I hear that is what Sony TV had been planning to do on The Good Doctor before BC Council of Film Unions, which is made up of IATSE, Teamsters and International Cinematographers Guild locals, and various actors’ unions, balked at the idea. Meanwhile, the current SAG-AFTRA guidelines in the U.S., which are followed by any shows that have started production amid the pandemic, call for actors to be tested three times a week and the crew once a week. Bonnie Henry, the Provincial Health Officer in BC, recently said “right now, in our communities with the rates of transmission that we have, just randomly testing people with no symptoms is not really a benefit.” The number of hospitalizations recently dropped to 5.Ĭiting the relatively low number of case and causalities from coronavirus in the Vancouver since the pandemic began, local authorities and entities want less testing. Their request is not arbitrary, it stems from the current guidelines in British Columbia, a province that has been widely praised for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic with 3,834 total cases and 195 deaths to date on a population of 5+ million. Ironically, the situation is reversed in Vancouver, with Sony TV (and other studios) insisting on rigorous testing and the local unions pushing back, calling for far more limited testing of the crews they represent. The frequency of testing has been a major issue, with the unions pushing for more frequent testing than what the studios consider feasible. studios have been unsuccessfully trying to negotiate a safety protocols agreement with the major Hollywood unions. As 'The Rookie: Feds' Debuts & 'The Good Doctor' Eyes Legal Spinoff, ABC's Simran Sethi Talks Franchise Strategyįor almost two months now, the U.S.
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