On 4/17/20 4:47 PM, John C Klensin wrote:
So, following up on this a little bit and from the perspective of a member of a couple of high-risk populations, if the venue and locale are assessed as safe, but my getting there requires sitting on an airplane within a couple of meters of one or more people who are not clearly virus-free (not just, e.g., able to pass a walk-through temperature screening) [1] then (i) I'm putting my life at risk by going and (ii) as Ron sort of suggests, holding the meeting f2f puts me (and those in similar positions and those who, even while being at lower risk of serious problems given infection, are not in a position to risk infection [2], creates not only a disadvantage but would constitute discriminatory behavior.
Even worse, a f2f meeting is long enough in duration that people who caught the virus while traveling to the meeting, can transmit it to others while there.
Keith
