Dr. Fauci Predicts Live Entertainment to Return This Fall
Think about the feeling of your last concert, which may return to you by the end of 2021 according to Dr. Fauci. After a grim 2020, Fauci revealed that concert venues and theaters could return to operations “some time in the fall of 2021.”
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The New York Times, Fauci’s comments were during a virtual conference held by the Association of Performing Arts Professionals on Saturday.
“If everything goes right, this [will] occur some time in the fall of 2021, so that by the time we get to the early to mid-fall, you can have people feeling safe performing onstage as well as people in the audience,” Fauci said. “I think you can then start getting back to almost full capacity of seating. We’ll be back in the theaters performers will be performing, audiences will be enjoying it.”
Rolling Stone Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Venues, Theaters Could Reopen by Fall 2021
Top infectious disease expert says timeline depends on U.S. reaching herd immunity, adds mask-wearing may still be necessary
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The New York Times reports, Fauci said live entertainment’s return depended on vaccination rollout and getting between 70 to 85% of the population vaccinated.
“If everything goes right, this is will occur some time in the fall of 2021, so that by the time we get to the early to mid-fall, you can have people feeling safe performing onstage as well as people in the audience,” Fauci said.
Even if the United States does reach herd immunity, however, Fauci said venues and theaters may still need to take some safety precautions, especially if they don’t have good ventilation or air filtration systems. Even if they do, he added, venues may still need to require audiences to wear masks, which could be necessary for some time even as the vaccine gets distribut