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GasLightStreet
NFL stadiums will most likely NOT be full weeks 1, 2, 3 and however long, although at some point they may be.
Just a guess.
The whole 'be vaxxed or tested for entry' thing is one way to get people that have paid big bucks for season tickets to... be part of the big picture or not be in the picture at all.
Think of the pushback in stadiums in the south, where anti-mask and anit-vax mentality is rampant - for a lot of people, football, whether it's college or pro, is a big deal.
Enter seeing the Stones on what is likely their second to last North American tour.
It will either be a slow evolution towards the greater good, as it may be perceived, or a slow revolution towards chaos and perhaps a portion of the United States essentially left out of enjoying things.
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I think this will be the direction the Stones take:
The supergroup — featuring the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chiment — kicked off their 31-date summer tour earlier this week with a gig at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Walnut Creek amphitheater. As the band announced earlier this month, fans attending their concerts this summer must show either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of the shows, while fans in “pit” seating are required to be fully vaccinated.
Two points, they are not a supergroup, more tribute band of themselves and two they are creating a "hard" bubble around the band. No family/friends. No backstage. No band contact with anyone. Full vaccination for anyone involved in the production. It is all about keeping the band safe. Oteil can vouch for Covid. He caught it the same week I did in NY.
FYI - I was at the Dead & Co show at Citi Field the other night,
Like I've been saying its nice that they are trying to initiate covid protocols and check for vaccinations or recent test results, but frankly it was a joke!
They had 15-16 yr. old kids checking for vaccine cards with no verification of ID's.
I was able to get into the pit without showing any vaccination card, just showed my ticket and was given a wristband.
The bands and promoters need to state these policies in order to cover themseleves for any liability that may follow.
As far as keeping the band in a bubble, Im not so sure about that either.
I was on the floor where the backstage access was and saw many "friends & family" going back an forth to the floor and backstage.
Andy Cohen for one and some of the bands extended family.
Imagine all the anti-vaxxer fans with fake vaccine cards marching their way to the Pit, leaving a trail of coronavirus vapor trails in their midst....doubt most 15-16 yr. old security checker gives a crap about any of that...
Seriously though, even if vaccinated, the spread is real....the Delta virus is not that picky and will leap from one host to the next whether vaxxed or not. While the vaxxed people might not die (and maybe some will), they will continue to spread whatever infection they pick up to all the vunerable people outside the stadium including the immunocompromised and the younguns who are ineligible for the vaccine.
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I think this will be the direction the Stones take:
The supergroup — featuring the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chiment — kicked off their 31-date summer tour earlier this week with a gig at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Walnut Creek amphitheater. As the band announced earlier this month, fans attending their concerts this summer must show either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of the shows, while fans in “pit” seating are required to be fully vaccinated.
Two points, they are not a supergroup, more tribute band of themselves and two they are creating a "hard" bubble around the band. No family/friends. No backstage. No band contact with anyone. Full vaccination for anyone involved in the production. It is all about keeping the band safe. Oteil can vouch for Covid. He caught it the same week I did in NY.
FYI - I was at the Dead & Co show at Citi Field the other night,
Like I've been saying its nice that they are trying to initiate covid protocols and check for vaccinations or recent test results, but frankly it was a joke!
They had 15-16 yr. old kids checking for vaccine cards with no verification of ID's.
I was able to get into the pit without showing any vaccination card, just showed my ticket and was given a wristband.
The bands and promoters need to state these policies in order to cover themseleves for any liability that may follow.
As far as keeping the band in a bubble, Im not so sure about that either.
I was on the floor where the backstage access was and saw many "friends & family" going back an forth to the floor and backstage.
Andy Cohen for one and some of the bands extended family.
Imagine all the anti-vaxxer fans with fake vaccine cards marching their way to the Pit, leaving a trail of coronavirus vapor trails in their midst....doubt most 15-16 yr. old security checker gives a crap about any of that...
Seriously though, even if vaccinated, the spread is real....the Delta virus is not that picky and will leap from one host to the next whether vaxxed or not. While the vaxxed people might not die (and maybe some will), they will continue to spread whatever infection they pick up to all the vunerable people outside the stadium including the immunocompromised and the younguns who are ineligible for the vaccine.
If this is true, no one on this board has any reason to go to any shows at all for which they have tickets, even if they happen. Dump your tickets, NOW!!!
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I think this will be the direction the Stones take:
The supergroup — featuring the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, and Jeff Chiment — kicked off their 31-date summer tour earlier this week with a gig at Raleigh, North Carolina’s Walnut Creek amphitheater. As the band announced earlier this month, fans attending their concerts this summer must show either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test within 48 hours of the shows, while fans in “pit” seating are required to be fully vaccinated.
Two points, they are not a supergroup, more tribute band of themselves and two they are creating a "hard" bubble around the band. No family/friends. No backstage. No band contact with anyone. Full vaccination for anyone involved in the production. It is all about keeping the band safe. Oteil can vouch for Covid. He caught it the same week I did in NY.
