Dr. Fauci Predicts Shows With Masked Audiences to Return This Fall If all goes well with the vaccine rollout, we could have live performances back “some time in the fall of 2021”
Danielle Chelosky | January 11, 2021 - 12:19 pm
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Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said theaters and other venues may open up for shows “some time in the fall of 2021,” depending on the vaccine. In the virtual meeting during the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, he also indicated that audiences may have to wear masks. The country needs to reach an effective level of herd immunity, meaning vaccinating 70 to 85% of the population.
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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
Of course, that s assuming everything goes right with vaccines
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Published Jan 11, 2021
We re starting to forget what life was like before concerts were exclusively livestreamed, but that could change this year. After all, the United States chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci seems pretty optimistic that concerts could return to America this fall as the coronavirus vaccine is distributed across the nation.
In a new interview Fauci spoke at a conference for the Association of Performing Arts Professionals on the weekend. As the
New York Times reports, he seems to think Americans might be able to return to concerts this year. Of course, that hinges on 70 to 85 percent of the American population being vaccinated.
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