Op-Ed: James McMurtry writes that postponing tour dates is the only ethical choice during the coronavirus pandemic
Everyone involved in my postponed tour is taking a financial hit, but we have to. We can’t be abetting a situation such as the one happening now in Italy, where doctors are having to decide whom to treat and whom to let die, because the virus spread so fast that there are far more sick than there are beds and respirators. We can’t stop this thing, we can only slow it down, hopefully slow it down enough that our healthcare system can handle the steady flow.
While musicians are financially vulnerable right now, service industry personnel are in a tougher spot. We can sell merch and downloads online, even perform online and solicit PayPal donations. Servers have to show up for work. If a bartender could mix you a virtual drink, how would you drink it?
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