{"id":242744,"date":"2021-05-05T18:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cinemas-keep-disinfecting-even-though-they-dont-have-to-anymore\/"},"modified":"2021-05-05T18:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:51:44","slug":"cinemas-keep-disinfecting-even-though-they-dont-have-to-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cinemas-keep-disinfecting-even-though-they-dont-have-to-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cinemas keep disinfecting even though they don’t have to anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Cinemas keep disinfecting even though they don’t have to anymore<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Cinema owners are creating some of their own hygiene theater, with excessive cleaning measures that have not proven to keep moviegoers any safer from catching COVID.<\/p>\n

Movie theaters have snapp<\/a>ed up misters and foggers and gallons upon gallons of pricey cleaning chemicals in order to disinfect and wipe down surfaces where virus particles might live, but it is all in vain, according to a report<\/a> from Variety.<\/p>\n

Health experts have been saying since last year that the risk of getting COVID from touching an infected surface was minuscule, and last month, it was backed up by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which put the risk at just 1 in 10,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shockingly low risk caused the National Association of Theater Owners, a trade group that reps cinema owners, to quietly roll back its mandate to disinfect between each screening. Now, the group has advised<\/a> that disinfecting should be \u201cconsistent with existing CDC, state or local guidelines.\u201d As of early April, those guidelines say it\u2019s OK to just clean \u2014 not disinfect \u2014 once a day.<\/p>\n

But many theaters are sticking to the previous disinfecting protocols because they feel that the more stringent rules make customers feel safer, even if those rules aren\u2019t grounded in science<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still spraying between shows,\u201d Jeff Logan, president and chief executive of Logan Luxury Theaters, told Variety. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to maintain public confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A movie theater worker sanitizing a door. Theater owners continue to employ disinfection methods in a bid to make patrons feel safer even as experts say they\u2019re not necessary.<\/figcaption>
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Theaters have been allowed to open at limited capacity across the country, and in some states like South Dakota, where Logan\u2019s chain is based, there are no capacity restrictions at all. Despite all the cleaning, however, box office revenue is still dwarfed by pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n

Even though there has been no known COVID-19 transmission from movie theaters, customers remain wary of returning, and as a result, owners do not want to make any sudden changes, according to Joe Paletta, president of Spotlight Theaters in Georgia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re continuing until we get a little more clear consensus out there,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll look at our markets and see what the customer feels comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Customers remain wary of returning to theaters as COVID-19 wanes.<\/figcaption>
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Los Angeles-based independent movie theater chain Landmark Theatres also told\u00a0Variety\u00a0it is not changing its cleaning regimen either.<\/p>\n

National association spokesman Patrick Corcoran said the updated guidelines leave in place all other restrictions, including mandatory mask wearing, physical distancing and frequent hand washing. He added that relaxed cleaning rules came after the CDC updated its guidelines and that it was approved independently by the theater owners\u2019 own medical consultants. <\/p>\n

Some theaters are following the updated rules, which not only saves theaters money on costly disinfecting products, but expedites the cleaning process.<\/p>\n

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A hand sanitizing station greets moviegoers standing in line at a concession stand at AMC Empire 25 near Times Square.<\/figcaption>
AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

According to Paul Farnsworth, a rep for Kansas City-based B&B Theaters, his cinema chain is \u201cleaning heavily into the science informing\u201d the CDC and the national association.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not be developing or implementing additional measures outside of that counsel,\u201d Farnsworth said. \u201cWe\u2019re just going to make darn sure everyone feels safe.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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