After I got my vaccine, like everyone else I had to wait for 15 minutes to make sure I did not have an allergic reaction. I just sat in the CVS drugstore. Too bad I did not get it at the Berkshire Community college in Massachusetts. After cellist Yo Yo Ma got his second shot, he spent his 15 minutes giving an impromptu concert to the other people in the venue.
The 15-minute turn included renditions of pieces by Bach and Schubert, and at its close prompted an enthusiastic round of applause and cheers from the lucky crowd of socially distanced patients.
Ma, 65, had “wanted to give something back”, Richard Hall of the Berkshire Covid-19 Vaccine Collaborative told local paper the Berkshire Eagle. “What a way to end the clinic,” he added.
When Ma had first visited the clinic for his first shot, he did so quietly, taking in the surroundings, staff said. But brought his cello when he returned for the second shot.
Staff described how a hush fell across the clinic as Ma began to play. “It was so weird how peaceful the whole building became, just having a little bit of music in the background,” said Leslie Drager, the lead clinical manager for the vaccination site, according to the Washington Post.
Ma is someone who clearly loves what he does, likes to use his incredible talents for the general good, and also wears his celebrity status lightly.
He needs to get together with this guy
The 89-year-old dancing in the streets of New York City after vaccination
That’s not actually too far from where I got mine! I drove to Amherst.
Off-topic: a video short with David Cross entitled Why America Sucks At Everything”
Yeah, I saw that on my feed, Holms. Since “America” (presumably the USA, not the continent) clearly doesn’t suck at everything, I passed up the clickbait.
Unlike you.
@JohnM: sometimes extrapolations like yours are unjustified.
After 50 seconds: “….. America is the richest country, not just in the world, but in the history of the world.”
More interesting: the conclusions of this book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Level_(book)
don’t differ much. So what will you do -- look away or check some scientific research?
David Cross represents
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gravel_Institute
But of course it’s passing up clickbait that guarantees the moral high ground, not learning about verifiable facts.
mnb0:
Well, then. It doesn’t suck at being rich, does it?
Evidently, I was and remain entirely justified.
I am quite amused by how you frame this in terms of morality.
#4 John
Nothing says unjustified smugness quite like bragging about not watching something because the title was -- gasp -- clickbaity. Dumbass.
I explained why, and it was not because “the title was — gasp — clickbaity”, Holms.
(But hey, at least you don’t think me a smartass. 🙂 )
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Anyway, to be on-topic, I’d not be impressed if someone annoyed me by playing an instrument loudly whilst I waited for an inoculation. I’d probably react unfavourably. It’s unsolicited noise.
Music playing while you are not expressly listening to music is now ‘unsolicited noise’. Jesus christ.