China closed nearly 70,000 theaters in late January to contain the coronavirus, and Italy’s government did the same earlier this week. But is it going to happen in the U.S.?

The “Hollywood Reporter” surveyed 2,200 adults last week, and 44% of the respondents were opposed to the idea of closing theaters. But Americans are mostly split on it with a lot thinking that changes should be made.

At this point, it doesn’t sound like Hollywood or movie theater chains will voluntarily stop screenings, but 38% of the respondents said they would support the government forcing them to temporarily shut down.

46% said they support movie studios postponing upcoming movie premieres, and 43% supported the delay of the next James Bond movie “No Time to Die”.

Even more people, 51%, are in favor of postponing upcoming concerts. We’ve already seen some of these occur here in the Bay Area.

And more than one-third of the the people surveyed believe that movie theater chains, concert venues, and entertainment industry executives, have a responsibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Now, I understand where these people are coming from but no one is forcing you to go to a movie or concert, right? I would just hope that if tickets were purchased some time ago that a refund would be provided in this circumstance. Unfortunately that’s not the case for some events.