| This is an opinionated source attempting to save face. The MIT Tech Review article[1] really points out the lunacy and details that slipped through his authorial cracks. tldr: - Paid event where attendees flew in from around the world and A360 membership costs upwards of $30k per year - Employees knew they should be seeking indoor filming permits (and shifted venue / accommodations multiple times) but decided to avoid / abandon the effort - Mask wearing was not enforced and there was no self quarantine required - Diamandis directed employees to be tested by a company he's intimately involved in, HIPAA violations occurred on a text chat, and they didn't report infections (as legally required) to California Extract from MIT Tech Review article: > His blog post also did not acknowledge that public health orders had banned gatherings between December 3 and January 25 in California. Diamandis would not respond when I asked whether he was aware that he was violating state health rules by holding his event. “I knew that there were challenges. But I don’t know that I want to answer that on the record,” he said. That anyone could believe such an immunity bubble could be maintained when the White House failed or that they claim to have provided "Immunity Boosting: Intravenous vitamins and minerals" or "Regenerative Treatments" to safeguard against COVID just highlights the lunacy of the entire enterprise. Their final infection rate was 43%[2] for those who were unmasked. That his surprise conclusion was "Bottom line again: Masks Work." when noting the 35 (!) AV employees that were there in person "isolated in one corner of the office" who walked away uninfected has not been a shock to nearly anyone for months. Yet this blog post makes it sound like they were completely blindsided and that even the most intensive analysis of the available medical literature (or common sense) would say otherwise. [1]: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/02/13/1018374/peter-di... [2]: From his own blog which may not be accurate given Diamandis noted to the MIT Tech Review regarding discrepancies in the count "“Someone is tracking,” he said, though he said he was not sure who." |