Entertainment industry “over-represented” in LA Covid cases -but not all bad news.

Some reassuring news -of sorts- from the USA today indicates that American Film & TV productions are rigorously testing for the coronavirus.

“The entertainment industry is overrepresented in our reports of recent worksite clusters, with 18 clusters over the last three weeks, eight of which were reported between the 13th and April 19th, and that represented 20% of all reports of worksites for that week,” reported LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.

But she also noted that if the entertainment industry number skews higher than those of other sectors, it may be because film and TV productions are doing something right, not something wrong.

“This may be due to a general increase in cases as we’ve seen in the community as well as the comprehensive screening protocols that this industry maintains,” noted Ferrer.

L.A.’s daily cases counts have risen by nearly 2/3 in the past week, from 1,355 last Friday to 2,123 today. But that number is likely an undercount, since many more Angelenos are using at-home tests than ever before and, if someone is positive by experiencing few symptoms, they are highly unlikely to report the infection.

In Australia COVID cases on Film and Television continue to disrupt production, which is sometimes reported with varying degrees of clickbait headlines… when in reality it’s one of many industries learning to live with the virus.

Source: Deadline