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Thursday, November 18, 2021
Broadway, touring productions set new COVID-19 testing rates
Broadway News: Broadway productions and touring companies have set new minimum requirements for COVID-19 testing based on the number of cases in the area.
3 comments:
Reesha A.
said...
I think that it is a good idea to test people based on the transmission rates in the area. Even though people are getting vaccinated and taking the required precautions, the contagious nature of COVID-19 is very had to miss. Delta variant proved that. Eve vaccinated people are capable of getting the disease; the impact could be less on the person, but it is still capable of being transmitted, and shutting down in-person activities. Especially for the entertainment industry, which cannot really be online and depends heavily on the in-person aspect of both working and interacting with the audiences, these testing measures seem very viable. I also think that they do a good job to assure people that they are not surrounded by carriers of the disease. Not a lot of people generally know what their coworkers are up to after work, and I think via means of testing, they get to know if or not they are being exposed to the disease.
If this is what we need to do to keep everyone safe and still have live performance in today's world, I'll take it. The heat map is a really nice and convenient thing to have for monitoring the transmission level of an area, and implementing it into Covid protocols is pretty smart. As much as I and probably everyone in the SoD hates weekly testing by now, you have to admit it's a very effective measure of catching Covid cases before they become a serious issue. I definitely appreciate the commitment to safety the league has been keeping, especially since in some places safety is lax and some theaters are not even allowed to implement certain safety measures, like masks or vaccine requirements. Unfortunately, I also think that some theaters that can legally implement these measures might not have the budget for it either. Regardless, this seems to be the way forward in the entertainment industry, and I hope that we can all adopt to the same set of standards.
Testing is important and it absolutely must continue, but I have to say these headlines are totally exhausting. I hope we can see an end in sight soon, because it's a total headache on an already super difficult industry. I'm really happy with how it's going in Purnell, although I do get disappointed when people just actively ignore masking and sing in the lobby, while the rest of us worry (speaking from experience? maybe). Even though we are outright told by our professors that stage management doesn't have to worry at all about covid mitigation, it's still a concern that would pass my mind quite often in the rehearsal room. It's safe to say that all our efforts are well worth it and we must absolutely keep it up as we move forward into the coming production-heavy semester. Regardless, I have to be thankful at the pickup of theatre as a whole and how it will continue to grow and grow.
3 comments:
I think that it is a good idea to test people based on the transmission rates in the area. Even though people are getting vaccinated and taking the required precautions, the contagious nature of COVID-19 is very had to miss. Delta variant proved that. Eve vaccinated people are capable of getting the disease; the impact could be less on the person, but it is still capable of being transmitted, and shutting down in-person activities. Especially for the entertainment industry, which cannot really be online and depends heavily on the in-person aspect of both working and interacting with the audiences, these testing measures seem very viable. I also think that they do a good job to assure people that they are not surrounded by carriers of the disease. Not a lot of people generally know what their coworkers are up to after work, and I think via means of testing, they get to know if or not they are being exposed to the disease.
If this is what we need to do to keep everyone safe and still have live performance in today's world, I'll take it. The heat map is a really nice and convenient thing to have for monitoring the transmission level of an area, and implementing it into Covid protocols is pretty smart. As much as I and probably everyone in the SoD hates weekly testing by now, you have to admit it's a very effective measure of catching Covid cases before they become a serious issue. I definitely appreciate the commitment to safety the league has been keeping, especially since in some places safety is lax and some theaters are not even allowed to implement certain safety measures, like masks or vaccine requirements. Unfortunately, I also think that some theaters that can legally implement these measures might not have the budget for it either. Regardless, this seems to be the way forward in the entertainment industry, and I hope that we can all adopt to the same set of standards.
Testing is important and it absolutely must continue, but I have to say these headlines are totally exhausting. I hope we can see an end in sight soon, because it's a total headache on an already super difficult industry. I'm really happy with how it's going in Purnell, although I do get disappointed when people just actively ignore masking and sing in the lobby, while the rest of us worry (speaking from experience? maybe). Even though we are outright told by our professors that stage management doesn't have to worry at all about covid mitigation, it's still a concern that would pass my mind quite often in the rehearsal room. It's safe to say that all our efforts are well worth it and we must absolutely keep it up as we move forward into the coming production-heavy semester. Regardless, I have to be thankful at the pickup of theatre as a whole and how it will continue to grow and grow.
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