Adele - Tears of a clown?
The singer blamed the postponement on a variety of factors: "We’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID. Half my crew … are down with COVID — they still are — and it’s been impossible to finish the show."
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Adele in tears as she postpones Vegas show
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Adele postponed her upcoming Las Vegas shows due to delivery delays and crew catching Covid. Unfortunately, fans have spent 10,000s of dollars to see her and now are out of pocket.
Tickets to see the British star — whose hits include Chasing Pavements, and Hello — were being sold for up to £20,000.
Fans said they should have had more notice. Ali Anari, from the US, complained on Instagram: “We took time off work, paid for hotel and flights. We’re here in Vegas for the show and now we have nothing. Refunding us for our hotels and flights would be great . . .”
Photographer Miles Delmar added: “Seriously? Postpone if you need to, that’s fine — but 28 hours before? I flew in this morning. Are you going to refund me my flight, hotel, and the rapid Covid test that was mandatory? This is so f***ed up.”
A fan called Veronica said she paid £150 on a hotel and £440 on a ticket. She told Adele: “I’m not trying to make you feel worse, but we are normal people. I just don’t understand how/why you couldn’t let us know a week ago.
“Most hotels have a 72-hour cancellation policy. I was told I will be charged the full amount.
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Of course, there are different suggestions as to why Adele has ended up in this mess.
"There are rumblings that there are stresses related to Adele’s relationship. I’m told that these stresses caused her to be in a place where she was just not confident moving forward," he said. "You can’t focus if you’re not where you need to be in your head."
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Towerload reports.
“Adele postponed her residency due to ‘COVID’ which is true,” a source familiar with the situation recently spilled. “But really she just hates all the creative, also she keeps changing the run of the show.”
“Crew is working literally 18 hours a day in Vegas. She just won’t stop adding and taking things away.”
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However, what is apparent is that someone badly advised Adele regarding vaccination & Covid.
Now, the correct interpretation of Tears of a Clown is someone hiding behind a happy mask; obscuring the reality of a truly sad individual (I have seen those that, unkindly, suggest a very different interpretation for her).
Some things we just won’t know, though, like her alleged relationship problems but if they’re private, that’s how it should be.
However, what is apparent is that someone badly advised Adele regarding vaccination & Covid.
Segregation as a rule of entry to Adele’s Las Vegas show
“Proof of vaccination and negative test result must be issued from the healthcare provider performing the vaccination or test. Both documents are required for entry and can be displayed on your smartphone or as physical copies. Tests administered via an at-home kit will not be permitted.”
The vaccine requirement extends to anyone who is eligible to receive a vaccine. Children not eligible will still be required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test and also wear a mask at the event.
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Not only did you have to be double vaccinated to attend Adele’s concert but you also needed a negative Covid test. And not just any negative test, it had to be from a health provider that issued the certificate, not a home test.
And if you were too young to get a vaccine, you needed a test and had to wear a mask.
But maybe those conditions of entry, effectively segregating her fans and blocking anyone that choses not to get vaccinated, were not Adele’s decision. The venue may have insisted?
Apparently not, because other artists due to play there have taken a stance against the vaccine.
And has no one told her that vaccination does not prevent Sars-Cov-2 infection?
Van Morrison, also performing in the same venue would certainly not require fans to be vaccinated. And apparently neither does the venue.
Adele’s shows take place across consecutive weekends, except for Feb. 18-19, when Van Morrison — who has taken an outspoken stance against the Covid-19 vaccine — is performing at the venue. Apparently, Caesars Palace has no vaccine requirement for these or any concerts.
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So it’s her decision.
One can only imagine that if she required fans to be vaccinated and adhere to such a strict entry policy not enforced by the venue, then the same would be necessary for her crew. And one of the main reasons Adele is cancelling her show is because half of them got Covid.
Has no one told her that vaccination does not prevent Sars-Cov-2 infection?
We knew that a long time ago.
Dr Fauci warns that early COVID-19 vaccines will only prevent symptoms from arising - not block infection
27 October 2020 MailOnline
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Looks like it’s not great on the symptoms either…
Not only are you filling your venue with fans that can still be infected but they have a higher chance of getting Covid, and therefore spreading it, than the unvaccinated fans that were barred.
Figure 1 Relative risk reduction of Covid-19 in England of vaccinated compared to unvaccinated.
Fig. 1 shows the negative efficacy of Covid vaccines. For example, anyone vaccinated in the 40 - 49 age category, is 136% more likely to be infected as a Covid case than an unvaccinated person in the same age range.
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The relative risk reduction chart above (fig. 1) clearly demonstrates the futility of insisting on an audience being vaccinated. Not only are you filling your venue with fans that can still be infected but they have a higher chance of getting Covid, and therefore spreading it, than the unvaccinated fans that were barred.
And insisting that a young child wears a mask sitting next to a vaccinated adult is simply ludicrous and devoid of any scientific and sensus communis.
What we should really be shedding tears for is the beating of innocent people just because they want to be free and not be forced to take a vaccine.
After a crowd forms outside the Van Gogh Museum, Dutch police fire water cannons at anti-lockdown protesters. Also using a dog as intimidation and beating an innocent bystander.
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Brutal arrest of a young woman because she didn’t have a mask
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Australian police beating innocent people protesting Covid policies
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This world is in a very dangerous place right now and what it dearly needs is compassion and understanding. And in order that it can return to normal, it needs a set of rules and behaviours based on common decency and proper science, not hysteria and propaganda.
I think Adele is an incredible talent and I hope that anyone advising her wises up quickly. We don’t want to see fans, vaccinated or unvaccinated, turn on her. But she really does need to rethink her stance on Covid and stop the segregation of innocent people that just want to hear her sing.
Celebrities like Adele can do a lot to mend what has gone wrong over the last two years; let’s hope and pray that they do.