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Monday, March 08, 2021
State officials reduce 25-foot rule to allow Las Vegas shows to return
Las Vegas Sun Newspaper: The required 25-foot setback between onstage performers and audience members that has challenged the comeback of Las Vegas production shows is no more.
The headline of this article just makes me think that leaders are bending the guidelines of safest practices to do what is in their best interest rather than what is safe and responsible. I understand that the economy is still important and I would love to be attending performances, but I also would like for people to live healthy lives. I truly hope this decision is for the best. The article talks about performers masking guidelines, but it does not account for what the audience is doing. I hope that they are required to wear masks as well, especially at these small distances. The article mentions people who are happy about the decline in cases, but it is not gone. Other countries are doing so much better with covid because they had true shutdowns, unlike the lax behavior in the states. I am glad people are getting vaccinated, but this is not enough. I truly hope cases do not start to rise again due to behaviors across the country. I have gotten my first dose of the vaccine and I am still staying safe and inside.
“It was an extreme guideline to begin with. This is another step in the right direction.” Oh, really? Let's hear that again with a straight face a couple weeks down the line. Even if no one is infected and the performers and audience are all in perfect health, this sets a terrible example for everyone else. The pandemic isn't over no matter how you slice it. The population isn't fully vaccinated, a good deal of it refuses to believe this pandemic is real, they refuse to follow safety protocol, the United States never had a true and enforced lockdown, consequently the pandemic is still going strong here. I hope this decision by Las Vegas doesn't backfire and I hope to god and whatever else there is that the audience is strictly controlled and required to wear masks, especially at such short distances. I don't believe this is in the interest of public health or normalcy, it's really about the money.
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The headline of this article just makes me think that leaders are bending the guidelines of safest practices to do what is in their best interest rather than what is safe and responsible. I understand that the economy is still important and I would love to be attending performances, but I also would like for people to live healthy lives. I truly hope this decision is for the best. The article talks about performers masking guidelines, but it does not account for what the audience is doing. I hope that they are required to wear masks as well, especially at these small distances. The article mentions people who are happy about the decline in cases, but it is not gone. Other countries are doing so much better with covid because they had true shutdowns, unlike the lax behavior in the states. I am glad people are getting vaccinated, but this is not enough. I truly hope cases do not start to rise again due to behaviors across the country. I have gotten my first dose of the vaccine and I am still staying safe and inside.
“It was an extreme guideline to begin with. This is another step in the right direction.” Oh, really? Let's hear that again with a straight face a couple weeks down the line. Even if no one is infected and the performers and audience are all in perfect health, this sets a terrible example for everyone else. The pandemic isn't over no matter how you slice it. The population isn't fully vaccinated, a good deal of it refuses to believe this pandemic is real, they refuse to follow safety protocol, the United States never had a true and enforced lockdown, consequently the pandemic is still going strong here. I hope this decision by Las Vegas doesn't backfire and I hope to god and whatever else there is that the audience is strictly controlled and required to wear masks, especially at such short distances. I don't believe this is in the interest of public health or normalcy, it's really about the money.
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