Boston loses Trifonov to Covid
NewsSymphony Hall is telling its subscribers:
Dear xxx
Due to the artist testing positive for COVID-19, the in-person and streaming recital by pianist Daniil Trifonov, scheduled for Friday, February 4, 2022 at Symphony Hall is canceled. This performance will not be rescheduled in the 2021-22 season.
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A message from Daniil Trifonov:
“I’m so disappointed I will not be able to play this weekend, and look forward to returning to Boston in the future.”
Everybody gets Covid these days, anybody transmits it. Regardless of vaccination status. It‘s about time we stop counting positive tests only and focus on treating symptoms and protecting the ones at risk (a minority).
Look to Denmark. They just lifted all restrictions, while at the peak of their omicron wave. Hospital ICUs seeing only a few cases.
“Hospital ICUs seeing only a few cases.”
It’s been what, 2-3 days so far? Give it time.
No, they are over a month into the omicron wave and have the data to predict their ICUs not getting overwhelmed.
I have no idea how anyone can dislike this very factual statement about the Danish handling of their measures? Ah, right, we are in the post factual age, at least in the US, opinions matter, facts not. Hopeless decadent country. Let’s hope they don’t drag us all down in their sinking.
You really are a sociopath with the disinformation you’re spreading and disregard for people dying.
The 7-day death average for COVID in the United States is up to 2,600, the highest it’s been since Feb 2021. We could be at a million dead by the end of the month.
In states where the Omicron wave has yet to peak, ICU capacity is at 90+ percent — and the majority of people in the ICU are there because of COVID.
And when ICU’s are full, then people without COVID who need critical care suffer and die.
Basically, your ability to attend a concert in-person outweighs people dying.
“The majority of people in the ICU are there because of COVID.” Now, while I agree with that statement, you forgot to mention that over 90% of those patients are unvaccinated. I think we all know the difference in vaccination rates between the US and Europe…
People at risk for serious illness – those with obesity, asthma, COPD, diabetes and cancer, for example – should stay out of concert halls and other similar venues. Those in good health should be allowed to live normal lives.
I though Slipped disc was a musical site , not a pro-or-con Covid rubbish.
No not everybody.
People do die- a few weeeks ago,a neighbor of mine tested positive, was hospitalized, then tested negative, and then died a few days later of cardiac arrest due to the body being weakened by Covid.
Yours is an irresponsibly misleading report about Denmark. First it has a total population of what 5.5 million that’s mainly homnogenous and highly educated. It has an 82%+ vaccination rate,had very severe lockdowns for a long time, did lots of home testing for a long time, had strict protocols, including a rigorously enforced vaccine pass, etc. It still has 40-50k new cases a day which may not result in a large number of deaths, but stresses the medicals system, and workers (as if you care about them) and can make other needed medical procedures be put on hold.
And all that finally brought them to this point-pending another variant?
Lacking the intelligence to realise that protecting the ones at risk might involve keeping them away from those likely to be infected as indicated by a positive test.
That’s it, Tamino – just keep drinking that Fox News Koolaid…
Don’t forget to change your sheets.
Denmark’s decision is made much easier because its vaccination rate is 80%, with a booster rate of 60%. Compare with the US at 64%/27%.
That might have to do with it, but general health of the population is probably more relevant for explaining the differences. Looking at different US states and their different vaccination rates and ICU covid rates, the correlation is not so clear.
Denmark has administered at least 13,115,249 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 112.7% of the country’s population.
We’re not even close, so you can’t even begin to compare their ability to remove restrictions with outs.
A great disappointment–already rescheduled from November, apparently due to an injury.
A few years back, he had to cancel a Baltimore recital, but he rescheduled a couple of months later, and people are still talking about that performance.
Take care of yourself, Daniil!
He performed in Moscow (Tchaikovsky Concert Hall) on Jan 29 on a crowded stage with Gergiev conducting. Artists’ rooms back stage are very small there, everyone is elbow-to-elbow. Omikron is on the rapid rise there now, but the pretense is that nothing happens. Follow the link to see the photo – no masks, no distancing, crowded stage etc. I thought it was quite reckless on Trifonov’s part to perform that way knowing that he had a solo recital in Boston in four days (and had produce a negative test to board a plane to travel to the US).
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Saturday’s Chicago recital also rescheduled ( for the 2nd time ) as well. 🙁
An extreme reaction. We’re now just supposed to “live with” COVID, right?
Alone on stage, just who would he be endangering? Does he even have any symptoms? Another typically neurotic overreaction, bravo to the bedwetters once again.
I am not privy to the facts, but presumably he needed to produce a negative test to board the plane from Moscow to the US. It has nothing to do with whether he had symptoms or not. His last concert in Moscow was on Jan 30. Boston was on February 4. And there is also a pesky fact of endangering other passengers on the same flight.
Daniil was my first COVID cancellation-my first concert back-Tanglewood 2021-and my first indoor concert back-New York Phil opening night -September 21
I have had Covid twice so far, with no serious issues, and I am in the “danger zone” being over 60. It’s time for society to move on from this. We continue to be pushed to live in fear, which is absurd. We have become a group of mask wearing lemmings. And masks don’t even work. Lockdowns were of no use, except to put millions out of work. Look to our friends just north of us to see what all this is leading to.
Feel free to wear your mask while in your car and while doing anything outdoors.
Fools.
Bravo. Spot on.
Not a big loss..there are millions like him!