they don't want to lose them

[Ostap]

"The Hollywood Reporter revealed last night that attendees at the Oscar show will not have to show proof of vaccination [........] You will only have to show a pcr test at the door to enter. Why they're doing this, I don't know. Maybe they have some extra spots in the in memoriam to fill. But the rumor is that some of the actors, including some of the actors who are nominated this year, aren't vaccinated, and they don't want to lose them. So now it's up to all of us to wildly speculate as to which ones they are, let the witch hunt begin."
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Hello, the above is from a Jimmy Kimmel episode. I am not sure as to the meaning of the red part. Does it mean, the Oscar organisers don't want to lose (ban from attendance) unvaccinated actors?

 

[5jj]

Yes.