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Would you cancel this day out?

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wouldyoucancel · 18/12/2021 19:26

Tickets for panto tomorrow, big theatre, (1400 seats and said it’s sold out) . The theatre have emailed saying they’ll have the doors open throughout and masks to stay on but no social distancing other than when arriving and leaving, potentially . We are sitting at the very far back of the ground floor .

Also due to be going to Nando’s after (which I imagine will be a thousand times safer and probably empty!) . Will have to take a bus to get there and walk through a usually very busy shopping centre.

I’m in two minds about going . Two of us are double vaccinated, booster due on Monday . One has had three vaccines . All three vulnerable/additional health issues and one over 55 (and not had a booster) . I’m seriously overweight and have previously had pleurisy pneumonia/tend to get a bad chest most winters, though I’m under 40 .

I’m in two minds about going and dithering over cancelling altogether, or just going to Nando’s, it’s the theatre worrying me .

Friends work in A&E and for covid GP services and ICU and are saying it’s manic just now .

I don’t know if we should cancel altogether, I don’t know what would be safest . WWYD?

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Lacedwithgrace · 18/12/2021 20:33

I'd cancel and watch a film at home

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 18/12/2021 21:34

We've done practically this tonight.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 18/12/2021 21:49

I don't get why you would cancel and lose money.

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AntiHop · 18/12/2021 21:53

I was supposed to be going to a performance today and also decided not to go.

BitterTits · 18/12/2021 21:57

I wouldn't cancel because I'm at daily risk anyway, and as of Tuesday I'm triple jabbed. I have no major plans for the rest of the holiday so it wouldn't make much difference to me.

seabattle · 18/12/2021 21:59

We went to a theatre show today and soft play today. DD loved it, we have a couple more events before Christmas and she has really enjoyed her days out. If lockdown comes again then at least the gap between fun days out won't be quite as long. And I'd be annoyed at losing money if we just didn't go. If I was particularly worried about myself being vulnerable, I'd make sure I was wearing a decent FFP2 type mask. Everyone we'll see over the Christmas break will have had boosters.

TheCatInTheChat · 18/12/2021 22:00

I had tickets for today. Didn’t go. Not worth the risk. Photos I saw of friends who went - barely anyone had masks on.

Sunsetsupernova · 18/12/2021 22:07

We were supposed to be going to a sold out theatre show tomorrow. MIL is a nurse and said she just cannot justify going given what a dire state her hospital is in right now and how many staff are off sick.
I hate it because all of the days out leading up to Christmas are my favourite part of the festivities but we’re in London and every day more and more of our friends are testing positive.

rooarsome · 18/12/2021 22:14

No I wouldn't cancel.

rhowton · 18/12/2021 22:36

I'd go!! I went to London last weekend and had a wonderful time in very crowded places. I caught covid. You have to keep living until you get covid. Then have 10 days off and then keep living.

MarmitesMyMate · 18/12/2021 22:40

I'd go!

Whyisitsodifficult · 18/12/2021 22:41

Of course you should go, live your life. This is always going to be around! Enjoy.

minimoomoo1711 · 18/12/2021 22:48

So you cancelled the panto and have decided to go to Nando’s and browse the shops instead??? Can you not catch it in M&S then?

girlmom21 · 18/12/2021 23:03

@icedcoffees we obviously move in different circles because the majority of the people I know would take a LFT before attending such events

Turmerictolly · 18/12/2021 23:24

We were due to go to the theatre tomorrow to see back to the future but have exchanged the tickets for a future date. Could you exchange for a different show?

CharSiu · 19/12/2021 02:23

Last month felt very different op. We are limiting all contact but have a long trip to get MIL for her 80th and Christmas.

twosticksandanapple · 19/12/2021 05:01

A conservative estimate is that one in 30 people in London have covid so around 40 people at the panto will be infected. Omicron is 70 times more infectious than delta so the chances are you will be exposed to it. If you are boosted you only have 25% chance of developing symptoms. If you have 2 doses of pfizer you have 70%chance of symptoms. 2 doses of AZ means 100% chance of symptoms.

