Consonance, The San Francisco Bay Area Filk Convention, March 7 to March 9, 2025 - at Aloft Silicon Valley, 8200 Gateway Blvd, Newark, CA 94560

For general information on Best Practices

According to the CDC transmission is via viral load in concentrations capable of overcoming your immune system.

Therefore over time the following general recommendations are considered --

Reducing our impact on others is now the standard.

Greet with voice and gesture.
Don't stand close (1-2 meters, 4-6 feet) to sneezy or coughing people.
Avoid adding to the load.
Wear a mask to reduce particulate virus transport, whether your own intake, or your impact on others.
The larger or more varied the gathering, the more this precaution has benefits.
Support your immune system in whatever ways are available to you.
Keep clean in how and where you touch surfaces.
Learn to treat your face like you have been handling cut chili. The virus is invisible to the naked eye, but the eyes were a target for the earliest variants.
There is no evidence that food or water alone will transmit this virus. This said, Food-borne illness (usually bacterial) is also well worth avoiding.
CDC Guidelines are now addressing Any respiratory ailments
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/index.html
Found filk: Hand washing instructions with interlaced lyrics
http://washyourlyrics.com/
California guidelines on useful masks for your needs
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Respiratory-Viruses/When-and-Why-to-Wear-a-Mask.aspx

Specifically at Consonance

We will have masks available onsite.

We care about your health and the health of your friends.

Therefore, you must be vaccinated against COVID to attend, and we ask you to remain masked except when you are eating or performing. Please show proof of vaccination to our friendly registration staff when you arrive. We strongly recommend, but do not require, one of the updated vaccines which offer better protection against currently circulating variants.

Also, if you take public transportation to Consonance, please remain masked while traveling.