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I haven't been in ages, but the "SXSW Crud" used to be a common concept. Too much booze, lack of sleep, lots of handshaking, + cold and flu. It knocked me out h

I haven't been in ages, but the "SXSW Crud" used to be a common concept. Too much booze, lack of sleep, lots of handshaking, + cold and flu. It knocked me out hard 2 years in a row. After that I started getting the flu shot yearly and avoiding physical touching at events. Hosting SXSW during this inevitable pandemic is a terrible terrible idea.

mike_d 7y ago
We generically refer to this in the security community as "ConFlu," because it happens at every conference.
- Izkata 7y ago
  At fan conventions (gaming, anime, etc), "Con Crud".
  - stordoff 7y ago
    "PAX Plague" is a common one for PAX.
viraptor 7y ago
Same happens at dancing events... but you can't avoid touching. Usually there's hand sanitizer pretty much everywhere.