Three years ago at PAX 2009, nearly 100 cases of the H1N1 virus broke out throughout the sister convention in Seattle. This year to try and combat the fury of germs that is unleashed upon the thousands of nerds at PAX East, organizers provided hand sanitizer in the goodie bags (that you would have received had you waited in line). That was about all of the observable efforts that went into containing any sort of sickness that may be gliding across the convention. Yet alas, a small handful of friends and many Tweeters that attended have what is being dubbed the “PAX pox” (its just a general sickness but sounds more dramatic than “a cold” or “the flu”). This warning could have been beneficial if it had been posted PRE-PAX but alas, hindsight 20/20. Even on the PAX website, a simple warning for attendees to wash their hands regularly, not bite their nails (guilty), and just be sanitary smart while touching gaming controllers and keyboards that hundreds of others caressed as well.
While some PAX attendees have been ill, others have been lamenting on Twitter about how their yearly three day recess has come to an end. Complaining about their cubicle walls, dorm rooms, quiet life and loneliness and how they’re already waiting for PAX East 2013.
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