The Kennedy Center is ridiculous for still requiring masks

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Anonymous wrote:Any place still mandating masks looks like a bunch of absolute weirdo losers

Go to bed. You have school in the morning.

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I am hoping mandatory masking will be over alongside the new theater season.

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Anonymous wrote:I am hoping mandatory masking will be over alongside the new theater season.

I hope covid magically disappears too.

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I’m fine with it. Especially as we head into cold and flu season!

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Anonymous wrote:Broadway is still requiring masks, so it seems they are in line with what their arts peers in others major cities are doing.

Saw The Music Man on Broadway a couple of weeks ago and masks were optional at Winter Garden Theater. I obviously couldn’t see everyone in the theater but in the long line for the ladies room at intermission, I saw very few masks.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m seeing Hamilton this week and did not realize until I received my ‘reminder’ email that this is still a requirement. They have to be one of the only places (with the exception of hospitals/doctor’s offices) to require this!

Will really dampen the experience.

My doctor's offices no longer require masks.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m seeing Hamilton this week and did not realize until I received my ‘reminder’ email that this is still a requirement. They have to be one of the only places (with the exception of hospitals/doctor’s offices) to require this!

Will really dampen the experience.

Omg omg omg the sky is falling op has to wear a non invasive mask omg it’s so hard so so hard

I’d worry more about the state of the world that your boy stole $4 mill from 9/11 the First Respnders fund

But hey we all know wearing a mask is so so difficult 🤣

You do know that not everyone who understands the futility of mask rules is a republican, right? Some of us are fully vaccinated Democrats who understand the data on cloth and thin surgical masks.

DP. You do you and stay away from performances, then. I've been to plenty, I wear an N95 or sometimes a KN95 (so... not "cloth and thin surgical masks" because I, just like you, "understand the data" on those) and most of the people I see there are wearing KN95s and N95s. The few who are indeed wearing surgical masks tend to be older people, who likely are more vulnerable if they catch Covid. Whatever. At least their exhalations are somewhat covered and most of the rest of us are wearing effective masks and enjoying the shows, and not thinking about those of you who turn up your unmasked noses at venues who are setting their own rules they way they want. Follow the rules or don't go. It's simple. Whine about "the futility of mask rules" all you like but it won't get you through the door of any venue where they require masking and won't affect those of us who are glad to be there, period.

From another fully vaccinated Democrat who wants to go to the theater far more than I want to make some point about masking.

Oh we still go and enjoy the shows. We just wear large surgical masks without the nose wire bent so the air can flow all around. If you someone find that reassuring, good for you.

You are an embarrassment.

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The people who take glee at skirting the rules are appalling. It’s not like this is a heavy lift.

Not skirting the rules. It says I have to wear "a mask" and I am. It says nothing about what kind.

Found you at the Kennedy Center:

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Anonymous wrote:I have been to a number of live performance events recently that require masks - Strathmore, chamber music concerts, etc. A couple of them even required vax cards. I have absolutely no trouble wearing a mask, but showing a vax card at this stage of the pandemic, when vaxxed people are just as infectious as the unvaxxed, is just theater.

I proudly displayed my vax card and wore a mask to see Randy Rainbow at the Warner. Like, who cares?

Clearly you do since you're spouting about it on here. You and all the other old fogies.

So you think you're young and cool because you're "over" wearing a mask in a quiet setting for two hours?

Funny!

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Anonymous wrote:I’m seeing Hamilton this week and did not realize until I received my ‘reminder’ email that this is still a requirement. They have to be one of the only places (with the exception of hospitals/doctor’s offices) to require this!

Will really dampen the experience.

Omg omg omg the sky is falling op has to wear a non invasive mask omg it’s so hard so so hard

I’d worry more about the state of the world that your boy stole $4 mill from 9/11 the First Respnders fund

But hey we all know wearing a mask is so so difficult 🤣

You do know that not everyone who understands the futility of mask rules is a republican, right? Some of us are fully vaccinated Democrats who understand the data on cloth and thin surgical masks.

DP. You do you and stay away from performances, then. I've been to plenty, I wear an N95 or sometimes a KN95 (so... not "cloth and thin surgical masks" because I, just like you, "understand the data" on those) and most of the people I see there are wearing KN95s and N95s. The few who are indeed wearing surgical masks tend to be older people, who likely are more vulnerable if they catch Covid. Whatever. At least their exhalations are somewhat covered and most of the rest of us are wearing effective masks and enjoying the shows, and not thinking about those of you who turn up your unmasked noses at venues who are setting their own rules they way they want. Follow the rules or don't go. It's simple. Whine about "the futility of mask rules" all you like but it won't get you through the door of any venue where they require masking and won't affect those of us who are glad to be there, period.

From another fully vaccinated Democrat who wants to go to the theater far more than I want to make some point about masking.

