The U.K. is holding a unique concert involving 5000 young people. They hosted an outdoor concert packed with thousands of fans. They required everyone to test negative for COVID prior entering the concert and require tests after the concert. The intent is to see if outdoor events an be safely held if people test negative -- and if any cases appear then how many people are impacted. All done in a scientific manner with contact tracing for any positive cases. In a few weeks we will see the results. Thousands pack music festival without masks or distancing in Covid test event Blossoms, The Lathums and Zuzu performed in front of 5,000 fans who were packed tightly in front of the stage without face masks and social distancing at Sefton Park in Liverpool https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/thousands-pack-music-festival-without-24024941https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/thousands-pack-music-festival-without-24024941 Around 5,000 fans packed into a sold-out music festival that was the first live gig in front of a large audience since England went into lockdown 14 months ago. It was just like old times as festivalgoers did not have to wear face masks or social distance during Sunday's Covid test event at Sefton Park in Liverpool Everyone had to produce negative coronavirus tests to enter the outdoor gig, which was hailed as a milestone towards getting live events running as England's coronavirus lockdown is eased. The six-hour festival includes performances from indie bands Blossoms and The Lathums, as well as local singer-songwriter Zuzu. When the gates to the one-day festival opened at 4.30pm, there were no queues to get in and revellers told of feeling exciting and nervous, the Liverpool Echo reported. Festivalgoer Jack Robertson, 25, said: "I feel nostalgic being here but also a bit apprehensive.” Vinny Riozzi, 25, added: “I’m proud of my city for trying to bring a bit of normality to our lives.” And Mollie Edwards, 25, said: "I’m so excited to be out and put a cute outfit on and to hear live music again. It’s my favourite thing ever.” Researchers at the event will examine the movements and behaviour of the crowd as part of the programme. Ticket-holders were required to take a rapid lateral flow test before entry. Photos show fans wearing face masks as they were screened by security guards and used hand sanitiser at a station just inside the gates. Staff wore face masks and clear plastic shields as they sold drinks to revellers. Revellers were packed in tightly in front of the stage as the festival got underway with a performance by Zuzu. They will be asked to take a test after the event to gather further evidence on the safety of outdoor settings, reduced social distancing and the removal of non-pharmaceutical mitigations like face coverings, the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said. They will also have to provide contact details for NHS Test and Trace to ensure everyone can be traced in the event of a positive test, it added. Culture minister Caroline Dinenage said: “Today is a momentous occasion to celebrate as fans get their first taste of a music festival for more than a year – and all in the name of science. “There is nothing quite like the collective experience of hearing your favourite act live in the atmosphere of a festival and I hope everyone has a fantastic day. “We’ve supported the live music sector through the pandemic with £250 million in grants from our Culture Recovery Fund going to more than 2,000 organisations. “Now we want to get audiences back to the events they love and see the live music industry rebooted. “Today’s event is a milestone with thousands of people coming together to test how we can kickstart things safely through the Government’s Events Research Programme (ERP).” Before the gig, Blossoms singer Tom Ogden told the BBC: "We're really excited just to play live." Drummer Joe Donovan added: "Especially if we can get our industry back open. "It's been closed for so long with very little support, if any support, so it will be nice to get back and kickstart it again. Get it back on track." The event was put on by Reading and Leeds festival promoters Festival Republic. The ERP is looking at a range of settings and events including a business forum in Liverpool, club nights and the World Snooker Championship. It will explore how different approaches to social distancing, ventilation and test-on-entry protocols could ease opening and maximise participation, the department said. The ERP events will provide evidence to inform decisions around the removal of social distancing at stage four of the Government’s road map, it added.
Good. The people are tired of the narrative and they want to get back to their life. Surprised it took them so long.
Too bad we do not have a vaccine yet, for Trump Derangement Syndrome. If we did, we would all be billionaires just buying and holding the stock. Imagine how many extreme liberals in Hollywood, academia, politicians, hacks on extreme liberal media like CNN, MSNBC, major TV stations CBS, ABC, NBC, jocks from the NBA, NFL, MLB will be on the vaccine line? Hell, we can vaccinate the rest of the world right after. That would be hundreds of millions if not billions needing that vaccine.
No, that they will continue to do just as much as Krispy Kreme and Burger King. So hilarious, too. I've got friends who tell me how worried they are about COVID, before lighting up a cig or jumping on their motor cycle or heading off to some fast food chain to feed their overweight bodies more shit. But yeah, COVID will get ya.
This tests the hypothesis that being outdoors is magical (laissez fairey magical); that you could literally kiss someone with covid and not get it, so long as you're both outside.
Even if all four of them get COVID, chances are .001* of them will get hospitalized. * this in an estimate.