nervous, reducing transmission where possible, and minimizing burden on attendees.
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> From: Eric Orth <ericorth=40google.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
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> Subject: Re: [114attendees] [114all] Consultation on COVID management for IETF 115 London
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> Scientifically beneficial or not (I'm not going to get into that debate), the proposals Jay has outlined would go a long way towards making me feel comfortable attending an international conference, so I support those proposals.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 5:03 PM Yaron Sheffer <yaronf.ietf@gmail.com <mailto:yaronf.ietf@gmail.com>> wrote:
> +1 to Marc.
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>  
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> From: 114attendees <114attendees-bounces@ietf.org <mailto:114attendees-bounces@ietf.org>> on behalf of Marc Petit-Huguenin <marc@petit-huguenin.org <mailto:marc@petit-huguenin.org>>
> Date: Saturday, 13 August 2022 at 0:00
> To: Ross Finlayson <finlayson@live555.com <mailto:finlayson@live555.com>>, 114attendees@ietf.org <mailto:114attendees@ietf.org> <114attendees@ietf.org <mailto:114attendees@ietf.org>>
> Subject: Re: [114attendees] [114all] Consultation on COVID management for IETF 115 London
> 
> We should do better than that.  Except for the couple of first days of IETF 114, the policy was stronger than what was recommended locally and that's the reason why I will go to London.  FTR I support everything Jay proposed.
> 
> On 8/12/22 13:34, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> > I think that the IETF (and IETFers) should avoid straying into areas outside their areas of expertise, and just follow whatever policy is recommended by the locality where each meeting is held.
> > 
> >        Ross.
> > 
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