Test, Clean, Prevent is what grassroots music venues need
Hands, Face, Space is the risk management equivalent of asking people armed with knives to kindly not use them, says Mark Davyd.
This month, I’d like to interrupt your excitement about surging stock prices and possible vaccines to talk about Swiss cheese. And Christmas parties. No, really, stick with me.
While everyone is enthusiastic about the development of a vaccine that might, eventually, return us to normality, for the foreseeable future the industry needs to manage the potential risk of infection at live music events. The widespread use of a vaccine is many months away and, even once it is here, venues and festivals will still need to demonstrate how they are managing the risk of infection.
In the UK that risk management is currently built around Hands, Face, Space (HFS). Similar restrictions and guidance apply in almost every country in the world as three containment measures governments insist upon. These three measures are what is known as the Swiss cheese model of accident causation... Keep reading on Music Week
This month, I’d like to interrupt your excitement about surging stock prices and possible vaccines to talk about Swiss cheese. And Christmas parties. No, really, stick with me.
While everyone is enthusiastic about the development of a vaccine that might, eventually, return us to normality, for the foreseeable future the industry needs to manage the potential risk of infection at live music events. The widespread use of a vaccine is many months away and, even once it is here, venues and festivals will still need to demonstrate how they are managing the risk of infection.
In the UK that risk management is currently built around Hands, Face, Space (HFS). Similar restrictions and guidance apply in almost every country in the world as three containment measures governments insist upon. These three measures are what is known as the Swiss cheese model of accident causation... Keep reading on Music Week