Before going, Sulmonte stresses the importance of checking local community spread (which will account for variants that spread more rapidly), checking vaccination rates in the surrounding area and assessing your own personal risk factors. Since Sulmonte regularly comes into contact with immunocompromised patients, for whom the vaccine might not be as effective, he is abstaining from visiting the movie theaters to err on the side of caution. “I’m very happy right now with the streaming options at the moment,” he says. “My version of a movie theater is having my big dog sitting on top of me.”

Source: Washington Post May 27, 2021 12:00 UTC