Cinema visit - yes or no?(another Covid-19 related thread-sorry)

I would choose to go to a less well frequented showing.

DH and I went to see David Copperfield, on a Monday afternoon.we had the cinema almost entirely to ourselves. You can check by not buying tickets online until just before you go so that you can see how many seats have been sold.

Just been to see Darkwater at 12:15 today at odeon cinema .Only 8 people in all. Plenty of room to stretch legs. Also an excellent film

One problem with the virus is the lack of symptoms in many of the people carrying it. A British couple on a flight from Heathrow to Hanoi in February were told last Saturday that they had contracted the virus from a woman on their flight who had previously visited Milan and Paris. They are now in quarantine. Several other people on the flight had also contracted the virus.

The way in which you get to the cinema is important. At the end of February we went to Bordeaux by car to see the Cirque du Soleil and did park and ride. The tram was packed as was the shuttle bus to the arena. Two mornings later I woke in the early hours to feel a cold coming on and was ill for two weeks (I'm asthmatic). I'm 99% certain that I caught the bug on public transport because the only other times I'd come into contact with people was when I was in a small group of 4 or 5 people, none of whom had colds.

Apparently Italy has had more deaths than other European countries because it has a larger proportion of elderly people and most of those who have died have been 80+ with underlying illnesses such as diabetes, lung complaints and heart problems and dodgy immune systems. The latter includes children.

Our French teacher said yesterday that cinemas and theatres are to restrict the numbers to 50 and open air events are to be restricted to 1000. I haven't yet checked these figures.

I was planning to go to a live transmission of Fidelio next week but am now debating whether I should go. (Night not be able to get in if the numbers are restricted to 50)

I was due to attend a concert by an artiste from the USA at beginning of April. It's now postponed, as is the European tour. I think there will be many more cancellations in the coming months of various things.

My son is an actor. He has just started a tour with a play he is in. Ticket sales in some venues are so low they may have to cancel and if the government decrees that theatres must close he won't get paid. The play is supposed to run until June so we are all hoping the virus will have run its course by then. We have tickets to see it in Harrogate in a couple of weeks time. Fingers crossed it will still be going ahead.

Cinemas and theatres ( especially packed ones) must be germ heaven.
I am avoiding them for the foreseeable future for DH’s sake.

A lovely report on Twitter of a 100 year old with three chronic conditions now discharged from a hospital in China after two weeks treatment.

If you wash your hands on arrival and leaving, and use gel if you have to touch a handrail, I can't see why you shouldn't go. Of course if someone has a persistent dry cough in the area where you are due to sit, then that would be another matter!