THAT email
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 4:29 pm
After a very long 22 hours away from my PC, ...
You'll appreciate that I still cannot say anything much, and if anyone else put me in the same position, I'd hold their confidence too.
Think about it - you'd be seeing your entire life go to shit and your career dead, and all I have to do is withold your name. I can do that for you.
However :-
1) Timing. The email went out the moment I was asked to send it. That happened to be around midnight.
Hands up who thinks I should have waited until this morning? So that you could read it when you got back from your days shoot, rather than before you did that hardcore scene today?
2) Reason. The person concerned was worried that if the industry was not made aware of the problem then someone, somewhere might get infected today, someone who might not have got infected if the shoot had been cancelled pending clarification.
I personally consider them one the bravest and most ethical upright people it has ever been my pleasure to know. They have just been told that their life is probably fucked, and they manage to think about everyone else.
It's when people have to deal with serious shit that the good shines through.
Performers - what is YOUR plan should you ever get a positive test at a screening?
a) Is it to just vanish and say nothing?
b) Is it to wait and see what happens with the second test, and sod anyone unlucky to get infected before you go public (if confirmed), or is it
c) to say "Excuse me guys, we should stop for a couple of days" pending the second test?
and would YOU want your name out there?
Would you also out all the people you have worked with?
The industry needs a plan and rule set but that's for another day, after some sleep.
Personal comments - At the risk of sounding all American chat show, today I have seen people put through the mill, make and get phone calls that no one should ever have to make or get, and it has brought out the best in people.
FYI the second test results are due Thursday afternoon.
AITA will be informed and making all announcements etc.
You'll appreciate that I still cannot say anything much, and if anyone else put me in the same position, I'd hold their confidence too.
Think about it - you'd be seeing your entire life go to shit and your career dead, and all I have to do is withold your name. I can do that for you.
However :-
1) Timing. The email went out the moment I was asked to send it. That happened to be around midnight.
Hands up who thinks I should have waited until this morning? So that you could read it when you got back from your days shoot, rather than before you did that hardcore scene today?
2) Reason. The person concerned was worried that if the industry was not made aware of the problem then someone, somewhere might get infected today, someone who might not have got infected if the shoot had been cancelled pending clarification.
I personally consider them one the bravest and most ethical upright people it has ever been my pleasure to know. They have just been told that their life is probably fucked, and they manage to think about everyone else.
It's when people have to deal with serious shit that the good shines through.
Performers - what is YOUR plan should you ever get a positive test at a screening?
a) Is it to just vanish and say nothing?
b) Is it to wait and see what happens with the second test, and sod anyone unlucky to get infected before you go public (if confirmed), or is it
c) to say "Excuse me guys, we should stop for a couple of days" pending the second test?
and would YOU want your name out there?
Would you also out all the people you have worked with?
The industry needs a plan and rule set but that's for another day, after some sleep.
Personal comments - At the risk of sounding all American chat show, today I have seen people put through the mill, make and get phone calls that no one should ever have to make or get, and it has brought out the best in people.
FYI the second test results are due Thursday afternoon.
AITA will be informed and making all announcements etc.