Public Safety Communications Group Sticking With Aug. 2-5 In-Person Show in Orlando
While most associations have dropped plans for in-person summer conferences due to COVID-19, APCO, which represents public safety communications officials, is steaming forward with plans to hold its annual trade show Aug. 2-5 in Orlando. It made the decision to…
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forge ahead "after much deliberation,"it emailed members Thursday. APCO's "events team" spent hours collaborating with the Orange County Convention Center and host hotels to ensure attendees will be safe "while enjoying the APCO conference experience that you have come to expect,” it said. The convention center lists 34 events, as late as October, that have been canceled, including two shows that would have run there the same time as APCO. “I would not attend,” said David Celentano, who chairs the epidemiology department at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. “Florida is having a major spike caused, no doubt, by opening up too early, and lack of public commitment to basic public health measures.” Holding any large public gatherings is "is ill-advised, especially if they can be avoided,” said Jill Roberts, epidemiologist at the University of South Florida. “Many conferences have been delayed or alternatively, moved online." APCO didn't comment Friday.