[ad_1]
Once you finally get your COVID vaccine after a year of spending a lot of time indoors, you’re probably eager to get back to the activities you enjoyed before the pandemic. Broadway concerts and musicals, dining indoors, and traveling abroad are just a few of the things we’ve had to put off for the past 15 months. But while the majority of vaccinated people can now start entering places that were previously closed, others may not be so lucky. Few major institutions accept only certain vaccines.
Related: If you get this vaccine, you can’t go back to campus, many colleges warn.
As concert venues and theaters prepare to reopen, they have begun laying out vaccine guidelines for audience members. Many of these establishments require guests to get one of three US-approved vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. This means that people who have had any other than the COVID vaccine will not be able to enter – and this includes AstraZeneca, popular in Canada and the UK, among other countries. Other vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) but not by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) include Kovishield, Sinopharma, and Sinovac.
Next week, Springsteen will be on Broadway, the first show to return to Broadway. The ceremony, which takes place at the St. James Theater, will require guests to be fully vaccinated with an FDA-approved vaccine. To attend this screening screening, you must be at least 14 days away from your second dose of Pfizer or Moderna, or at least 14 days after a single dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In other words, as the New York Post put it, “fans of the AstraZeneca vaccine will not be entering Springsteen on Broadway.”
The fair’s website says they only accept FDA-approved vaccines “at the direction of New York State.” With the rest of Broadway waiting in the wings until September to return, it remains to be seen if other shows will implement similar rules.
Related: For more updated information, sign up for our daily newsletter.
Broadway isn’t the only place people who have gotten AstraZeneca and other vaccines not approved by the FDA may encounter. When musicians start touring again around the country, fans can expect to see similar requirements elsewhere. The Foo Fighters performed at the Canyon Club in California on June 17, and members of the audience were told they would need to provide proof of complete vaccination with Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson.
Other major venues, including Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center in New York, also require FDA-approved vaccination. The only exception in any of these venues is for attendees under the age of 16. In these cases, the member of the public must provide evidence of a negative COVID test.
AstraZeneca recipients should be fine in many other situations, but people who have had other vaccines may find themselves excluded. Hundreds of colleges require students to be fully vaccinated upon return to campus, and according to the New York Times, many require a WHO-approved vaccine, which rules out two types of vaccines that are notable abroad. While AstraZeneca has been approved by the World Health Organization, the popular Covaxin vaccine in India and the popular Sputnik V vaccine in Russia have not been approved, putting international students at a disadvantage.
Related: Dr. Fauci thinks these three places will enforce vaccinations.
[ad_2]
Picture Credit!