Some are now asking whether Sunday’s Oscars ceremony could similarly turn out to be a super-spreader event. The academy has some protocols in place.
Along with the usual suspense and hand-wringing over who will take home the gold at Sunday night’s Oscars, those planning to attend the ceremony are contending with another uncertainty this year: Will they catch COVID-19?, held in London on March 13 along with various parties before and after the BAFTAs, are now suspected of having led to a number of COVID-19 infections, including among some of this year’s Oscar nominees, raising concerns over whether Hollywood’s biggest night could become...
It is not clear whether the Oscars pose a similar risk. While the UK is currently experiencing a spike in new COVID-19 cases, numbers in the U.S. — and in Los Angeles in particular — have been declining sharply as the Omicron surge has waned. And in contrast to the BAFTAs, at which attendees were required only to provide a negative antigen test and mask-wearing was not enforced, the Oscars are adopting stricter COVID-19 protocols.
Still, the Oscars and the various parties surrounding it will look far more normal this year than they did last year, when the awards were relocated to Union Station and the audience was capped at just 170 mostly masked attendees. Said another nominee: “I’m going, but, to be honest, all the protocols drain the fun out of attending. Plus, I don’t know how much good they’ll do. I’ll probably lose. I won’t come home with an Oscar, but I may come home with COVID. Yay!”
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