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While the US is in an awful COVID situation currently, with things likely getting significantly worse before they get better, there IS a silver lining: we can see a light at the end of the long, torturous tunnel. With a vaccine starting to be distributed before Christmas, with hope that many will have access to the vaccine by summertime, it feels plausible that SDCCI could happen for 2021.But what would that look like?Certainly not like anything we've ever seen before: there would still likely need to be socially distancing everywhere, from the Exhibit Hall to panel rooms. Hall H would likely NOT be able to hold 6k fans, and it doesn't seem likely we'd be shoulder-to-shoulder in the Exhibit Hall.
I do think it'll force them to do online reservations of some sort. A lot of companies out there have been forced to think outside the box and speed up various things like WFH.
Everyone already has badges and well, you can't force people to refund them. Obviously, making reservations for panels might help here but what about just the con center in general?
I'm actually going to disagree with this. I'm of the opinion that the vaccine will be a lot more available before July 2021.
Everyone already has badges and well, you can't force people to refund them.
I do think it'll force them to do online reservations of some sort. A lot of companies out there have been forced to think outside the box and speed up various things like WFH.I think what I'm most curious about though is if there's still a capacity limit on things in general. Everyone already has badges and well, you can't force people to refund them. Obviously, making reservations for panels might help here but what about just the con center in general?
Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. government additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to people familiar with the matter. Now Pfizer may not be able provide more of its vaccine to the United States until next June because of its commitments to other countries, they said.
The vaccine being produced by Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, is a two-dose treatment, meaning that 100 million doses is enough to vaccinate only 50 million Americans.
I wonder if CCI can cancel/refund Pro badges: some are free and could be canceled easyish, while some are paid and could be more troublesome.
I don't see why canceling any badge would be hard. Products and services are canceled all the time. Even if people have moved or their CCs have expired, CCI could get current information the same way they do right before they send out badges. They tell people to make sure their information is current by a certain date. Instead of getting a badge in the mail, they get a refund.There are other vaccines. The other close ones are/were Moderna's and Oxford's. Moderna's is basically the same as BioNTech's. So if gigantic Pfizer can't make that due to material shortages, I doubt little Moderna can. The Oxford vaccine already had production delays before the controversy, but now they say they will conduct another trial since their results have been called into question. AZ has said that won't delay regulatory approval but why would any regulator approve it if the company itself says they will be conducting another trial? There are a lot of other vaccines in trials, they will come later.We've pinned too much on vaccines. Vaccines are not a magic bullet. We've had all the tools all along to have comic-con. We just refuse to use them. Mask, testing and contact tracing. There are some countries that are basically back to normal. These countries are effectively covid free. For them, a major spike is 20 cases. In one of these countries, thousands of people can get together with no consequences. There's no covid in the community for anyone to spread. But for the lack of will, we could do the same here. A vaccine is not required to have comic-con back.
As for folks thinking there is a rosier outlook for a vaccine being in wide distribution before July 2021, this article today doesn't bear that out (which I read AFTER posting my initial post): You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
The responses to this report from the government today sums up how this entire pandemic has been handled. The White House denied it happened. The person running Operation Warp Speed confirmed it. A Pfizer board member who is a former FDA commissioner also confirmed the report.
So I think _REGARDLESS_ when a vaccine is rolled out, it still seems wildly implausible that by July 22 San Diego will be 100% back to normal for a Comic-Con to be what it was like in 2019 during the last pre-pandemic SDCCI.So the question still remains: what do modifications to we anticipate CCI will make for 2021 to be able to happen? What modifications would you like to see; what outside-the-box modifications to you have in mind that I may be missing?<snip>I think it's unfathomable to think SDCCI 2021 (IF it occurs) will be able to occur as it did in 2019 and before, and I'd be interested to hear how others think the Con will have to change in order to happen
I think it's unfathomable to think SDCCI 2021 (IF it occurs) will be able to occur as it did in 2019 and before, and I'd be interested to hear how others think the Con will have to change in order to happen
Excellent question You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login A *huge* component the the idea of sdcc2021 would have to be What do comic companies bring? What do studios bring? Given the condition of the entertainment industry, i can not see them bringing much.etcI would think the tone would have to be one of, camaraderie & passing through the gauntlet. Less about blockbusters and making money 'cuz face it there's not as much money out there. I for one am not really craving big move panels but meeting up with folks from my tribe
I hope there will be a way to prove that you've received the vaccine, and that places will require that proof for entry. So that's the first thing they'll need to implement.