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Old 03-02-2021, 08:56 AM   #103
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Re: 2021 Tour Rumors/Status

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Originally Posted by chadizzy1 View Post
The only way I'd feel comfortable going to shows this year is if venues required

A) temperature / symptom checking upon entry
and
B) COVID vaccine cards showing either one dose vaccine or both doses of a two dose vaccine

But without that, until most of the country is vaccinated, I don't plan on going to any concerts. Even if it means missing a show here in even my home state.

We have an autoimmune child, so I can't risk bringing home COVID.
Temp checks and entry screenings are purely medical theater and offer no help as to what gets in. This virus has proven that you can be asymptomatic and cause a super-spreader event. And anyone in their right mind who has a fever isn't going to feel well enough to go to a concert.

Vaccine cards are unlikely to be adopted for entry. The barrier it creates is something most businesses aren't going to be privy on because you're turning away customers. Plus there's already markets going to get fake vaccine cards.

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Originally Posted by podiumboy View Post
It really hinges on what happens in the next month or two. Will this spring surge be a thing? Will variant fear porn spook people enough to make them air on the side of caution?

I really think they need to just set a goal, say Labor Day weekend, for full capacity events to happen, and just make it happen.
Read yesterday that 10% of Americans are fully vaccinated and nearly 20% have had their first dose. Consider that in the month of march that 20% will get their second dose, bringing us up to 30%. That doesn't count anyone who gets their first shot in March. Two things about that: 1) The US supply is increasing close to 40% in March alone. 2) The first dose of Pfizer and Moderna has proven to have ~90% efficacy.

The narrative is going to change soon. The variants have proven to not be a thing (yet). So far all the vaccines still react strongly (60%+) to the variants.
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