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| re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? | |
| Posted by: blue70 04:09 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? - ryhog 06:54 pm EDT 03/20/21 | |
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| I used to attend theater, concerts, ballet and opera performances regularly. I will not be returning to see live performances any time soon. I lost a friend to covid this week, so I am even warier of crowds than I was before. I don't trust people to wear masks properly. I see people with ill-fitting masks every time I shop. I regularly see people who do not cover their noses. I've even seen people remove their masks in stores. I now shop during off-peak hours so that I encounter fewer people. In December, Fauci said that 90% of the population needs to be vaccinated in order for us to achieve herd immunity. Because of the amount of vaccine hesitancy out there, I'll be surprised if we are able to vaccinate 90% of the people. |
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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 05:55 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? - blue70 04:09 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| Everyone decides for themselves what they are comfortable with and when, so nothing I say is intended to encourage anyone to do do things before it feels right to them personally. Having said that, as I have said before, herd immunity is a public health issue, not a personal health issue. Of course we have cause for concern that stupid people will not get vaccinated, because ultimately we will all pay for their choice in higher healthcare costs, taxes, etc. but it does not change things for the vaccinated at all. (NB the continued mask mandate exists to protect the unvaccinated (in the event vaccinated people end up being able to spread the virus) until everyone has had plenty of opportunity to get vaccinated. Once that happens, the mandate will be lifted.) And there will be vaccines for children in due course. There is research underway now; obviously we have to know that they are safe for kids before we allow them. But again, since there is a low incidence, this is not a public health priority. If we can empty the hospitals and the morgues of covid victims, normalcy will return. I hope you find the right time to return as well. | |
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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 04:46 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Variety: As COVID-19 Restrictions Start to Ease, What Will It Take for Broadway Shows to Reopen? - blue70 04:09 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| Last week one of the medical professionals, not Fauci, but a woman doctor, said that because there are no plans to vaccinate children, 95% of adults will have to be vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity. Right now in red states it's the macho thing to not wear a mask and not get vaccinated. Recently Trump repeated the baseless claim that vaccinations cause autism. The horrendous divide in this country is going to make it very hard to defeat the virus. |
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