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What kinds of efforts will different facets of the economy take to carry on with their activities while control viral spread?
How effective will they be?
Different kinds of activities will require different approaches.
One example is the film/entertainment industry.
Here is a NY Times article about how the entertainment part of the economy is trying to cope, focusing on more physical intimacy. These approaches have included the following:
Some are just cancelling (some college sports).
Some which make a lot of money are trying to different approaches.
I am vaguely aware of different groups doing lots of testing or creating a "bubble" (which I guess people will be isolated in), but its not clear to me how effective these different approaches can do.
Some seasons have been shortened.
Getting (and keeping) a medium sized population of disease free athletes (and support crew) might be difficult.
Larger numbers make this more difficult.
What will they do when there failures (someone on a 40+ squad (plus coaches, trainers, etc.) gets sick) where virus could have been transmitted it to others with in the "bubble"?
How effective will they be?
Different kinds of activities will require different approaches.
One example is the film/entertainment industry.
Here is a NY Times article about how the entertainment part of the economy is trying to cope, focusing on more physical intimacy. These approaches have included the following:
- mannequins (combined with shooting techniques to avoid showing the mannequin is inanimate
- rewritting to avoid depictions of contact
- innuendo-laden scripts
- installments that dives deep into the story of one or two characters, often with a limited number of sets — in order to help manage the number of people present during filming.
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“We’ve done mysterious diseases, so my hope is that ‘Riverdale’ will be an escape from the real world, rather than a reflection,” Aguirre-Sacasa said. A previously planned five to six-year time jump in the plotline will also help skirt the Coronavirus issue.
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“The joke among the writers,” he added, “is that we will watch two characters say they want to have sex and then cut to them saying, ‘That was some great sex.’”
- aggressive testing of cast and crew
- quarantining, on-set medical professionals
- camera wizardry, illusion
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“Smoke and mirrors,” the “You” showrunner Sera Gamble said, “are basically the entire job description of making cinematic entertainment. Everything requires fakery.”
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Some are just cancelling (some college sports).
Some which make a lot of money are trying to different approaches.
I am vaguely aware of different groups doing lots of testing or creating a "bubble" (which I guess people will be isolated in), but its not clear to me how effective these different approaches can do.
Some seasons have been shortened.
Getting (and keeping) a medium sized population of disease free athletes (and support crew) might be difficult.
Larger numbers make this more difficult.
What will they do when there failures (someone on a 40+ squad (plus coaches, trainers, etc.) gets sick) where virus could have been transmitted it to others with in the "bubble"?