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Update On TAR Australia 6 Filming. Covid News. Spoiler Free.
TARstorian:
I just came across this on Twitter. No location or contestant spoilers in the article.
https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/03/20/exclusive-new-season-of-the-amazing-race-australia-smashed-by-covid-19/?feed_id=87784
OMGitsGARRET:
Well I guess now we know why we haven't had any sightings in about a week.
It was inevitable this would happen. Even with vaccines, transmission of the virus is highly contagious. And as per the pictures we saw, we rarely -- if ever -- saw cast or crew wearing masks. Plus the fact that they were in super busy crowded areas... so this isn't surprising.
From the article, they're saying only a small amount of production has tested positive... so far. We don't know what procedures they take but considering Beau was one of the positive cases, and the racers regularly interact with him at Pit Stops, I'm worried this small amount of positive cases might become a whole lot more. Let's hope they keep this outbreak small and can continue on with none of the cast testing positive.
It would be awful to have a team test positive and have to drop out of the race for that, or even have the whole production shut down. Or even worse, someone's health severely impacted to a dire level.
I hope they can control this outbreak but I think they're playing with fire.
ianthebalance:
I had a feeling this was this case when we didn’t hear for a while but I didn’t want to say anything in case my hunch was wrong
Maanca:
--- Quote from: OMGitsGARRET on March 20, 2022, 03:40:40 AM ---Well I guess now we know why we haven't had any sightings in about a week.
It was inevitable this would happen. Even with vaccines, transmission of the virus is highly contagious. And as per the pictures we saw, we rarely -- if ever -- saw cast or crew wearing masks. Plus the fact that they were in super busy crowded areas... so this isn't surprising.
--- End quote ---
Exactly. Without saying the locations, I got the sense from those pictures that their plan was more reckless than TAR 33, which stuck to low-population areas.
Xoruz:
--- Quote from: OMGitsGARRET on March 20, 2022, 03:40:40 AM ---Well I guess now we know why we haven't had any sightings in about a week.
It was inevitable this would happen. Even with vaccines, transmission of the virus is highly contagious. And as per the pictures we saw, we rarely -- if ever -- saw cast or crew wearing masks. Plus the fact that they were in super busy crowded areas... so this isn't surprising.
--- End quote ---
The first country has controlled COVID extremely well due to requiring tourists to be both vaccinated and tested. So even though we saw teams in a crowded square, the COVID risk was still minimal. The second country however never fully recovered from Omicron and is now dealing with sub-Omicron, so it's sadly not surprising that the crew might have caught COVID there.
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