Concertgoers on Friday at the Reading Music Festival in Reading, England. “We don’t seem to care that we have these really high infection rates,” said Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London.Credit...Daniel Leal-Olivas/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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