As Chicago Prepares for Lollapalooza, Top Doctor Considers COVID Protocols

Lollapalooza 2019
Festival goers attend on day three of Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Chicago. Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Lollapalooza 2019
Festival goers attend on day three of Lollapalooza in Grant Park on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Chicago. Amy Harris/Invision/AP

As Chicago Prepares for Lollapalooza, Top Doctor Considers COVID Protocols

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As the CDC cautions against unmasked gatherings indoors within COVID hotspots, Chicago prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of music fans to Lollapalooza. One of the city’s top doctors weighs in.

GUEST: Dr. Emily Landon, executive medical director of infection prevention and control at University of Chicago Medicine