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Risk of getting coronavirus is the reason I decided not to attend MWC after having registered and made all arrangements. I have family that will not survive an
by optymizer 7y ago
Risk of getting coronavirus is the reason I decided not to attend MWC after having registered and made all arrangements. I have family that will not survive an infection if I end up being infected.
I was trying to rationalize that maybe it is not that risky but then I saw there are several companies attending that have "Wuhan" in the name, e.g. Wuhan Silicon Technologies Inc. Even if those were banned, there are dozens (hundreds?) of companies from China attending.
Personally I decided it is too risky for my situation, but that's not to say others shouldn't go. I just worry about getting 300,000 people in a venue for 3 days. Sounds super risky.
I might actually work from home for 2 weeks after my colleagues come back from the conference just to be safe.