An executive of Pax East Exhibition died of novel coronavirus infection after the exhibition ended last Saturday. Other executives initiated funeral crowdfunding for the deceased dawn wood and achieved the goal of crowdfunding within one day. Although the sponsor of crowdfunding stressed that wood "has gained the greatest happiness in recent years", her death made many players question whether it is necessary to hold the exhibition in today's environment.
"Pax executor" is the group responsible for planning and offline operation of Pax for the annual game exhibition. Participants are paid the local minimum wage and have four days off on weekends. Wood has been a member of the "Pax executor" since 2014.
According to Pax East's official website, all participants are required to show vaccination certificates and wear masks. A few days before the exhibition, Boston revoked the local public transport mask injunction. But from the live video, almost all players in the venue wore masks.
According to the information provided on the funeral crowdfunding page, wood felt unwell during the exhibition and returned home, and his condition deteriorated within a week. His mother called the police on Saturday and said she couldn't reach wood. The police rushed to wood's house and found that she had died the night before yesterday.
The $11615 raised by the crowd will be used to pay wood's funeral expenses. Her sister margrette Domingue was originally responsible for the crowdfunding work, but she also contracted novel coronavirus during the Pax exhibition and was sent to the emergency department. Then the funeral crowdfunding was taken over by his mother.
Employees in the game industry spoke accordingly and boycotted offline exhibitions. After the cancellation of E3 exhibition, exhibitions such as GDC and magfest have become virus carnivals.