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The Amazing Race International Versions => TAR Australia => Topic started by: TARstorian on March 20, 2022, 03:09:31 AM
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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 (https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2022/03/20/exclusive-new-season-of-the-amazing-race-australia-smashed-by-covid-19/?feed_id=87784)
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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.
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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
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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.
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.
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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.
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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In the worst case scenario, TARAUS6 may just get Glasgow'd for its own sake.
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Oh wow that's really sad :(
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New update - https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/the-amazing-scott-tweedie-races-to-the-pit-stop.html
TV Tonight understands the former 10 host, who has been US-based in recent years, was part of a COVID-safe contingency plan prior to production returning to international destinations.
So they always intended Scott to replace Beau in case of emergencies and had backup plans.