Covid discussions here please

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, robith said:

tbh you needn't worry, judging by the number of tickets on twickets, the place will be half empty

Always going to happen wasn't it? Kids contacts in schools etc etc. 260 ish tickets from 15,000 ish though. 2% ish of people.

Yeah Im an "ish" kind math guy 

[robith]

14 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Always going to happen wasn't it? Kids contacts in schools etc etc. 260 ish tickets from 15,000 ish though. 2% ish of people.

Yeah Im an "ish" kind math guy 

I don't know what happened with Green Man and lattitude so no idea if this is about right or not. 2% of tickets available unsold at knock down prices is pretty wild though

[SweepingTheNation]

17 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Always going to happen wasn't it? Kids contacts in schools etc etc.

Can you not still roll tickets over to 2022 if prevented from going by a positive test? Or has the festival constantly tweeting about Twickets meant people haven't paid attention to that?

Edited September 1, 2021 by SweepingTheNation

[carwynnen]

2 minutes ago, robith said:

I don't know what happened with Green Man and lattitude so no idea if this is about right or not. 2% of tickets available unsold at knock down prices is pretty wild though

My friend told me GM was similar, a little emptier than normal

[robith]

6 minutes ago, SweepingTheNation said:

Can you not still roll tickets over to 2022 if prevented from going by a positive test? Or has the festival constantly tweeting about Twickets meant people haven't paid attention to that?

you can but it's a been a tough 18 months, people might want the money

[dand77]

And now Twickets  suddenly has no EoTR tix for sale - have we passed a deadline or something? Too close to doors opening now?

[snipe]

Yeh it shutdown at 11. Someone mentioned this in a ticket sale thread. Any largish event usually has a fair bit (5%ish) of movement ticket wise on the secondary market close to the end. Probably on the higher end with Covid and Covid means less of them being picked up as of you weren't commited already you're unlikely to decide to go now.  Doubt it'll be noticeable at the event.

[SighMo]

1 hour ago, carwynnen said:

My friend told me GM was similar, a little emptier than normal

Didn’t feel emptier to me. If anything the tents seemed more rammed in where we camp. 

[freedomweasel]

I do wonder how many other diseases are going around festivals that aren't covid (thanks to not having these big events in so long), or perhaps variants that aren't as easily picked up by PCR? I got very sick after Boardmasters with covid symptoms yet tested negative, and we all know about the effectiveness of LFTs. I imagine Boardmasters/Reading/Leeds will have much higher rates of spread than the fests with an older target audience, I hope so anyway!

[snipe]

Checks onto the coach seemed to not have many hitches. We showed our EU cert. Wasn't scanned. Some lad seemed to have problems (I think he said it was a US one) but no one was turned away. Doubt it added too much time to the load on.

[robith]

Double vaxxed people still doing a LFT before going just to make sure?

I am, but i feel like The Deer Hunter atm

[benali]

There's absolutely loads of camping space still here. They've opened up another field behind where the family camping is.

[snipe]

I'd say there was maybe 10 people with masks in the Tipi (including us). I see the odd person in the toilets with them. I'll do my thing anyway. If you see someone with a mask say hi. Good chance it's me. 

[airwaves]

None at Stereolab nor in any of the beer tents last night

A handful, incl me, in the site shop this, morning 

[Vamagus]

We decides to skip the Big Top this year - too much like COVID soup in there for us.

sadly missed some bands we wanted to see but right decision. 

[LowerMead]

I gave the Big Top and Tipi a swerve all weekend as I just wanted to manage risk (I am double-vaxxed but am/was on the 'clinically vulnerable' list due to a suppressed immune system). 

It didn't make much difference to my weekend as I normally float between Garden and Woods anyway. 

Home last night as I have to work today, did a lateral flow which was negative but I will continue doing so this week. 

Overall I felt it was a really Covid-safe event, apart from the odd person who didn't give enough personal space, but easy to navigate away from them. 

[SighMo]

I got back an hour or so ago and have just had a positive lateral flow test. 

[juliadevitt]

3 hours ago, SighMo said:

I got back an hour or so ago and have just had a positive lateral flow test. 

Bugger. I went in both music tents but still testing negative

[SighMo]

3 minutes ago, juliadevitt said:

Bugger. I went in both music tents but still testing negative

I know one of our group has since had a negative test but only a LF and will keep testing this week.  I bailed out at 10pm last night feeling crap; thought it was a touch of heat stroke from standing in the sun all day. Had a PCR a coup,e of hours ago so let’s see what that says. 

[juliadevitt]

26 minutes ago, SighMo said:

I know one of our group has since had a negative test but only a LF and will keep testing this week.  I bailed out at 10pm last night feeling crap; thought it was a touch of heat stroke from standing in the sun all day. Had a PCR a coup,e of hours ago so let’s see what that says. 

It’s the chance we take . I won’t relax until the end of the week and if I get it , so be it. There were too many bands I wanted to see in the big top and tipi.

I hope your symptoms are mild if your PCR is positive. 

[Mardy]

Just done a LFT as a condition to get into the LUMP gig tonight. Fortunately negative, and I realise I didn't really think about it all weekend.

[General Lee]

I’m just did a test at home which was negative. I’ll do more this week just to make sure hopefully. 

[riverlodge]

Joined 2 or 3 lively sets (moshpit for Lazarus, a good old dance to WH Lung and the edge of dry Cleaning's pit) and booked a PCR straight away yesterday. Result just back negative, can't quite believe that's 3 o/o 3 negative for a festival summer where I pretty much haven't held back. Double jabbed maybe might have helped, but I sure have #ahem# exposed myself, feeling slightly lucky right now.

[Losing my hair]

Despite getting on a bit, 69 and double vaxxed, did EOTR and Green Man pretty much as I have in previous years (ie no concession to Covid - in the tents, down at the front etc). LFTs between GM and EOTR all negative, LFT this morning negative.

[Jack1212]

20 hours ago, Mardy said:

Just done a LFT as a condition to get into the LUMP gig tonight. Fortunately negative, and I realise I didn't really think about it all weekend.

How did you go to a gig on the Monday?! I couldn't wait to be in bed and was asleep by 8:30 🤦‍♂️