Re: [admin-discuss] Suggestion for COVID management at future meetings

[Stephen Farrell <[e-mail]>]

Hiya,

On 30/08/2022 15:13, Jay Daley wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I’ve had an offlist suggestion for a different COVID management
> policy for future IETF meetings (i.e. 116 and possibly after that),
> which is that we ask all onsite participants to take a rapid antigen
> test each morning and confirm that is clear before participating and
> then masks are optional and there is no vaccination requirement.  It
> would be useful to hear what people think of that.

Three points:-

- I'd have a not-that-strong preference for requiring
vaccination over tests for IETF meetings on the basis that
that may reduce the probability those who do get infected
suffer more serious illness, but also due to the
inconvenience of daily testing

- I suspect it's to early to talk about this for IETF 116
as the rules in place at that location are still changing
and could change more after we'd conclude a discussion we
have now

- More generally, I think discussing this topic between
each meeting as they come up is probably still the right
way to go, (despite the objections it'll raise each time:-()
as the future related to COVID doesn't seem to be getting
sufficiently predictable to try agree a longer term policy

Cheers,
S.

PS: None of the above is arguing for being more restrictive
or less btw, while I'm happy that most restrictions where I
live have been relaxed, I'm also ok putting up with a bit
of inconvenience if that makes others more comfortable with
turning up at meetings.