Editors’ Note: Deadline’s latest series, Reopening Hollywood, focuses on the incredibly complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Our goal is to examine numerous sides of the business and provide forum for leaders in Hollywood who have a vision for how production could safely restart in the era of coronavirus.
Right now, the burning question for so many is, “How can we safely go back to work?” Since TV and film production necessitates physical proximity, and often precludes the wearing of protective masks, the future of the industry hangs in an uncertain purgatory. Conflicting information abounds, with different drugs being touted, a vaccine way off in the distance, and mystery surrounding the accuracy of antibody testing. In an attempt to clarify some of this, Dr. Michael Smit, an epidemiologist and designated Cdc expert who served as a medical consultant...
Right now, the burning question for so many is, “How can we safely go back to work?” Since TV and film production necessitates physical proximity, and often precludes the wearing of protective masks, the future of the industry hangs in an uncertain purgatory. Conflicting information abounds, with different drugs being touted, a vaccine way off in the distance, and mystery surrounding the accuracy of antibody testing. In an attempt to clarify some of this, Dr. Michael Smit, an epidemiologist and designated Cdc expert who served as a medical consultant...
- 5/5/2020
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
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