Disney joins Netflix and Paramount in moving from uniform policies while keeping them in place on some productions.
The latest iteration still empowers producers with the ability to require vaccines, though it appears fewer are choosing to do so as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dwindle compared to this time last year. The pivot from some producers in their approach to keeping their sets virus-free is a sign that they might be less wary of the risk of costly production suspensions amid a lull in COVID-19 transmission.
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher has been a vocal opponent, urging the guild’s national board in the August issue of the guild magazine to review the “latest scientific information about the vaccine’s efficacy” before agreeing to extend the industry’s mandate. She pointed to “thousands of unvaccinated members still unable to work.”
Revisions to the return-to-work agreement in October included changes to the criteria for when the most stringent protocols go into effect, from positive cases to hospitalizations. The modification could mean that even if there’s an uptick in cases in the next few months, the strictest protocols will only be implemented if those illnesses result in hospitalizations — a threshold less likely to be triggered than positive cases that could belie the rate at which people are contracting the virus.
Still, employers can opt to institute stricter protocols for masking and testing, and productions can continue to mandate vaccinations in “Zone A” of sets. The unions and studios are also reserving the right to reinstitute past protocols if this winter brings a particularly intense COVID-19 surge as some public health experts are bracing for as people travel for the holidays.
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