I am glad they are requiring masks. We have family and friends that work on Broadway and make their living in live theatre (and have performed at the Kennedy Center). So many people in DC who had jobs where they could work from home really have no understanding of how hard it was for folks who made their living from live performances. People used to smoke in restaurants, on planes, at the theatre, etc. People were outraged when they couldn’t smoke. They adjusted. I have read all the studies on masking. Wearing an appropriate, properly fitted mask does an excellent job reducing the transmission of covid and other upper respiratory illnesses. Does everyone wear an effective mask properly? No. But that doesn’t mean you give up. I’ve seen shows at the Kennedy Center and on Broadway and worn a mask the entire time. It doesn’t even qualify as an inconvenience when compared to other things I’ve had to deal with in my life. If the worst inconvenience you face is masking up to see Hamilton, well, let me congratulate you on having the good fortune to have lived such a charmed life thus far. May this be the greatest problem you encounter.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m seeing Hamilton this week and did not realize until I received my ‘reminder’ email that this is still a requirement. They have to be one of the only places (with the exception of hospitals/doctor’s offices) to require this!

Will really dampen the experience.

Omg omg omg the sky is falling op has to wear a non invasive mask omg it’s so hard so so hard

I’d worry more about the state of the world that your boy stole $4 mill from 9/11 the First Respnders fund

But hey we all know wearing a mask is so so difficult 🤣

You do know that not everyone who understands the futility of mask rules is a republican, right? Some of us are fully vaccinated Democrats who understand the data on cloth and thin surgical masks.

DP. You do you and stay away from performances, then. I've been to plenty, I wear an N95 or sometimes a KN95 (so... not "cloth and thin surgical masks" because I, just like you, "understand the data" on those) and most of the people I see there are wearing KN95s and N95s. The few who are indeed wearing surgical masks tend to be older people, who likely are more vulnerable if they catch Covid. Whatever. At least their exhalations are somewhat covered and most of the rest of us are wearing effective masks and enjoying the shows, and not thinking about those of you who turn up your unmasked noses at venues who are setting their own rules they way they want. Follow the rules or don't go. It's simple. Whine about "the futility of mask rules" all you like but it won't get you through the door of any venue where they require masking and won't affect those of us who are glad to be there, period.

From another fully vaccinated Democrat who wants to go to the theater far more than I want to make some point about masking.

Oh we still go and enjoy the shows. We just wear large surgical masks without the nose wire bent so the air can flow all around. If you someone find that reassuring, good for you.

This.

Absurdity demands absurdity.

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How are you all so quick to jump in with your “facts” without checking them?? Broadway hasn’t had a mask requirement in several months. A few shows are starting to have mask mandatory shows a few times per week but otherwise they are mask optional.

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Anonymous wrote:The sent out a survey long ago and discovered too many people would not come back unless there were masks required and that patrons did not trust other patrons to self monitor for contagiousness.

Trouble is, if they sent out the same survey today, they would get different answers, but they are operating on the old data.

In your opinion. Many of us have avoided covid by masking appropriately. I work in healthcare and wear a mask everyday all day. No covid. Vaccine and masks work. Also consider the age of the Kennedy Center. I cannot imagine their hvac is what is needed for large crowds.

Oh, sure. Every member of the Kennedy Center audience is going to be wearing a properly fit tested N95 mask.

In fact, it is likely likely that *zero* members of the audience will be wearing a mask that is actually effective. It is literally *theater.*

It is also highly likely that you have had covid and were asymptomatic. I do believe that vaccines work -- which is why the mask mandate is ridiculous.

It's this kind of absence of common sense that has completely destroyed the public's faith in the public health establishment.

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Anonymous wrote:So what. You can’t wear a mask for a few hours?

+1 It’s not that big a deal. There are lots of other venues if it’s too much for you.

Do you people wear glasses? I went to a theater performance recently where I was required to wear a mask, and I spent the entire performance alternating between not being able to see because my glasses were fogged up, not being able to see because I wasn't wearing my glasses, and being able to see because I pulled a gap in my mask so my glasses didn't fog up (which completely defeated the purpose). I noticed I wasn't the only one struggling with this.

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Anonymous wrote:The sent out a survey long ago and discovered too many people would not come back unless there were masks required and that patrons did not trust other patrons to self monitor for contagiousness.

Trouble is, if they sent out the same survey today, they would get different answers, but they are operating on the old data.

In your opinion. Many of us have avoided covid by masking appropriately. I work in healthcare and wear a mask everyday all day. No covid. Vaccine and masks work. Also consider the age of the Kennedy Center. I cannot imagine their hvac is what is needed for large crowds.

Oh, sure. Every member of the Kennedy Center audience is going to be wearing a properly fit tested N95 mask.

In fact, it is likely likely that *zero* members of the audience will be wearing a mask that is actually effective. It is literally *theater.*

It is also highly likely that you have had covid and were asymptomatic. I do believe that vaccines work -- which is why the mask mandate is ridiculous.

It's this kind of absence of common sense that has completely destroyed the public's faith in the public health establishment.

Anything is helpful. There is still some protection even without a fit test. You are the one lack common sense.

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Anonymous wrote:So what. You can’t wear a mask for a few hours?

+1 It’s not that big a deal. There are lots of other venues if it’s too much for you.

Do you people wear glasses? I went to a theater performance recently where I was required to wear a mask, and I spent the entire performance alternating between not being able to see because my glasses were fogged up, not being able to see because I wasn't wearing my glasses, and being able to see because I pulled a gap in my mask so my glasses didn't fog up (which completely defeated the purpose). I noticed I wasn't the only one struggling with this.

You were wearing the wrong mask. I wear glasses and have no fogging issues.