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| re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:44 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? - ryhog 03:38 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
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| I live in Morton Grove, IL which is about 1-1/2 miles north of the Edison Park area of Chicago. Since Mar., 2020, I go to the gym (when open) in the morning where I walk on the track for about 90 minutes. There are 3 or 4 grocery stores I go to regularly. I've been to Walmart several times and Kohl's twice. I've been to a local cinema (when open) maybe 5 or 6 times. I've never seen a person without a mask in any store. However, I do see some people occasionally with their mask below their nose, which, of course, spreads droplets. At my gym the people who use the track generally do not remove their masks when walking. When they do, I and others remind them to mask-up -- there has never been a refusal or confrontation, but the people who use the track are generally older, responsible adults. However, in other parts of the gym, a lot of people (mostly older teens and younger 20 somethings) on occasion remove their mask or lower it below their nose. There is limited staff at my gym to enforce the mask rule -- they do go from room to room and area to area constantly, but absolute enforcement is impossible, and I have seen confrontations and even some (rare, but it happens) intimidation. The people in charge are aware of the problem, constantly remind violators, but other than hiring an armed guard for every room, there's no real solution if some people are going to be jerks. Regarding the cinema, it's pretty much what Kaoru stated, many people, after they are seated in the theater, remove their mask. In fact, I'm probably one of the very few who only removes his mask (when eating popcorn) while watching the movie. Since Mar., 2020 I have not left my house without wearing a mask, and I do not remove it when I'm in a building. Nevertheless, in Jan., 2021 I was diagnosed with covid. I was interviewed by a lady from the Cook County Board of Health. She had me re-trace my steps for the 3 days preceding the morning I noticed the symptoms (no sense of smell, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, aches and pains all over, etc.) -- fortunately my doctor was able to do a video exam of me that very day and told me I probably had the virus. A test the next day confirmed it. Anyway the medical people surmised that I contracted covid 3 days earlier in a Farmer's Market grocery store where everyone was wearing a mask, but the store was grossly overcrowded, there was no social distancing, and it was impossible to turn around and exit the store. Anyway I got through the virus, it definitely sucked, but I recovered. I received my first dose of the Moderna vaccine last month, and the second dose yesterday. Just one person's story -- I'm not trying to over-generalize. |
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| re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:23 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? - BroadwayTonyJ 05:44 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
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| I'm glad you got through it! All of the stores I go to have good hygiene and social distancing. I waited outside in the freezing cold (NYC cold, not Chicago cold) to get into both groceries I regularly go to, which was a small price to pay for an uncrowded store. I have now had both doses of the vaccine as of 2 weeks ago. Like I said in another post, as eager as I am to see live theatre again, I would not have gone unvaccinated. I have not been to the gym yet but plan to return soon. My neighbor who goes to the same gym said it feels very safe there. There have been those here and elsewhere who want to push the reopening of theatres, but there is a good reason (reinforced by the news Ann posted above re the Bill T Jones show) to be patient. By Fall, we will know much much more than we do now, and we will hopefully be in a far far better place. I look forward to post-show drinks where everyone is laughing about "remember back when we were worried about ... " | |
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| re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 07:16 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:09 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? - ryhog 06:23 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
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| I feel perfectly safe at my gym because I am able to social distance at all times. Not many people use the track and it's limited to 6 people at a time. There is an automatic lock on the door which only admits the 6 people with reservations. I'm just pointing out that in many areas there are those who do not follow the rules. At least 30% of the people in this country think that covid is either a hoax or not something serious. If they watch Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham and listen to them, they probably do not believe that 541,000 individuals have died of it here. All of the stores I go to regularly are safe. However, on that one occasion I was in a store that previously had always been safe, but that one time it was not safe and I paid the price. Regarding the film cinemas I have attended, the number of people in the individual theater has always been between 5 and 10 people, all several rows distant from others. Yesterday after getting my second dose of the vaccine, the doctor gave me the completed CDC card and referred to it as a passport. He said that probably in Illinois anyway a vaccine passport may be necessary for admission to large events (like theatre) in the future when such events resume, hopefully in the fall. |
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