| 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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