One of my wife's friends was the gm of a large banquet/hotel/mini-convention center. They were the host location, of apparently, the WORLD'S largest furry convention (never cared to fact check it, lol). Figure the host hotel had about 500 rooms, and the 4 or 5 surrounding hotels housed similar numbers, and there is also a massive amount of air-bnb's as well. Apparently, the week of this sucker, every room and rental car in a seemingly 50 mile radius was sold out.
She told us some really twisted stories about this thing, ranging from entire families showing up dressed up as anime racoons (think 7 and 8 year olds, along with mom in dad in full regalia) to people full decked out in bondage type gear (complete with squirrel tails held in place with certain types of plugs, that rhyme with "rutt"...) all interacting and rubbing elbows together for a week of family fun and debauchery at an outdated venue. I won't share the real cringe worthy stuff she told us about it; I'm no prude, but there are some really strange people out there. Apparently a lot of them. And like any sub group, there is no shortage of predators within.
I always wondered where pinball people/pinball shows stood in the weirdo hierarchy of things, and it's not even close; not even in the same league. And I've met my fare share of weirdos playing pinball...
As to Pinburgh, I'm still cautiously optimistic about it happening. And for me, I will take the same basic precautions and common sense measures I do ANYTIME I'm in a large gathering: Sanitize/wash hands frequently (only touch my face after doing such if needed); respect personal space; sanitize phone and the few other personal affects I bring in with me occasionally; and even though it's tempting, not lick door handles and urinals.
Fingers crossed folks.