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  • Posts: 2,567 Member
    lemurcat2 wrote: »

    Yeah, admittedly I've been worried about that. They should have at least required everyone to be vaxxed (I understand why they didn't want to cancel it). Apparently those attending were mostly ignoring the rules that require everyone on public transit to be masked (previously, I've found most on the brown line and buses where I am had been following the rules).

    Think it would have been virtually impossible to check that many people at an area that really isn't designed as a concert venue.
  • Posts: 2,567 Member

    Lolla concert-goers were required to show either proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 3 days prior.

    https://support.lollapalooza.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403048984852-Covid-19-Health-Policy-and-Lollapalooza-Entry-Requirements

    Interesting, can't imagine a fair number didn't slip by.
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    Theoldguy1 wrote: »

    Think it would have been virtually impossible to check that many people at an area that really isn't designed as a concert venue.

    They were checking. You just also could have a negative test (w/in 72 hours).
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    edited August 2021
    ReenieHJ wrote: »

    I agree. My dh was sick last week with a bad cold; I'm guessing but we had no proof. When he called the dr. they told him not to worry about getting tested because he had Covid back in November and was vaccinated in March/April. They only asked if he was running a fever. With all the breakthrough infections going on of vaccinated people.....I didn't agree with his dr. at all. :(
    Our numbers are low but are they really, if people aren't getting tested the way they were?

    The way to keep an eye on that is the positivity rate. When I checked a couple of days ago NH had a low positivity rate, so it appears people are getting tested or at least that the low numbers aren't simply due to low tests.
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    ythannah wrote: »

    Throughout all of this I have been incredibly thankful that my frail, mobility-impaired 82 year old father has continued to live independently in his own home, even though it has meant an extra house for me to maintain. At least he's been safe.

    I don't know if you have Chartwell homes there, or if his budget can accommodate the price tag, but they fared very well locally. Not a single outbreak.

    You heard a lot about how bad the homes were - but my mom lives in a Chartwell retirement home that had an "outbreak" in Dec/Jan before they were vaccinated. Three people tested positive, all staff, not one resident got infected. (But yeah it costs me almost $5000 a month.)
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    Looking into Chartwell, thank you for the tip.

    There are several in a circle around my home location and also some in Edmonton and Calgary but none in a three hour radius from dad's current location...

    I don't believe any of the three we checked out near dad actually got outbreaks; but they were extensively locked down with visitors banned.

    I know that near home at least three of the places we looked at and were considering had outbreaks and at least one death each.

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