'Time to raise the curtain': NYC mayor announces vaccine sites for Broadway performers, workers

[brooklynite]

Source: USA Today

Broadway's coronavirus shutdown has an end in sight.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced comeback plans Thursday to set up vaccination sites for Broadway performers and theater workers to ensure shows can return to the city this fall.

"It's time to raise the curtain and bring Broadway back," he said during a virtual news conference, promising to "move heaven and earth."

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Along with vaccination efforts, the city's plan for reopening this fall includes pop-up coronavirus testing sites near theaters, crowd management before and after shows and a mobile vaccination unit for off-Broadway performers and workers.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2021/03/25/broadway-covid-shutdown-end-mayor-de-blasio-shares-reopening-steps/6996647002/

[uberblonde]

1. What about restaurant workers?

DeBlasio says they can't get a shot unless they're already back to work. WTF?

[brooklynite]

2. If you're not working now, you're not a restaurant worker.

Restaurants are open. Anyone working in a restaurant is eligible for vaccination. Theaters have been closed for a year, so staff and freelancers have had no opportunity to work in the field.