So, who is changing their Canvention plans?

[jssiintl]

I got vaccinated to protect myself, and I will wear a mask whether or not it's required, to protect myself and others. If that's a bridge too far for some, so be it. But it works for me. The venue will be taking temperatures and requiring PPE upon entry, so there you go. (The metal detectors should be fun)

The only way I change my plans right now is if the Delta variant gets completely out of control. I have a lot of pent-up can accumulating to work on.

[zoinkss]

I hate to "stretch" this out but; What would Gumby and Pokey do in the face of adversity?
I am a can collector 1st. Mask or no mask, Im going.

[ConeAddict]

Be safe guys, new CDC report on delta variant is pretty bleak, especially the part about vaccinated people spreading it just as easily as unvaccinated. Never thought we would be back at this point this summer, bad timing for Canvention.

[blake]

I'll be there. I've been vaccinated and had covid bad last October for 10 days. The news outlets are always doom and gloom. I wish they give counts of vaccinated people that contract it.

[foreigncanman]

What is the definition of a public venue? Is the trade floor (members only) public or private ? ( I would guess public because it is a workspace) What about the hotel hallways hospitality rooms etc.The lobbies and hallways to the tradefloor would presumably be public venues.

[HiJax]

I'm still on board. Forging ahead, mask donned. Look forward to seeing everyone in St Louis!

[Scott]

After some flip flopping we are in. My wife and I had two close friends who are both nurses over last night. They said the 0.5% of hospitalized vaccinated patients they have are in poor overall shape with lots of other issues. We don't check those boxes fortunately. The mask part still sucks though.

[Cap-Sealed]

I'm cancelling. Nobody loves beer cans more than I do but I cant risk my health to go to a beer party with people from all over the country. There will be others. And I am vax'd. With my luck, I would catch it and be the 0.00000095% of vax'd people who would die from it. We had an outbreak at my work. A good friend of mine who said he wasn't getting vax'd because he never gets sick, got it and was in the hospital for 5 weeks. He also brought the bug home to his wife and it killed her. Even if I went and didn't get sick, how do I know I'm not bringing it home after the show to friends and family and God forbid, one of them dies from it because of me?

[Rand]

I'm cancelling. Nobody loves beer cans more than I do but I cant risk my health to go to a beer party with people from all over the country. There will be others. And I am vax'd. With my luck, I would catch it and be the 0.00000095% of vax'd people who would die from it. We had an outbreak at my work. A good friend of mine who said he wasn't getting vax'd because he never gets sick, got it and was in the hospital for 5 weeks. He also brought the bug home to his wife and it killed her. Even if I went and didn't get sick, how do I know I'm not bringing it home after the show to friends and family and God forbid, one of them dies from it because of me?

Based on the pictures and videos coming from NABA, probably a wise choice.

[MI-Cans]

That's what's great about this country. You can make your own choices.

I respect everyone's choice, whether you choose to go or not.

I put in too many years to get to this point. I'm not going to throw it all away because I getting careless or lazy. I'm vaccinated and I'm still double masking everywhere I go.

I will continue to do so as long as people are still getting infected, still getting hospitalized and are still dying.

Return to normal...I don't think so...at least not now nor the immediate future.

(MI-Cans)

[kruegerbock]

I've just been informed that my work related travel will be restricted based upon the level of community transmission in the county where I was planning to travel. Basically, if the level of community transmission is "high" at this website: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/# I will not be permitted to travel to the location. This does not effect my plans to attend CANvention, as these restrictions do not apply to personal travel.

I looked at all of the places I plan to travel in the next several weeks, and sadly most of them (including St. Louis City and St. Louis County) are in this category. This website is updated daily, and the status for any location can change. I offer this for those still weighing their decisions.

With respect to work, we will be going back to mask and social distancing requirements, although at least my home county is not in the "high" category.

[mtracy64]

We go back to masks and safety glasses at work tomorrow. I'm one of the few who continued to wear them after the requirement was dropped three weeks ago - wow, that didn't last long. I'd rather be at Canvention than at work, and Blue/Grey was a lot of fun even masked up.

Marc

[jacoby4664]

I didn't get a room because I am less than 10 minutes from the Convention Center here in town. That said, I plan on being there every second I can, masked up and searching like a HOUND ON THE HUNT for any elusive crowntainer I need. I have located number 305, until I go backwards to 303, long story. But if I can be back to 305 at the end of the Canvention, I will be ecstatic.
PS On a side note. I take exception to every spell check software program putting the dreaded red line under the word crowntainer. These fine cans deserve more respect!!!

[henry porter]

We go back to masks and safety glasses at work tomorrow. I'm one of the few who continued to wear them after the requirement was dropped three weeks ago - wow, that didn't last long. I'd rather be at Canvention than at work, and Blue/Grey was a lot of fun even masked up.

Marc

I was the only one at my work who continued to mask up and social distance when they lifted the restrictions. As of today we're back to full masking and social distancing, and restrictions on numbers of people in an indoor setting. I'm glad I kept wearing the damn thing.

Should be fun when the students return (I work at a university)....

[mtracy64]

We go back to masks and safety glasses at work tomorrow. I'm one of the few who continued to wear them after the requirement was dropped three weeks ago - wow, that didn't last long. I'd rather be at Canvention than at work, and Blue/Grey was a lot of fun even masked up.

Marc

I was the only one at my work who continued to mask up and social distance when they lifted the restrictions. As of today we're back to full masking and social distancing, and restrictions on numbers of people in an indoor setting. I'm glad I kept wearing the damn thing.

Should be fun when the students return (I work at a university)....

I'm the only one who doesn't have a preexisting condition or who wasn't sick as hell for three weeks with COVID who kept wearing the PPE. I've been doing it for so long it's no big deal, and it would suck to have to start again if I had stopped.

I work in an office building for years at a stretch, then go to an automotive assembly plan for a long stretch when it's time to launch a new product. We have back-to-back launches at the same facility, so I've been at the plant since the beginning of last year except the two months the whole country shut down. I'm able to work from home about 1/3 of the time now, so that's a welcome break.

Marc