How about a post-vaccine Pandemicon?

I'm musing wistfully about some of the conventions I've gone to in the past - Bloody Words, Bloody Scotland, Iceland Noir, Left Coast Crime, Crimefest, Maplecon, CanCon and Bouchercon... I've never been to a ConCept, Ad Astra, AndOrCon, Comicon or WorldCon, although I'm sure they could be a lot of fun too. Usually they take place in the spring, summer or fall but in 2020, they haven't happened at all.

So here's a thought. When we're finally able to hold those larger events once again, why don't we hold a Pandemicon? We could have panels discussing all that marvellous post-apocalyptic literature we read while we were holed up in self isolation practising imaginative distancing. We could talk about how prescient it was or how wildly unrealistic. We could have our True Science and Pseudoscience and "What were we thinking?" features as well. Film screenings. Masquerade balls with plenty of masks and face-shields and PPE. People dressed as space aliens and paramedics and grocery store workers and maybe as Stan or Cassie the sourdough starter? Someone wearing a version of the toilet paper dress from that commercial? Contests too. Pandemic-era games. Live entertainment - maybe a performance by I Furiosi in their full medical regalia? Picnics and banquets in courtyards and on terraces and patios.

The possibilities are endless. And wouldn't it be a great way to revive the tourist industry?