FYI - I was at the Dead & Co show at Citi Field the other night,
Like I've been saying its nice that they are trying to initiate covid protocols and check for vaccinations or recent test results, but frankly it was a joke!
They had 15-16 yr. old kids checking for vaccine cards with no verification of ID's.
I was able to get into the pit without showing any vaccination card, just showed my ticket and was given a wristband.
The bands and promoters need to state these policies in order to cover themseleves for any liability that may follow.
As far as keeping the band in a bubble, Im not so sure about that either.
I was on the floor where the backstage access was and saw many "friends & family" going back an forth to the floor and backstage.
Andy Cohen for one and some of the bands extended family.
Imagine all the anti-vaxxer fans with fake vaccine cards marching their way to the Pit, leaving a trail of coronavirus vapor trails in their midst....doubt most 15-16 yr. old security checker gives a crap about any of that...
Seriously though, even if vaccinated, the spread is real....the Delta virus is not that picky and will leap from one host to the next whether vaxxed or not. While the vaxxed people might not die (and maybe some will), they will continue to spread whatever infection they pick up to all the vunerable people outside the stadium including the immunocompromised and the younguns who are ineligible for the vaccine.
If this is true, no one on this board has any reason to go to any shows at all for which they have tickets, even if they happen. Dump your tickets, NOW!!!
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Or the grocery store/restaurant/theater/school/ etc.
Onus is on the unvaxxed for a large event. Obviously.
If an unvaxxed person is willing to attend, unwise, but knock yourself out.
If a parent is stupid enough to bring a kid to that environment, they'll likely also strap them into a car without a seatbelt. Maybe we all shouldn't drive then.
Onus is on them (although I wouldn't get within ten feet).
Obviously proof or test is the best way, hopefully some or all venues will have it. My vaxxed masked asss will be there either way. Safe and masked throughout, and tested after travel just to be certain.
Either way, the vaccinated adults are going to go ahead and live, while still maintaining safe precautions as we have throughout. If people are going to be stupid and go unvaxxed to an event (insult to stupid people really), God speed.
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Onus is on them (although I wouldn't get within ten feet).
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Onus is on them (although I wouldn't get within ten feet).
Agreed. But, the problem is those who believe in voodoo, not science, and won’t get vaxxed, unfortunately don’t get a tattoo on their foreheads advertising the fact they have had no shots. You won’t know, in many/most cases that you are within 10 feet. And I also wonder:
1. Whether the anti vaxxers have themselves been vaccinated against polio, malaria etc as kids.
2. How/why they “changed” their minds in now being anti vax?
3. Are they upset with their parents for protecting THEM against those conditions in THEIR youth?
They just have bought into voodoo.
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Well ensuring you have a good level of vitamin D is just generally a good idea as it helps your body fight all infections. In Canada most people have low vitamin D levels and taking supplements is a good idea. My doctor suggested 2000 IU's daily.
I read you can go up to 4000 IU's but after that it's hard on your body.
15000 sounds like you'd be poisoning yourself. But I'm no doctor...so good luck!
At Amazon US there are three sellers of 10000 unit vitamin D. This tells me that many are taking this dose every day. I like the one in the red bottle. I will stay at one every day for anti-Covid action.
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Well ensuring you have a good level of vitamin D is just generally a good idea as it helps your body fight all infections. In Canada most people have low vitamin D levels and taking supplements is a good idea. My doctor suggested 2000 IU's daily.
I read you can go up to 4000 IU's but after that it's hard on your body.
15000 sounds like you'd be poisoning yourself. But I'm no doctor...so good luck!
At Amazon US there are three sellers of 10000 unit vitamin D. This tells me that many are taking this dose every day. I like the one in the red bottle. I will stay at one every day for anti-Covid action.
Because it is sold on Amazon it is safe? That is absurd.
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GasLightStreet
NFL stadiums will most likely NOT be full weeks 1, 2, 3 and however long, although at some point they may be.
Just a guess.
The whole 'be vaxxed or tested for entry' thing is one way to get people that have paid big bucks for season tickets to... be part of the big picture or not be in the picture at all.
Think of the pushback in stadiums in the south, where anti-mask and anit-vax mentality is rampant - for a lot of people, football, whether it's college or pro, is a big deal.
Enter seeing the Stones on what is likely their second to last North American tour.
It will either be a slow evolution towards the greater good, as it may be perceived, or a slow revolution towards chaos and perhaps a portion of the United States essentially left out of enjoying things.
Hey Gas, what/when do you think will be the last North American tour?
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MisterDDDD
Not if they get tested and isolate afterwards..
C'mon people.. these safeguards aren't new.
Most artists who have cancelled planned their shows too soon or don't have enough balls or base to demand vax/test.
Be a Willie Nelson(and many others), who bravely and wisely, despite being older with respiratory issues, will play vax or test shows like Farm Aid.
Not like Neil Young, who despite the precautions, cowardly backs out because someone might not make the right choices.
