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| re: Can someone in the know explain Covid cancellations? | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 05:57 pm EST 01/19/22 | |
| In reply to: Can someone in the know explain Covid cancellations? - Likeitlots 05:48 pm EST 01/19/22 | |
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| I'm not working in a show. But my guess is a) every show hired more people (you still regularly hear about absences/covers) b) people are being more careful, wearing better masks in their daily lives, not eating indoors, etc. c) Omicron made its way through these casts, probably including people who were asymptomatic and never tested positive because their viral load was so low. |
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| re: Can someone in the know explain Covid cancellations? | |
| Posted by: ms721 09:53 pm EST 01/19/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Can someone in the know explain Covid cancellations? - Ncassidine 05:57 pm EST 01/19/22 | |
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| December was terrible for testing turn around time, so it may be that shows had no idea actually if people were positive, so I think that added to cancellations out of caution. (i.e. we don't know if you're negative, so you can't go on... and we don't have coverage to get here in time) |
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| re: Can someone in the know explain Covid cancellations? | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:01 pm EST 01/19/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Can someone in the know explain Covid cancellations? - ms721 09:53 pm EST 01/19/22 | |
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| I think that the issues already mentioned are the most important, but I think part of it also is that you probably won't get Covid twice in a few weeks' time (although apparently it's possible). The nature of theater, with actors in close promixity without masks, meant that Omicron swept through many casts. At Come From Away, for example, 8 of the 12 actors for one performance were understudies. Presumably the 8 actors who were out are unlikely to get Covid again soon. | |
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