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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8382574" data-attributes="member: 177">Ugh.  I look at the Sturgis Rally, and the state of South Dakota now, and shudder.GenCon (and, in fact, every convention) is in a pickle.  They've booked dates, and signed some very expensive contracts.  For many organizations, having done that, cancelling the convention simply isn't an option.  If the Governors of the States in which they occur don't take action that forces the contracts to be void, the organizer's are on the hook for that money.  It stinks.The Massachusetts Board of Education has voted to allow the Education Commissioner to institute a mask mandate for students K-12, at least until October.  The mandate is contingent on the vaccination rate in the school - if a school can demonstrate that 80% of the students and staff are vaccinated, then those who are vaccinated may be allowed to skip masking.  Those who remain unvaccinated will need to keep wearing masks.  Our Governor has put forth a mandate that all state workers be vaccinated by mid-October.   The legislature is working on authorizing paid leave to allow those employees to take a couple days to get the vaccine and deal with side effects (and the state budget has a surplus - we can afford to give them the days).  A couple of unions are giving some pushback, but it doesn't look like they'll have much public support.  Which is to say, not everywhere is full of stupid.  That's a source of hope.</blockquote>

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