Hi,
On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 01:03:59PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
Hello from a longtime lurker! I'm not planning to attend, but here are some thoughts from my biology geek side.
Coronavirus data for Minneapolis' surrounding county at https://covidactnow.org/us/minnesota-mn/county/hennepin_county shows Rt well below 1.0 and 60% full vaccination, which is pretty good.
I figure if there is no post-july-4th surge in the next couple weeks, it should be safe for fully vaccinated people to attend. See https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/attend/h... for an example policy the event might want to adopt (or who knows, might already be required to adopt, dunno about xdc governance).
Also, rules for international travel are complex. Being fully vaccinated is strongly recommended and a specific kind of proof of vaccination and a recent specific test result may also be required; see e.g. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-dur... https://reopen.europa.eu/ I suspect travellers may need to obey rules for both origin and destination countries...
The pandemic situation is quite fluid still, so any forecasts are risky.
See UK currently with a exponential raise of numbers due to the Delta strain (and ongoing cutting of anti corona measures) ...
I see also other European countries and likely also the US on an uptick in the next weeks / months again due to Delta.
I fear the current pandemic situation makes planning a in person event in 2021 a bit risky.
Ciao, Marcus