Getting vaccinated does not equal being at zero risk of illness or death from COVID. Vaccination is a risk reduction strategy, not a risk elimination strategy. We have to get to herd immunity - the place we are in with smallpox and polio - before vaccination alone can really ensure safety.
so, get vaccinated.
Ok, don't travel, don't interview, dont apply. problem solved. there are still like 175 apps left in the pool.
Your liability risk is with the people who do travel, do interview, don't get the job, and do get sick. Contact traced infection back to your uni and the people they met with. Might not be an issue where everyone has to be vaccinated to be on campus, but for unis with unvaccinated students and faculty, this is an issue.
Ok, don't travel, don't interview, dont apply. problem solved. there are still like 175 apps left in the pool.
Your liability risk is with the people who do travel, do interview, don't get the job, and do get sick. Contact traced infection back to your uni and the people they met with. Might not be an issue where everyone has to be vaccinated to be on campus, but for unis with unvaccinated students and faculty, this is an issue.
unlikely unless you quit academia.
Basically, the assistant professor hiring market has become twice as long. Most departments now do two rounds of interviews: Zoom interviews for those on the "long short list," which are then used to narrow down the list to a shorter "short list" that are formally scheduled for a visit. Moreover, for departments that do these visits virtually, the interviews can stretch over several days in some cases, as they include both a job talk as well as one-on-one meetings that are often scheduled at the convenience of the interviewers (which means they can be spread across several days).
Oh, and the job talk now typically consists of two portions: A recorded ("asynchronous") talk, and a live Q&A, for which the candidate has to come back and field questions over zoom.
Ah, so much fun applying for jobs these days, compared to just two years ago...
My dept is doing everything on zoom, and just flyouts for the top three, with limited interaction (no airport pickups, no dinners, etc... Just job talk and meetings, with mask)
So the candidate takes all the risks for no reason at all since the talk, meetings can be done via Zoom.