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To Mask Or Not To Mask

I am home for the foreseeable because masks are not being worn and my struggles continue. But talking about mask wearing will never go away because the virus still exists, it’s not done with us and we’re not done with it. Cases will continue to rise.

‘The Kite Runner’ is the first show on Broadway requiring audiences to wear masks at certain of their performances. Being disabled myself my life has changed irrevocably. It’s a noticeable move, primarily because it’s the only theatre, but also because masks are required on the busiest day of the week, a Friday.

Fans who live and deal with a disability or those who have health vulnerabilities have continually called for theatres to host nights where masks are worn.

In London’s West End they have yet to introduce the same scheme. There has been audience demand for theatres to continue to insist on theatre goers masking up. The major theatres in London’s West End have not yet introduced wearing a mask scheme.

Some venues in the UK including the Nottingham Playhouse, the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, the Hampstead Theatre, and the Royal Shakespeare company have scheduled occasional mask-only performances.

It is because restrictions are lifted and the government have chosen selfish practices over common sense, there is little appetite for theatres bringing mask mandates back to venues in the UK, but there are groups out there including me, who are struggling without mask wearing.

Although we are a minority it has been noted by the media. Individual nights, are being trialed for those who are keen to protect themselves in theatres. This information should be shouted from the rooftops.

Conclusion:

We should be masking up. How else collectively will you reduce the virus? Being told this could be one of many viruses, should be enough for us to do ‘the right thing’ and make sensible choices, so that we’re helping others who are now ‘home’ for the foreseeable. The disabled, the infirm, the elderly, what about them?

We are already setting ourselves up to fail because we’re ignoring the facts and because there is no cure to Covid, it’s madness we’re not taking responsibility and changing that.

Ignoring the world deals with a virus is setting us up to fail. For me, it means unless I can make provisions to keep myself safe I am home. I think that’s selfish, not selfless.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk

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