Studios Backing Away From Blanket COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

November 9, 2022

Studios Backing Away From Blanket COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Disney joins Netflix and Paramount in moving from uniform policies while keeping them in place on some productions.

The latest iteration still empowers producers with the ability to require vaccines, though it appears fewer are choosing to do so as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations dwindle compared to this time last year. The pivot from some producers in their approach to keeping their sets virus-free is a sign that they might be less wary of the risk of costly production suspensions amid a lull in COVID-19 transmission.

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