I'm slated to speak at an event where the host refuses to ask the audience to mask because "they are pouring wine." COVID levels are currently high in California (where the event takes place) and nobody will have gotten their vaccines for the new strains yet. My partner is immuno-compromised, so this is a life-and-death issue in my family. I am traveling to the event on my own dime, to perform for free. All I ask is that the audience mask FOR AT MOST 90 MINUTES. Why is this so hard?
@annaleen I often think about this in performing venues. (As an audience member,). Especially in theatres - you are not eating or drinking (much) in the theatre. Why not have #COVIDsafe or, rather, #ImmuneSafe events where all audience members are masked?
That is love in action for vulnerable audiences, but ALSO for the performers, who presumably can't mask!
