Health and Safety
The following is general health & safety information and not intended to be a comprehensive guide.
Emergencies
Call 9-1-1 to contact Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Situations could include: an immediate danger to life or property, a fire, a crime in progress, a medical emergency, or someone needing mental health services.
The closest hospitals with emergency room services are:
- St. David’s South Austin Medical Center Emergency Room, located at 901 W Ben White Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
- Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas – Emergency, located at 1500 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Health Safety (ArmadilloCon Health Pledge)
We ask that all attendees and participants follow the ArmadilloCon Health Pledge. You are committed to:
- Practicing respiratory etiquette, such as masking (where applicable) and / or covering your nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing.
- Exercising good hygiene, such as frequently washing or sanitizing your hands.
- Masks will be available at the ArmadilloCon Registration Desk, and are encouraged.
- Please wear a mask if you have respiratory symptoms (coughing, sneezing, sore throat, hoarseness, etc.), or if you think you have had a respiratory virus in the last 5 days.
- Wash your hands often with soap and water. Use soap and scrub for 20 seconds before rinsing.
- Hand sanitizer will be available at the ArmadilloCon Registration Desk and at other locations in the convention, and its use is encouraged.
- Hand sanitizers do not get rid of all types of viruses, though, so please also wash your hands regularly with soap and warm water.
- Following the CDC’s recommendations for protecting yourself from, and reducing the spread of, COVID-19 and other communicable illnesses.
- Not attending ArmadilloCon if you have symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and/or have tested positive for COVID-19 and have not completed the CDC’s guidelines for discontinuing isolation.
Note that during the COVID-19 pandemic, our protocols included a mask policy and proof of a negative test (or full vaccination instead of a negative test) in order to collect and maintain credentials.