At what point will you feel safe going to large venues?

I honestly think there will be better measures in place when large venues open...drop the capacity, better sanitation, masks...etc. We cannot live like we have been for much longer. Child abuse is on the rise, domestic violence, suicides etc.

Sadly wearing a mask is not going to protect any of us. People are still touching things like handrails, door knobs etc. Logically the risk is still there for everyone until a vaccine is found. No one can guarantee that they will have a mild dose of this, some will but it's not a guarantee that it might be you ( general you).

I haven't really thought about how things will be when this particular wave is over to be honest. At the moment I'm just concentrating about keeping myself and my family safe and hoping that non of us will catch it. I'll cross the decision of whether it is safe to go to the places you've mentioned when the time comes for them to be open.I don't envisage that to be any time  soon though. Even if they open some parts of lock downs, like small shops etc there will have to be some sort of social distancing in place I think, otherwise it will take off again and we'll be back to square one.

You’re assuming they can find a vaccine that works and then that they can produce enough of it for every person in the world.

If they find something that works (which they’re off to a good start but it’s still early) there’s no way they can get enough of it produced in a year, or even 2. IMO it’ll be at least 3-5 years before the average, healthy person could get immunized. Hopefully they’ll have something sooner for the elderly, immunocompromised people and their families.

So yes, I will go back to going places once it’s allowed. I’ll be more careful about what I touch, use more hand sanitizer than I used to, break the “touching my face” habit, etc but I’ll go out once the restrictions are lifted.

I don't know if I will ever feel totally safe again. For sure not until there is a proven vaccine.

Growing up, we never went to big events or crowded places. Mother could not afford it. Raising our kids, it was the same. The biggest events my daughters went to were high school games. I am saying this to remind myself and others that it is possible to stay sane and have a good life without being around big crowds. Saying we are depriving our children of experiences and a good life because they cannot go to Disney or huge concerts is being silly. Many of us grew up without those experiences and it did not hurt us.

BUT if feel Disney and other huge amusement parks may suffer enough in attendance to figure out measure to help people feel safe. Other venues might do the same. Some one will come up with great ways to do that and these procedures will then be copied by other venues. I believe there are enough families out there that will not risk their health and lives to attend these kind of places to make an economic impact on them. If these places want to continue to make money they will figure it out.

Though I think the time of some of these things is over - such as cruise ships. I will never feel safe on one of those ships again no matter what vaccines are available.

I'm immunocompromised so I personally won't feel comfortable until I'm immunized. And honestly until my whole family is immunized. I think that everyone in my house would be ok but if they bring it home to me, it wouldn't end well.

Two things:
1. When there's a vaccine.
2. When there's a treatment that is proven to work.

Right now, doctors are trying whatever they can to treat this, but mostly it's just support until either the person's immune system is able to fight the virus off, or they die. If we were to actually come up with a working protocol - and enough equipment and drugs to treat anyone who needs it - that would be a gamechanger.

I was thinking about how my school would do this. We have 3000+ kids. My classes are right around 34 each, and my room won't hold 34 with enough distance between everyone. Adding new clasrooms isn't really an option, we don't have the space or resources to hire enough teachers. So how could it work? I was thinking - they could cut the classes in half - so 17 per class. But then timewise, you would need to cut the time as well - maybe 30 minute classes instead of 55? You'd see fewer kids each class, so maybe you wouldn't need as much time. But you would need lots of sanitizer! The other option I see is doing a hybrid in person/online thing - half the kids are in person each day, the other half do online.

When there is a vaccine or an effective anti-viral treatment. I know we're going to have to go back out before that though. My son is hired to work at an outdoor Shakespeare theater this summer and so far they are proceeding as though it's going to happen. I haven't begun to process my thoughts about this.

I usually do not go to concerts - I had tickets to the Stones and Billy Joel for this summer but are assuming they are cancelled. I probably won't go back. I do not frequent museums. No reason to go to the mall. I can watch sports on TV. I do not need to go to any big venues nor will I. I actually enjoy this stay at home order.

I honestly don't know. Right now, I'm trying to process all the information I'm hearing and reading.

I really hope there is a college football season this Fall with fans in the stadium (including me), but I'm not convinced that is going to happen.  

We occasionally go to a Twins game but not going this year isn't a big deal. I mostly want to get to where going to my kids' games are safe. Or seeing my parents. The other day when people were talking about not doing things until there was a vaccine had me wondering about seeing family again. My mom has had lung cancer and is taking this very seriously. I understand that, and would not even consider seeing them right now. But what would make things different in two months? If anything, if things are open and we are engaging in more activity with people, wouldn't it be even less safe to see them? But then does that mean we won't see them for another year until/if there is a vaccine? Then I worry about all of the other health ailments that could happen in that time. What if her cancer comes back? Either of them have a heart attack? Or something random happens to any of us? Would we regret not seeing each other? It is so hard.

Personally I would go as soon as they open, BUT I'm not sure how we keep at risk people safe. And chances are that even people considered 'more at risk' will decide to go...how do you care for that?