Would you yourself go to a concert at this time?
Wear a mask, wash your hands, try to keep some sort of distance with people, don't go if you feel sick and try taking care of your immune system as much as you can before/after. Expect people having some sort of respect and do the same. Outdoor events would be a much bigger yes compared to indoor (note: concerts doesn't mean stacked onto each other's).
Of course, tests must be ubiquitous and this shouldn't happen while in an area having a peak of the epidemy. Restricting contacts with fragile people would also be wise.
I've been to hundreds of concerts/events and rarely been sick after one. Risks to catch a disease are in my opinion not higher than public transports or a crowded beach and probably lower than bars in general.
We need to stop this non-sense.
People are feeding off of panic and constant dread. If you don't affirm their apocalypse delusions you'll be shamed.
You'll be told attending a concert or even wanting to is a sign you're a selfish misanthrope and idiot.
They could just indefinitely stay locked in their home if they feel the risk is that grave...but no, they'll stop at nothing to extend their agoraphobia to everyone.
Sadly, selfish people will abuse this. They'll go even if they feel sick, likely justifying it as "but I already bought my ticket". Asymptomatic people will also increase the risk.
> Of course, tests must be ubiquitous and this shouldn't happen while in an area having a peak of the epidemy.
Anecdotally, a doctor I went to recently told me that the standard swab test is likely to be ruled invalid in the near future, he referenced a study that should be published soon.
So, we will be flying blind if large (indoor) events re-open.
I'm in Hungary and was at a jazz concert myself this weekend
>The match is being called "Game Zero" because it was played just two days before the first positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Italy. The head of pulmonology at a Bergamo hospital, which is outside of Milan and the usual home of Atalanta, recently described the Champions League match as "a biological bomb." There were also about 2,500 Valencia fans in the stands for the match, and 35 percent of Valencia's team tested positive for the coronavirus a few weeks later.
>Bergamo Mayor Giorgio Gori echoed that statement.
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/coronavirus-how-a-cham...
More sources.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA-Champions-League-Achtelfi...
I'm having a hard time with these articles that take quotes with extreme language and pass it off as definitive evidence of reality.
Anyone can call something a "biological bomb" - where's the studies?
Do you drive personal vehicle at all ? However safe you are you have non zero chance to kill other people somewhere in the future.
Some people dying to contagious diseases is something our species has always coexisted with. Neither the flu, nor dengue nor covid are ever going to go away.
This socially-distanced outdoor concert in Newcastle (in the UK) doesn't seem too bad. Everyone has their own 'pod'. However, it's not suitable for indoor concerts and the extra logistics might make it too impractical even for outdoor concerts.
Pic of the setup: https://dynaimage.cdn.cnn.com/cnn/q_auto,w_1100,c_fill,g_aut...
Here's a write-up of what it was like to attend:
This is what it was like to attend the UK’s first ever socially distanced gig:
https://thetab.com/uk/2020/08/14/this-is-what-it-was-like-to...