Negotiating concertgoing during the Omicron surge requires weighing unknown factors and understanding priorities.
When the full Los Angeles Philharmonic returned to Walt Disney Concert Hall last week for its first concert of the new year, much had changed during the orchestra’s month away. Omicron was no longer a nebulous threat but a havoc-wrecking reality. The number of positive tests in L.A County was 28 times higher than in early December.
All and all, the concert probably proved one of the safer public gatherings. Those around me — and there weren’t many — wore proper masks properly. Had I felt uncomfortable in my seat, I could have easily moved to another open space. John Cage’s “every seat is the best seat in the house” dictum held true even in the most virulent L.A. County surge yet.. It’s now six days later as I write, and I feel fine . I can say in good conscience that I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
However virulent the Omicron variant is, the risk level for someone triple-vaxxed, medically masked, content to distance and in a properly ventilated and not overly crowded space with others presumably cautious and courteous, should not be great. It sure sounds better than time spent in busy airports and on a flight around the holidays. How much better, though, no one can say.
But that hardly lets us off the hook. Milder though the Omicron appears to be for most vaccinated folks, the variant spreads easily. Long COVID lurks along with other awful ailments. Once you contract the coronavirus, your body can become a petri dish for spawning variants. The more petri dishes, the likelier we’ll spawn another one-in-a-gazillion dastardly variant capable of infecting the world.
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