So I guess if depends on your vaccine status and if not boosted whether you feel the panto is worth catching covid for.

grossnessewwww · 19/12/2021 05:17

Tallulahscurse - why are you such an arsehole?

StruggleStreet · 19/12/2021 05:37

@girlmom21

I'd go. It's expensive and it's fun. Most people will do the decent thing and have a LFT before they go.
I very much doubt this. You can’t even order LFTs anymore.

OP - I think it really depends on your risk appetite. If you’re going anywhere at the moment, particularly crowded places, I think you have to accept there is a good chance you will catch it. The cases numbers are so high and the new strain is so highly transmissible.

A couple of weeks ago I could count on one hand the number of people I know who have had it over the last 2 years. I now know dozens who’ve caught it in the last week, including DH as of two days ago so it’s no doubt coming my way too!

DH went to a Christmas party last weekend with around 80 guests, so far 25 of them have tested positive and doubtless more will have it and be asymptomatic. Anecdotal but just to give you an idea of how much it can spread in a crowded place.

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TallulahsCurse · 19/12/2021 07:04

@grossnessewwww

Tallulahscurse - why are you such an arsehole?
I'm not but I am realistic - it's 2 years in, people are bored witless of covid, the gvmt have pretty much lost all authority to tell people what to do after their own piss poor performance..... People aren't going to bother doing an LFT before a show

Why wouldn't I? Not because I'm an arsehole but because I had covid, a positive pcr and not one positive lft the whole time.

You have to remember MN is not and has never been throughout this pandemic representative of real life. People don't do as the guidelines say and so if someone is actually worried about covid, listening to someone on MN say that most people will do an LFT is maybe more harm than good. That person could believe the person on MN that most people will have tested, because MN is it's own little bubble not reality.... Most people haven't tested... So that person isn't as safe as MN woyld have them think.

So . No not an arsehole but, if you think calling me names would bother me you're sadly wrong.

Moolia · 19/12/2021 07:08

Doing an LFT isn't exactly a bother though is it? Especially if you're going to be mixing with a lot of people. It's the responsible thing to do. It's hypocritical to complain about the government being irresponsible but taking no personal responsibility yourself.

We should do LFTs for the sake of society and other people, especially vulnerable people and those who are medically unable to have the vaccine. It's selfish not to. Just because you've not had a positive LFT doesn't means they're pointless. They've shown positive in my family for every covid case.

FakeFruitShoot · 19/12/2021 07:13

Omicron is 70 times more infectious than delta so the chances are you will be exposed to it.

I'm not sure that's true? Do you have a source for that? (I have seen the study where one Omicron positive person infected "up to 70" in a crowded and I think unmasked venue)

If you are boosted you only have 25% chance of developing symptoms. If you have 2 doses of pfizer you have 70%chance of symptoms. 2 doses of AZ means 100% chance of symptoms.

There's never been 100% chance of symptoms even in unvaccinated people.

FakeFruitShoot · 19/12/2021 07:22

Oh, it's found to multiply 70 times faster in the bronchial tubes Wink which I guess means symptoms will appear more quickly after infection and LFTs and PCRs will show as positive more quickly.

It's about 4.2 times more infectious.

twosticksandanapple · 19/12/2021 07:23

@fakefruitshoot

I'm not sure that's true? Do you have a source for that? (I have seen the study where one Omicron positive person infected "up to 70" in a crowded and I think unmasked venue)

www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/15/omicron-found-to-grow-70-times-faster-than-delta-in-bronchial-tissue

The UKHSA has suggested that protection against symptomatic disease at 25 weeks after two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine could be less than 10% for the omicron variant, compared with 40% for the delta variant

www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(21)00559-2/fulltext