American health expert: Concerts may not return until fall 2021

Bands and festivals are hoping that they'll restart in the fall, maybe even in late summer, but Zeke Emanuel, oncologist, bioethicist, senior fellow at the American Center for American Progress is far more pessimistic. His estimate, given to the New York Times, is it'll take a year and a half for concerts to begin again: "Restarting the economy has to be done in stages, and it does have to start with more physical distancing at a work site that allows people who are at lower risk to come back. Certain kinds of construction, or manufacturing or offices, in which you can maintain six-foot distances are more reasonable to start sooner. Larger gatherings — conferences, concerts, sporting events — when people say they’re going to reschedule this conference or graduation event for October 2020, I have no idea how they think that’s a plausible possibility. I think those things will be the last to return. Realistically we’re talking fall 2021 at the earliest".