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Requisite COVID-19 Update
🕑 Added 2020-03-13 01:04:44 +0000 UTCHey fam,
I'm sure you're sick to death of e-mails informing you of the Coronavirus impact on things, so here is one more. Owing to the nature of the work we produce we aren't going to be as impacted as some (film productions or, ahem, THEATER) but there will likely be some shifting around in both the short and long term, so I wanted to keep you all updated.
First, for our main YouTube channel, we are working on Cats content, as well as a tie-in Nebula Original, both of which we are hoping to get out by the end of the month. The concern there is schools and daycares inevitably shutting down, which doesn't effect me but does effect Angelina, so it is possible that one or both of these might be delayed, though hopefully not too much - the hope is to have both done by the end of the month.
Less certain is It's Lit! and Musicalsplaining - the former we shoot in Austin, TX, and I live in CA and Princess lives in NY, so obviously that is put on hold until either we can come to an agreement with PBS to shoot episodes remotely (which is looking less and less likely as more and more businesses shut down here in LA), or we decide when it's safe to resume travel, perhaps sometime in May. Where those episodes were planned for release every three weeks (with the next one on Afrofuturism scheduled to drop next Wednesday), it's looking like it's going to have some delays, though exactly how long we don't know and likely won't know for some time. Musicalsplaining we have a buffer up to episode six, but with all of the shows closing we aren't entirely sure how we're going to handle that yet - episode seven WAS going to be Book of Mormon, but that tour leaves LA on March 29th, and seeing as all shows have now closed to the end of March, well...
Since it's in late July my book tour will probably still happen, though I likely won't know details on that for at least another month. Really biting my nails for VidCon (even though I know you're not supposed to do that), but it's not looking good. In the mean time, Dan-O and I are hosting a stream tonight at 9 PM PDT on his Twitch channel (twitch.tv/foldablehuman) to commiserate and brainstorm online events we can do during the isolation period, since all of the going places is now cancelled. So in the coming weeks let's do our best to practice social distancing and try to not make this whole nightmare be in vain, that the epidemic curve might flatten, and be gone by the time spring... springs in earnest.
Wash them hands,
Lindsay
Comments
Tessa Franklin
Oh, boy. I'm new here. The feels reading that gem, "perhaps sometime in May" -- in July. π
Many thanxπππ
Many thanks and stay safe
JM
Many thanks, Madame President.
Nigel G
I listened to the livestream last night, then realized that I'm a Patreon supporter of three of the four participants (and the fourth I hadn't heard of before). It was this weird mix of eavesdropping and parasocial relationships and I'm honestly not sure how I feel about the whole thing. The story about Cyndi Lauper was the best, tho.
Sterling Treadwell
Thanks for the heads up! Now go Purell your keyboard :D
j-beda
Keep up those good hygiene practices. And according to the Mayo Clinic "Right now, the number of COVID-19 cases pales in comparison to the number of flu cases," says Dr. Poland. "Unlike COVID-19, seasonal flu is in every state and every community in the U.S [20,000 to 52,000 deaths this year in the USA!]. Your best defense against the flu is to get the flu vaccine. If you haven't gotten it yet, it is not too late. Go get it." - https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-vs-seasonal-flu-what-you-need-to-know-about-both/
Eli Bildirici
Stay safe everyone, thanks for letting us know what's up
Stephi Anne-with-an-E
Thanks for the update, hope you and Angelina and all your collaborators and team members are safe!
Don Bright
i literally have gotten more information from you than from my own workplace or state government ha hahahaha
Shannon
Thanks for the updates
S. R.
Stay safe!
Tomboy
The book of mormon thing is a huge bummer. I won nearly front row seats to mean girls when the national tour comes through my town, and right now it has yet to be cancelled but I'm very worried. I wish you and Kaveh the best of luck with that, and also, like, not getting coronavirus of course
Belbe
*washes hands and salutes you in thought*
