Most summers I usually mix in some discussion of a science fiction movie or three. There were fewer options this year, but I did manage to see Tenet. I suppose in the present context we should spend a moment just on that fact. I was able to see the film at a local drive-in theater. With all respect to theater staff doing their best, it is not clear to me that any cleaning and distancing protocol can eliminate the SARS-CoV-2 transmission risk of sitting in the same room with strangers for 2+ hours. Cleaning and masks and distancing and reduced capacity can all help mitigate that risk, and ultimately one’s specific risk will depend on many factors including the number of local active cases, the particulars of the air flow in the theater and where everyone is positioned in it, and how much talking and laughing and screaming goes on in that screening. So please do not take the following discussion as an endorsement of indoor theater attendance.
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