Vaccinations will be offered at Garth Brooks' Kansas City concert

[pstokely]

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Source: KCTV

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMOV.com) -- Country music fans will get the chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine during his upcoming concert on August 7.

Arrowhead Stadium. the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, will once again become a mass vaccination site.

More than 70,000 fans are expected to be at the sold-out show. A spokesperson said masks will not be required.

Read more: https://www.kctv5.com/coronavirus/vaccine_tracker/vaccinations-will-be-offered-at-garth-brooks-kansas-city-concert/article_ad426288-acab-5477-917a-1bd7e2ef4a90.html

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KCMO is probably putting back the indoor mask mandate and they're still having this concert that will be bringing in the unvaxxed masses from the Ozarks?

[JohnSJ]

1. Probably not, however, if it motivates them to get vaccinated that probably outweighs the

damage from the mass event IF they masking up, (doubtful), and trying to maintain social distances, (also doubtful)


risk verses reward

I don't know the answer

[LisaL]

2. They are not going to be immune from the moment of vaccination.

So I don't see how it outweighs them attending an event with thousands of other people.

[JohnSJ]

3. My logic is because they would attend mass events regardless if there were vaccinations

offered or not at those events

Of course there would be a window of opportunity for the infection, but not everyone will get infected who attends, and it is for those people where there would be benefit

[LisaL]

9. The concerts doesn't require masks. Thousands of people will be attending.

What pandemic?

[pstokely]

15. it's outdoors

at Your Name Here Field at Arrowhead

[LisaL]

16. Doesn't matter if its outdoors since they are going to be packed close to each other.

NT

[maxsolomon]

31. Actually, it does matter.

Risks of outdoor transmission are likely less than 0.1%. Virtually all transmission is indoor.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/briefing/outdoor-covid-transmission-cdc-number.html

[LisaL]

36. That was before delta.

"While the outdoors is generally less risky for coronavirus transmission because of circulating air, Yonatan Grad, an associate professor at the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said to stay aware of your exposure to other people, noting that an outdoor music festival in the Netherlands in early July has since been linked to nearly 1,000 new infections."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/17/delta-cases-rising/

[Rebl2]

26. GEHA Field

[empedocles]

4. Politically, vaccinations and Jan 6 truths, coming from rw sources, seem like good things to me

[Aristus]

22. From what I understand, Garth Brooks isn't very right-wing.

I know he's personal friends with Bill and Hill. And he's never, to the best of my knowledge, written the kind of glorification of redneck fascism that Toby Keith has.

[empedocles]

23. The point was, country audience. Whatever republican leaning votes we can peel off . . . good.

Vaccininations undermine trumpers, as do fox people who acknowledge Jan 6 truths.

[Aristus]

24. I agree.

They won't get it because an immunologist encouraged them to, but they'll get it from a guy with a cowboy hat and a twang.

[empedocles]

25. . . . and this big crowd can reinforce their crowd identity as the vaccinated, versus

the no vax trumpers.

[progree]

5. Missouri - 5th highest state in daily new cases per capita (7 day moving average)

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After #1 Lousiana, #2 Florida, #3 Arkansas, #4 Mississipi.

#5 Missouri, #6 Alabama, #7 Oklahoma, #8 Nevada, #9 Alaska, #10 Texas, #11 Kansas, #12 Georgia, #13 S. Carolina

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/covid-cases.html

Louisiana is going crazy with a 79 per 100,000 average daily new infection rate, and that number has risen 307% in the last 14 days [1]

Missouri's rise in the last 14 days [1] is 59%

[1] actually the average of the 7 days ending 7/27 compared to the average of the 7 days ending 7/13

[BumRushDaShow]

6. "should they even be having this concert?"

Remember that those types of events were planned awhile ago and were probably done based on "CDC guidance" at the time, which was basically -

"Ditch the mask if you're fully vaccinated and if you're not vaccinated, well... please please pretty please wear a mask because we can't prove if you are vaccinated or not and well... besides, you should be okay if you are 'outside'".



With the hockey and basketball seasons done for now, the indoor arenas are not really being used that much (other than for concerts or special events, which would be a big concern now). But Delta is going to cause some issues with how to handle indoor arena events going forward.

The Garth Brooks concert in that stadium is outdoors, but it remains to be seen what might happen. I wouldn't be surprised if they do nonsensical "temperature checks" at the door as if that will indicate anything.

[twodogsbarking]

7. I vote no.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Well I would too

but it's doubtful that MO would cancel anything.

[LisaL]

10. As far as I can tell, the hospitals in MO are getting full.

Where are they going to put all these people?

[twodogsbarking]

13. In the morgue.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Well other than what twodogsbarking suggested

where these will need to be brought back out again-





They will need to do like we did here (also done in a number of places including NYC) a year ago - "surge facilities" -

[Sgent]

11. This is an outdoor venue

so much better than an indoor concert. That said its still questionable.

[LisaL]

12. Delta can likely spread even outdoors.

Much higher viral load. Especially with no social distancing.

[Bengus81]

17. There will be nine regular season games for the Chiefs at Arrowhead with 70,000+ at those games

But...they thought all these idiots were going to get the shot months ago and all would be good for September. They didn't realize how Trump and the Republican party has turned their base into a death cult.

[pstokely]

19. NFL is planning for full stadiums

even the Jets

[liberaltrucker]

20. I wouldn't bet on it

[moreland01]

18. We owe Garth Brooks a big thank you . .

but perhaps not for the reason you think

[twodogsbarking]

30. Is he booked for Florida?

Just wonderin'

[Bengus81]

33. If he is he'll be on stage in a moon suit...........

[twodogsbarking]

35. The astronaut tour.

[tanyev]

21. Wouldn't two vaccination events, 3 weeks apart, prior to the concert be a better idea?

[BlueWavePsych]

27. It's Kansas! I hope it doesn't become a suprespreader event instead.

[Bengus81]

34. The stadium is in Missouri..........

[aeromanKC]

28. Over/Under I'm taking the Over More people will catch the Rona than get the vaccine

[twodogsbarking]

29. So basically you are inviting unvaccinated people to a giant arena.

I see.

[Initech]

32. I'm guessing the hardcore Trumpers won't go see Garth Brooks because he's "woke" now.

They'll stick with that white trash country hip hop or Ted Nugent and Lee Greenwood.So I think we're safe there.

But I do hope this will convert some run of the mill anti-vaxxers who got swayed by bad advice on Facebook or elsewhere.