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Subject: Re: Readercon code of conduct
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 11:49:53 +0200
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On Fri, 24 May 2024, Bernard Peek wrote:

> On 2024-05-24, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 22 May 2024, James Nicoll wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> https://garymcgath.com/wp/readercon-code-of-conduct/
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.

Ehh incorrect. I lived there and detected no such thing. Bird-flu isn't 
even a topic in the news and no one where I live talks about it.

But politicians I'm sure are pining for that power the corona psychosis 
gave them, so I'm certain they try hard to push the paranoia.