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Los Angeles Film & TV Productions Must Now Require Masking Indoors As Covid Numbers Hit “Escalation Trigger’ Threshold, Says L.A. Official

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Mask up, Hollywood.That’s according to Los Angeles County Public Health Officer Barbara Ferrer, and also seemingly according to the film and TV industry’s current Return to Work agreement.“With new hospital admissions reaching more than 8 per week per 100,000 population, they will resume indoor masking requirements, along with several other safety measures,” Ferrer said of film and TV productions in a media briefing today.

Public Health data show that, as of today, the 7-day average number of hospitalizations per 100,000 residents has risen to 8.1.

Some industry sources, however, question whether the so-called “Escalation Trigger” threshold has been met. The Return-to-Work agreement between unions and film and TV producers, which was last reupped in May and actually relaxed some protocols, states the following:Productions shall utilize the protocols contained in Part I in a metropolitan area (or county ifthere is no metropolitan area) or Province, as applicable, that meets the following metric (hereinafter, the “Escalation Trigger”): 8 or more new weekly COVID hospital admissions per 100,000 people over a seven-day interval (as reported by covidactnow.org for work performed within the United States).

Those productions shall utilize the protocols contained in Part I immediately if the Escalation Trigger is met as of May 1, 2022.If the metropolitan area (or county if there is no metropolitan area) or Province, as applicable, meets the Escalation Trigger subsequent to May 1, 2022, productions located in those areas shall immediately implement the masking requirements provided in Part I, but in no case later than 24 hours after the day on which the Escalation Trigger has been met, and shall utilize the other protocols

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