Anonymous MSNBC producer urges NBC to "Shut down 30 Rock" over coronavirus crisis

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The anonymous staffer writes in a Deadline column that NBC is creating a dangerous environment for NBC News and MSNBC staffers by keeping 30 Rockefeller Center open. "The decision is simple, the execution is complicated," writes the staffer. "CBS News shut down the CBS Broadcast Center after people there tested positive for coronavirus. NBC News, with multiple confirmed cases at its headquarters at 30 Rock, as well as one tragic death, still has not shut down the building. NBC News/MSNBC has a far more vast operation at 30 Rock than CBS News has at its New York headquarters, making the execution of such a decision far more difficult. That does not however change the vital importance of the decision itself. It is the right decision. Shut that building down. Here is just one idea. Shut down the building at 30 Rock, ask that anyone who has worked in that building within the past two weeks begin to self-quarantine for at least two weeks. Then slowly reopen the building at a future date. In the meantime, NBC News has a vast array of locations from which to broadcast its many shows. No, it would not be easy. But it is essential. Any number of variations on this idea might work, but they all rest on one simple premise. Shut down 30 Rock."

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