COVID and Respiratory Illness precautions. While we have all made a choice to attend this meeting for our education and professional benefit, COVID remains a concern particularly for those who live with immunocompromised people and those with infants. Different people have differing risk preferences. While risk of infection at the conference cannot be eliminated, we have attempted to identify common sense measures for 2025 that reduce risk and promote a safe and healthy environment for attendees, facility staff, and people we come in contact with after the conference. Our recommendations for 2025 are:
COVID testing.
Testing prior to travel is encouraged; do not travel if you test positive before departure. For onsite testing, rapid antigen tests are available for purchase from Granlibakken. While we do not recommend a particular schedule for testing, if you feeling symptomatic please test. Report positive results to the meeting organizer.
Masking and Social Distancing.
If you are coughing or sneezing, please consider wearing a mask. Masks are recommended for all indoors activities including lectures, workgroup meetings, and indoor social activities. You can remove your mask during indoor meals and can unmask while eating or drinking during social activities. We encourage outdoor activities as feasible. Please bring your own mask, preferably N95s or KN95s but minimally medical grade surgical masks. Please provide appropriate masks for your children guests.
Travel to and from the conference.
This is a potential source of infection for you, other conference participants, facility staff, and family and close contacts when you return home. We recommend that you protect yourself and others by wearing a high-quality mask throughout travel and social distancing as much as possible.