Would you feel comfortable going to crowded events?

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Indoor sports matches etc like the darts which has just been on. 3000 people under one roof. Would you feel ok going to it as things are?

I would feel comfortable. But I live in Germany where everybody must be vaccinated / recently recovered to attend large events. And on top of that, now we also need a negative test from the day of the event. FFP2-mask wearing is enforced, and the rates are still pretty ok.

Jeepers no, not at all. No way.

Yes - ONS has estimated 1 in 15 had covid in the week I caught it - probably from the cinema which had the potential to have up to a dozen contagious people there in the same screen. Or it could have been from the gig the night before.
I made the decision to live my life even if that meant catching it and I'm even less unbothered now having finally dealt with it after nearly two years.

yes

Not indoors, would never have gone to Alexandra Palace for the darts. Have been to the cinema but not at busy times (under half full when I went on Sunday afternoon).

DS has just been advised that his graduation ceremony, due to be in 2 weeks time, has been cancelled. So clearly Universities aren't comfortable having large groups mixing. Really feel for DS - he graduated in May 2020 so his 1st graduation was postponed a number of times. It was eventually held in Sept 2021 but we couldn't go on the née date and DS opted not to go as he was just finishing his Masters so thought he may as well just go to the graduation ceremony for that - except that is the one they've just cancelled!

For everyone saying 'no', when do you intend to start, if ever? Do you not have DC who go into school? Do you not go out to work? Food shopping

no (he's away at university), no (WFH), and yes. But going to the shops for a few minutes is quite different to a superspreader concert. And I don't have the attention span for a film so rarely go to the cinema anyway.

No. I see a difference between doing something that carries a risk of being exposed to Covid and doing something where it's practically an inevitability. With Covid rates as high as they are, I would see going to a 3000 person indoor event as falling into the second category.

No, I wouldn't.

Deffo. I feel superhuman. I believe I had it last xmas, had 3 x jabs, have exposed myself as much as possible as better to have it with the likelyhood of having a few antibodies knocking around.

No. But am CV, although had it over the summer. I will go to restaurants at a time I know they won’t be jam packed and one of local theatres is huge and never packed out so I choose seats carefully and again, not for typically busy performances. My shopping and prescriptions are delivered and I get just about everything online - I don’t go browsing in shopping centres. I am a teacher so lots of potential exposure so it seems silly to restrict my life completely, but I am afraid 3,000 would feel too much for me.

Not with rates like they are now.

No I hated crowds pre covid and have had less practice so sounds my idea of torture

Yes. Had been and will continue to attend dance music events with 2000+ people inside

Yes I'd go. I'm triple jabbed. We've had covid in our house many times already and nobody is really bothered if anyone gets it again to be honest. The isolating is a minor inconvenience but I can work from home and the kids are happy enough to log on to teams lessons for a week if they have to!

Yes!! Dont care about masks either. I have never been scared about catching a cold before. And having lost almost 2 years of my life to Glandular Fever when I was 19 and the resulting PVS I have an entirely different outlook on Long Covid too.

Life is for living, not hiding as you just dont know when it is going to end.

I don't particularly go to massive events with thousands of people (gigs etc), but I'm happily going to the cinema, and things like that - on NYE, we went bowling (packed, sharing bowling balls with a random family next to us), out for dinner, and the cinema. Didn't catch Covid then.

We're all as vaccinated as we can be, so I'm trying to live life as normally as possible (I find this quite difficult as so many things are cancelled, and international travel is so difficult at the moment). I will say though that wearing masks for hours at a time is quite wearing.

I'm hoping we're seeing Covid becoming a weaker virus that is endemic, and that future strains will be similar to Omicron. I'd also like testing to end, TBH.

Yes, perfectly comfortable. I may wear a mask, I may not - I haven't been in that situation yet.

That's my personal view - I'm triple jabbed, caught covid whilst double jabbed and had it very mildly. I don't take such precautions over flu or norovirus, so I'm not going to over something which, for me, was milder than your average winter cold.

I do appreciate that people who are not in good health may have done their own risk assessment and come to a different conclusion.

Yes - but then I rely on big events for my livelihood, so not attending them in a personal capacity would be a bit weird