Though, it all depends on the circumstances, if its the actors fault for doing non-smart things and getting ill, its their fault, if the cameraman dropped the camera its his fault if the director checked the weather and it said it was going to rain in those areas it was his fault for not planning better.
I suppose that humans back then worried the same as we do with elections or political things, our current election with 2020 can be related back to most elections and how it affected people through stress.