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There is no tech conference on earth that is having people physically removed by police for not wearing a mask. These policies exist to try to satisfy the diff

There is no tech conference on earth that is having people physically removed by police for not wearing a mask. These policies exist to try to satisfy the different comfort levels people have around covid, but an obvious part of any rule is that if they are impractical or impossible to enforce and a sizable number of people are not following the rule, then it's pretty much pointless. Nobody attending a tech conference with a mask mandate is under the impression that someone who isn't complying with the rule will be removed. They know that some people won't comply. That's been the case with mask mandates in most places for a very long time. Compliance is low, theres no way (or will) to enforce, and that's not to mention the myriad exceptions to the policy (eg, masks not required when eating or drinking) that essentially make the whole think a joke to being with.

ghaff 3y ago
>Nobody attending a tech conference with a mask mandate is under the impression that someone who isn't complying with the rule will be removed. I would absolutely expect that if someone were blatantly not wearing a mask at an event requiring them, they'd be asked to put one on or leave. That said, >the myriad exceptions to the policy Certainly. Eating/drinking. Generally no masks outside. Most people not wearing them traveling, in taxis, in bars/restaurants, etc. (And mostly not wearing N95 masks.) And then there's questions of masking efficacy anyway. But from what I've seen first hand, even people who got to the point where they were rolling their eyes at tech conference rules were overwhelmingly following the letter of the law.