I am home for the foreseeable because masks are not being worn. While the virus continues to exist, talking about mask wearing will never go away because the virus isn't done and we’re not done with it. Cases will continue to rise.
The Kite Runner
Since the start of the pandemic, 'The Kite Runner' is the first show on Broadway requiring audiences to wear masks at certain of their performances. Being disabled myself my life has changed. It’s a noticeable move, because it’s the only theatre, but also because masks are required on the busiest day of the week, a Friday.
Fans who live and deal with a disability or those who have health vulnerabilities have continually called for theatres to host nights where masks are worn.
London's West End
In London’s West End they have yet to introduce the same scheme. There has been audience demand for theatres to continue to insist on theatre goers masking up. The major theatres in London’s West End have not yet introduced wearing a mask scheme.
Some venues in the UK including the Nottingham Playhouse, the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, the Hampstead Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare company have scheduled occasional mask-only performances.
Little appetite for mask wearing
It is because restrictions are lifted and the government have chosen selfish practices over common sense, there is little appetite for theatres bringing mask mandates back to venues in the UK, but there are groups out there including me, who are struggling without mask wearing.
Although we are a minority it has been noted by the media. Individual nights, are being trialed for those who are keen to protect themselves in theatres. This information should be shouted from the rooftops.
We should still be masking up
We should still be wearing masks. How else collectively can we reduce the virus? Being told by scientists this could be one of many viruses, should be reason enough for us to make sensible choices, so that we are helping the more vulnerable.
Ignoring the facts can't help
Ignoring the facts can't help, particularly because there is no cure for Covid. It's mad we're not taking responsibility and changing how we do things.
Ignoring the world deals with a virus is setting us up to fail. For me, it means unless I can make provisions to keep myself safe I am home. It's selfish, not selfless.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk
I wore a mask in public at the beginning of the pandemic and I continue to do so. Evidence has shown that masks protect wearer and people around them.
Besides, it makes sense to me that not wearing a mask is too risky, especially when no one else around me is masking up.
You're absolutely right Tim. We should. Even though the virus has moved on and less people are dying, the virus is still rising because we're not wearing masks.
Scientists are losing battle with asking people to do what's common sense and people are ignoring the science and are getting on with their lives, which is now the reason for the rise in cases.