Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Jwink]

Obviously this won’t be over by March so we need to find out if Disney will pay their employees past this particular close date

 

[JohnD]

I don't have a calculator.

I have Google.

 

[englanddg]

Qatar announced the closure of all cinemas, theatres, gyms, play areas and museums.

What's the population of Qatar?

 

[JohnD]

What's the population of Qatar?

Depends on how you look at it: "In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million expatriates. Islam is the official religion of Qatar. "

 

[Flugell]

That list of cases puts it into perspective. Looking at the ages at least 30% are in real danger. Here’s wishing all of them a speedy, total recovery.

 

[5thGenTexan]

Coronavirus: Ten reasons why you ought not to panic

Pandemic does not refer to the lethality of a virus but to its transmissibility and geographical extension.

theconversation.com

 

[Flugell]

I get that but if it’s you or a member of your family or friends you don’t care about the meaning of pandemic.

 

[englanddg]

Depends on how you look at it: "In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.6 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.3 million expatriates. Islam is the official religion of Qatar. "

That expatriate number is...strange.

 

[englanddg]

I get that but if it’s you or a member of your family or friends you don’t care about the meaning of pandemic.

If it's a member of your family or friends, the last thing you need to do is make rush and emotional judgement for their care and treatment.

But, overall, I agree with your sentiment.

 

[Wild Mister Toad]

That expatriate number is...strange.

The whole Middle East is like that. Citizens get oil money, so citizenship is tightly controlled

 

[GoofGoof]

No offense, but says who? Have you seen some report that has taken inventory of what every hospital has and doesn't have and how they can or cannot respond?

I'd love to read that.

It’s been reported numerous places. Here’s one example:

U.S. Hospitals Prepare for Coronavirus, With the Worst Still to Come (Published 2020)

Emergency rooms across the country are preparing for a crush of cases, but with limited capacity and supplies, administrators fear they will not be ready.

www.nytimes.com

 

[al5957]

I'm down here right now, and was very much business as usual until the news broke today. Lines at the front desk are crazy, and the JetBlue online booking system was so flooded they had to take it offline. Even the Mosiac rep I talked to could only book me a new flight, and couldn't modify my original flight.

On the plus side, we got bumped to Coronado at check in, so I added an extra day and i'm staying till Monday!

 

[MrHappy]

It’s not the flu. It is a specific mutated strain of coronavirus. We have loads of coronavirus (I am a respiratory therapist) patients, they are not covid19.
The flu is worse and has killed WAY more.
This is a respiratory virus only it won’t affect anything else.

it will give you pneumonia type symptoms and fever.you will recover fine. The people who need to worry are elderly and immunocompromised.

take precautions

Just think we should re-read an expert's testimony

 

[englanddg]

It’s been reported numerous places. Here’s one example:

U.S. Hospitals Prepare for Coronavirus, With the Worst Still to Come (Published 2020)

Emergency rooms across the country are preparing for a crush of cases, but with limited capacity and supplies, administrators fear they will not be ready.

www.nytimes.com

Emergency rooms across the country are preparing for a crush of cases, but with limited capacity and supplies, administrators fear they will not be ready.

Yes.

Emergency rooms.

Not the system as whole. Not the supply chain of medical devices. Not the treatment chain.

Emergency rooms.

And, having had to deal with Emergency Rooms, I can tell you, it gets nuts when people decide en masse to swamp them.

And yes, you can't logistically deal with it.

That doesn't mean we can't deal with the issue at large. It merely means if every person who thinks they have the disease shows up to an emergency room (please do not do that), it could overwhelm the system at large.

Why? Because emergency rooms are easy to overwhelm.

My experience was AMEDD, where we had three general categories.

1) Emergency (because it was field medicine, true emergency)
2) Vet and Retired (very common routine stuff)
3) Recoup (which is people who needed long term care)

You aren't gonna die tomorrow. Not everything is an emergency.

PLEASE DO NOT GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

Look for a local Urgent Care or GP. Yeah, it may not be YOUR GP, but look for that.

 

[englanddg]

Those are guest workers. Usually from the phillipiness or somewhere else.
They get paid really well but there's no path to citizenship as the original Qatar population is so small that they would soon be the minority if acquiring citizenship was allowed.

So, wage slaves?

 

[GoofGoof]

Emergency rooms across the country are preparing for a crush of cases, but with limited capacity and supplies, administrators fear they will not be ready.

Yes.

Emergency rooms.

Not the system as whole. Not the supply chain of medical devices. Not the treatment chain.

Emergency rooms.

And, having had to deal with Emergency Rooms, I can tell you, it gets nuts when people decide en masse to swamp them.

And yes, you can't logistically deal with it.

That doesn't mean we can't deal with the issue at large. It merely means if every person who thinks they have the disease shows up to an emergency room (please do not do that), it could overwhelm the system at large.

Why? Because emergency rooms are easy to overwhelm.

My experience was AMEDD, where we had three general categories.

1) Emergency (because it was field medicine, true emergency)
2) Vet and Retired (very common routine stuff)
3) Recoup (which is people who needed long term care)

You aren't gonna die tomorrow. Not everything is an emergency.

PLEASE DO NOT GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

Look for a local Urgent Care or GP. Yeah, it may not be YOUR GP, but look for that.

You can’t go to urgent care or a gp if you have symptoms of corona. They can’t test you and won’t even see you. what they need is more testing. Drive up testing. More labs, tests and lab workers.

I stand by everything I originally posted. If we can’t slow the spread down there will be a more serious crisis. That’s why we are seeing the extreme social distancing now.

 

[DisneyCane]

Florida announces 15 new cases tonight -

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Where were you able to find the actual list of cases? I saw the announcement on the florida department of health twitter but not the list. Thanks for posting it.

 

[phillip9698]

So, any guess what will take place during the down time? Will they even do anything at all? Finish the castle makeover? Continue work on the new attractions? Please PLEASE let them use this time to fix the issues with ROTR!

If schools are closing then those same workers will need to stay home and take care of their kids. Please stop thinking of this outbreak in terms that will please you the most.

 

[disneygeek90]

Florida announces 15 new cases tonight -

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Wesh reported a case in Seminole earlier today that I don’t see on there. May not be an exhaustive list unless some of the details were hazy earlier.

 

[aperitif]

You aren't gonna die tomorrow. Not everything is an emergency.

PLEASE DO NOT GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

Look for a local Urgent Care or GP. Yeah, it may not be YOUR GP, but look for that.

People with breathing issues need to go to the ER. PERIOD.