Anyone else catch a cold at NAB?

You know the T shirt... "My parents went to Paris and all I got was this stupid T-Shirt". Well, that's how I feel. I went to NAB and all I got was a damn cold! And apparently I'm not the only one. My unscientific survey reveals at least four people that I know who immediately came down with a nasty cold post NAB.

Anyone else? Or is it just me. (Sniffle)

Mark

PS. I'm hoping for the "Most OT " post of the year with this!

Via Twitter I saw that Kevin Monahan from Adobe caught the flu at NAB and ended up in the hospital! He's at home now and getting better, but, hell that's no fun at all. I was worried about getting sick since I have a baby at home so I was washing my hands and using hand sanitizer like a mad man.

[Kevin Monahan] "Quite the ordeal. Yes, I'm still at home and recovering at last. At least I'm doing work from home. Thanks for your concern. Next year, hand sanitizer "like a mad man.""

Glad you are still on an upward trajectory. Hopefully you'll be back to 100% in no time.

I returned unscathed.
Actually shook hands with both Mark Rudonis and Kevin Monahan on different days (along with a hundred others!) so dodged at least a couple of very minor biological bullets perhaps. Either my immune system is humming or more likely I just got very lucky.

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Same here - lost a few hours work of my demo artist gig and left early Wed before seeing all the goodies... worst NAB ever.

It was at a Vegas premiere that I resolved to become an avid FCPX user.

Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Downtown Long Beach, California
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[Noah Kadner] "the only prescription is more cowbell. "

I know that a lotta y'all Hollywood types can drive over, but I swear that I got sick on the plane ride home every year.

I also think that more people coming from more places is going to make NAB get worse for spreading colds every year.

Actually, any of you cats remember NAB 2002 or so? Bird flu in Asia kept tens of thousands of people home, and most of the few folks from Japan who came were working the floor in masks.

That's something the Japanese get right, btw. Maybe because they know too well the bad things that can happen when strangers wind up jammed together. Transit stations have dispensers for masks all over the place. No excuses man. If you're coughing or sniffling, mask up. Or if you know that a lot of other people during flu season think they're "too cool" to wear a mask? Then YOU need to mask up. I love it.

In the scheme of things though, if you go to Vegas and the worst disease you carry home is the flu, you should call it a win.

That's Vegas for you. Even winning is pretty gruesome.

[Tim Wilson] "Actually, any of you cats remember NAB 2002 or so? Bird flu in Asia kept tens of thousands of people home, and most of the few folks from Japan who came were working the floor in masks."

Yup, I was there. Very odd scene.

Scott Witthaus
Senior Editor/Post Production Supervisor
1708 Inc./Editorial
Professor, VCU Brandcenter

I caught a cold just reading about NAB.

Jason Jenkins
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