Personal responsibility and common sense is what is needed, not everyone catering to the unvaxxed.
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America is not the place for a Stones tour at the moment. There are far to many nervous nellies there at the moment.
They should cancel, wait to see if Charlie gets better, finish and release the record if there is one, and then tour next summer in Europe, and then call it a day.
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Not if they get tested and isolate afterwards..
C'mon people.. these safeguards aren't new.
Most artists who have cancelled planned their shows too soon or don't have enough balls or base to demand vax/test.
Be a Willie Nelson(and many others), who bravely and wisely, despite being older with respiratory issues, will play vax or test shows like Farm Aid.
Not like Neil Young, who despite the precautions, cowardly backs out because someone might not make the right choices.
Personal responsibility and common sense is what is needed, not everyone catering to the unvaxxed.
Farm Aid is September 25th. That's just over a month away. A lot could change.
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Not if they get tested and isolate afterwards..
C'mon people.. these safeguards aren't new.
Most artists who have cancelled planned their shows too soon or don't have enough balls or base to demand vax/test.
Be a Willie Nelson(and many others), who bravely and wisely, despite being older with respiratory issues, will play vax or test shows like Farm Aid.
Not like Neil Young, who despite the precautions, cowardly backs out because someone might not make the right choices.
Personal responsibility and common sense is what is needed, not everyone catering to the unvaxxed.
Farm Aid is September 25th. That's just over a month away. A lot could change.
Willie's playing vaxxed shows currently.
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Not if they get tested and isolate afterwards..
C'mon people.. these safeguards aren't new.
Most artists who have cancelled planned their shows too soon or don't have enough balls or base to demand vax/test.
Be a Willie Nelson(and many others), who bravely and wisely, despite being older with respiratory issues, will play vax or test shows like Farm Aid.
Not like Neil Young, who despite the precautions, cowardly backs out because someone might not make the right choices.
Personal responsibility and common sense is what is needed, not everyone catering to the unvaxxed.
Farm Aid is September 25th. That's just over a month away. A lot could change.
Willie's playing vaxxed shows currently.
I just saw Willie Nelson & Family on 8/14 at Ravinia outside of Chicago. There was no COVID policy whatsoever... no tests, no vax requirement, no mask requirement. He and his team didn't seem to care at all about COVID. It was a sold out show too.
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I just saw Willie Nelson & Family on 8/14 at Ravinia outside of Chicago. There was no COVID policy whatsoever... no tests, no vax requirement, no mask requirement. He and his team didn't seem to care at all about COVID. It was a sold out show too.
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strat72
America is not the place for a Stones tour at the moment. There are far to many nervous nellies there at the moment.
They should cancel, wait to see if Charlie gets better, finish and release the record if there is one, and then tour next summer in Europe, and then call it a day.
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Willie could go on tour with Eric clapton and Van Morrison...what a great triple headliner that would be.
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Just watching the CBC… reports are that the US will extend the land border closure, in effect until tomorrow, for a further month. (The border has been open for fully vaxed Americans to enter Canada since August 9.) And the rate of Covid infections in the US, adjusted by population, is nine times the Canadian rate of infection… Apparently one of the factors in the decision to extend the border closure Stateside is that they don’t want to open the border to Mexico due to their infection rate, and feel that Canada and Mexico should be treated the same for political reasons. If the tour goes, it will be a major hassle for Canucks unless the land border opens. Not looking great at this point.
It's mind boggling that Canada has its land border open to a country with 9 times the rate of infection, but they in turn, won't let us in.
I think Canada has lost it's marbles.
At least it's only to Americans that can prove they've been double vaccinated. Since the border has been reopened, I actually haven't seen many American vehicles on the highways here between Hope and Chilliwack, a few from Washington state. TONS of Albertans though.
I wonder how late can the Stones put off an announcement if they are planning on postponing? End of August?
I met a couple from Florida up here a couple weeks back. They were vaxed. I asked them if they knew when the border might reopen for us to travel to the US and their response was that the Pres has bigger things to worry about than Canada. Thanks so very much.
Totally condescending response, but completely true too.
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Not if they get tested and isolate afterwards..
C'mon people.. these safeguards aren't new.
Most artists who have cancelled planned their shows too soon or don't have enough balls or base to demand vax/test.
Be a Willie Nelson(and many others), who bravely and wisely, despite being older with respiratory issues, will play vax or test shows like Farm Aid.
Not like Neil Young, who despite the precautions, cowardly backs out because someone might not make the right choices.
Personal responsibility and common sense is what is needed, not everyone catering to the unvaxxed.
Farm Aid is September 25th. That's just over a month away. A lot could change.
Willie's playing vaxxed shows currently.
I just saw Willie Nelson & Family on 8/14 at Ravinia outside of Chicago. There was no COVID policy whatsoever... no tests, no vax requirement, no mask requirement. He and his team didn't seem to care at all about COVID. It was a sold out show too.
Anyone wearing masks or not really?
I'm curious to see if we'll see (m)any masks on the Stones stadium tour for most nights.