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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
August Brown

As Coachella drops vaccination requirement, immunocompromised fans fear the consequences

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, concert promoter Goldenvoice rescinded all COVID-19 safety protocols for its Coachella and country-themed Stagecoach festivals in Indio in April.

Will Davis, a Coachella ticketholder in Costa Mesa with an immunocompromised wife, has been to every edition since 2009. Now he's reconsidering.

"I generally think Goldenvoice does an amazing job handling all the logistics. But their decisions around this year's fest seem baffling to me," he said via email. "Why remove all the very standard COVID safeguards? My wife is immunocompromised and pregnant and I am not sure if I should attend now, even though I am healthy and boosted."

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