Many Broadway Theaters To Drop Vaccine Mandate In May. — Page 7

BroadwayPatriot said: "Most people don’t want to live in terror forever - we don’t have a pandemic any longer - their are next to zero hospitalizations currently - we have a testing obsession - I work on Broadway- I got Covid in December with the 3 vaccines and the vaccinated only policy and the masks - I could not care less if they check for vaccines or enforce mask mandates - at this point - if you are that terrified ( even though you got the vaccine ) you are suffering from trauma and need to seek help or simply stay home - most people are done with this - it’s like a cult at this point- vaccine mandates don’t keep you safer - this had zero basis in reality - as December proved - when every other person I worked with on Broadway got the virus- if you are vaccinated- being near someone unvaccinated is not any more dangerous than being on a theater with only vaccinated - this is reality - if you think otherwise you are delusional - suffering from some kind of PTSD and need help"

I work in an NYC hospital, there are definitely cases. Not as many as the height of covid surge in 2020, but still some. We all hope for a time when there are none, but we can't ignore that it's still possible for some to get very sick once infected. Those of us who lived through it and are going on with life are fairly lucky. I'm willing to wear a mask (and continue keeping up with immunizations like with any other illness) as long as needed to prevent even 1 death. Though some may very well have PTSD, that's not the only reason to continue to take medical precautions- same as your annual physical, dental checkups, flu vaccine, tetanus boosters, etc.

pagereynolds said: "I mean, if your screen name has the word patriot, you're almost definitely trolling, but

we don’t have a pandemic any longer -

NYC average cases per day, over the last week:2,258 (Increasing)"

Why is so much misleading or erroneous information posted on this board? Why feed a troll with fuel? It's not that hard to comprehend where we are at. I am and have been an advocate of tough mandates until they no longer make sense. Cases do not make a pandemic. Quality masks provide robust protection without regard to anyone else. Just as the theatre evolves, so too do our protocols for covid. I wear a mask indoors among people and will until I reach the next level of comfort. I am double boosted. But it's not April of 2020 and I am not hearing nonstop ambulance sirens out my window. Hospitalizations and deaths are flat and if we filter out the idiots, they are decreasing. My zip code is fully vaccinated and no one is headed to the hospital. Half the people I know have had covid in 2022. Just as a ton of performers have, and most of our politicians. Very few have any symptoms and even those have just a nuisance. Everyone is in charge of their own comfort levels and apprehension of safety but a pandemic is not about that; it's about a public health crisis and we are not having one of those now.

pagereynolds said: "Very few have any symptoms and even those have just a nuisance.

This statement has no basis in reality. Everyone knows that."

First of all, I am a part of everyone so you are manifestly wrong. Second, you don't know my zip code or what people I know so you cannot directly compete with an answer to my statement. Third, it is demonstrable that well-vaccinated people are routinely experiencing few if any symptoms. To try to focus you, there is not a single report of a Broadway performer who had covid who was seriously ill or unable to return. Likewise, you will note the same with the politicians we have gone through an infection. We are not in a pandemic. Public officials and scientists don't think we are; on what basis do you think you are smarter than them? Are there still a bunch of cases? Yes. Is that a pandemic? No. We had 9000 TB cases last year. That's not a pandemic either. Is it ok if you personally want to behave as if there is a pandemic? Absolutely, but recognize it is not because there is a pandemic. I am not trying to dissuade you from how you feel; just trying to get you to accept the broader reality even if it is not your own.

pagereynolds said: "Hundreds of people are still dying every day of COVID, but OK, sure, we aren't in a pandemic."

I guess you don't want to learn. Pity but I'll move on. Good luck to you.

Updated On: 4/20/22 at 07:28 PM

Just received this from Tele-Charge regarding my tickets for a show on May 20, 2022:

Forgive me if this perspective has been shared but should be considered:



AT THIS COVID PROTOCOLS ARE BAD FOR MENTAL HEALTH!

This is what no one speaks on. If you work in any part of the Broadway community you have to get tested multiple times a week. Sometimes a PCR every single day. Outside of having a Q-Tip scrapping your tender mucus membranes, you also have to worry about testing positive. This means missing work for 10 days. This also means you basically can not have a LIFE outside of BROADWAY. You wanna see your family/friends after a show, wanna eat at a restaurant, wanna ride the subway home, FORGET ABOUT IT. Wanna lay next to your husband in the same bed without wondering if he got Covid from his job. BY GOLLY! THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS MOVED ON but not Broadway.

AND NOT TO MENTION. The protocols do not stop you from testing positive. AT ALL. You got the vaccine and you still test positive. I can't name a single fully vaxxed person working on BWAY who got Covid and had SERIOUS symptoms let alone NOTICABLE symptoms. At this point it really is... I DARE SAY A COLD. (for the fully vaxxed)

I get that COVID created a lot of NEW jobs on broadway and to stop this RIGOROUS testing will leave some unemployed but the paranoia needs to end at some point.

Many of us in other professions get swabbed multiple times a week and somehow our precious naval cavities somehow have been able to survive.

According to Caitlin Huston of The Hollywood Reporter, Moulin Rouge will enforce a vaccination and mask policy for the seating that is near the performers.

EDSOSLO858 said: "pagereynolds said: "According to Caitlin Huston of The Hollywood Reporter, Moulin Rouge will enforce a vaccination and mask policy for the seating that is near the performers."

So only the Can-Can table seats… or most of the orchestra too?"

The table seats are what is being reported right now.

BWayBabe said: "Forgive me if this perspective has been shared but should be considered:



AT THIS COVID PROTOCOLS ARE BAD FOR MENTAL HEALTH!

This is what no one speaks on. If you work in any part of the Broadway community you have to get tested multiple times a week. Sometimes a PCR every single day. Outside of having a Q-Tip scrapping your tender mucus membranes, you also have to worry about testing positive. This means missing work for 10 days. This also means you basically can not have a LIFE outside of BROADWAY. You wanna see your family/friends after a show, wanna eat at a restaurant, wanna ride the subway home, FORGET ABOUT IT. Wanna lay next to your husband in the same bed without wondering if he got Covid from his job. BY GOLLY! THE REST OF THE WORLD HAS MOVED ON but not Broadway.

AND NOT TO MENTION. The protocols do not stop you from testing positive. AT ALL. You got the vaccine and you still test positive. I can't name a single fully vaxxed person working on BWAY who got Covid and had SERIOUS symptoms let alone NOTICABLE symptoms. At this point it really is... I DARE SAY A COLD. (for the fully vaxxed)

I get that COVID created a lot of NEW jobs on broadway and to stop this RIGOROUS testing will leave some unemployed but the paranoia needs to end at some point."

1000% agree. It simply doesn't makes sense. And anyone who thinks otherwise is being super delusional at this point...and probably has a control problem, or likes to be control...