Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[ImperfectPixie]

So if you are in NYC, with the new order are you allowed to leave NYC and go stay with family or friends in another state.

Good question.

 

[GoofGoof]

So if you are in NYC, with the new order are you allowed to leave NYC and go stay with family or friends in another state.

Yes. You are free to go outside or leave the city. They are just shutting down non-essential businesses. Fines for violations are on the business not the people. No individual fines....yet.

 

[21stamps]

I just drove to Starbucks and passed a park with several runners wearing T-shirts or tank tops and shorts. I am still in a sweater pants and boots lol. This is the most people I have seen out in the last three days now, I think it’s because it finally stopped raining and the sun is out. Maybe this will be a push for people to spend more time outside and get healthier.

 

[ELG13]

Yes to your last statement. The doctors in his case seem to believe that the pneumonia may have developed before the Covid-19, especially because the seasonal flu is a common factor this time of year. Or it could have been a bacterial pneumonia.

Pneumonia, like Cancer or Heart Disease, is a common umbrella term that is used for an illness that has multiple causes.

Ahhh got it. I would imagine the covid-19 is just an aggravating factor at that point.

 

[GoofGoof]

I think, Universal and then Disney will come up with some security gate that can measure your temperature, etc.

They could use this:

Chinese police wear helmets fitted with infrared device to detect pedestrians' temperature amid coronavirus outbreak

Chinese police wore smart helmets equipped with an infrared camera to detect pedestrians' temperature amid coronavirus outbreak in south China. In the video, filmed in the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province on March 5, a policeman with a smart helmet and VR glasses stood on a road to detect...

uk.news.yahoo.com

 

[Lilofan]

Yes. You are free to go outside or leave the city. They are just shutting down non-essential businesses. Fines for violations are on the business not the people. No individual fines....yet.

I hope for the safety of everyone that these businesses do not open. I know people who live in NYC apartments which is a little bigger than a shoe box.

 

[GoofGoof]

I just drove to Starbucks and passed a park with several runners wearing T-shirts or tank tops and shorts. I am still in a sweater pants and boots lol. This is the most people I have seen out in the last three days now, I think it’s because it finally stopped raining and the sun is out. Maybe this will be a push for people to spend more time outside and get healthier.

Hopefully they don’t all have fevers

I have been walking the dog in shorts and a t-shirt. It’s been pretty warm here too. At least we can get outside still. No restrictions or curfews here yet.

 

[GoofGoof]

I hope for the safety of everyone that these businesses do not open. I know people who live in NYC apartments which is a little bigger than a shoe box.

People need to go out to get food frequently. Many of the smaller apartments don’t even have full sized fridges or freezers.

 

[flynnibus]

If you have summer vacation plans, you can comfortably keep them.

Think about what happens when companies say "next quarter earnings will be flat or 5% down"... what that does to their stock, and what it does to the company's behavior. Which then trickles down to the employees.. and all the other businesses that interact with that company.

Now think about what happens when companies deal with literally zero business for 1-2 months.

Normally our GDP is tracked by tenths of a percent movement... we're going to see GDP drop by 10x that if not more.

That alone is going to decimate company outlooks and behaviors for the near future.

Forget about the bigger topics of individual households and how they cope with recovery... even the wider market is going to struggle to get out of hibernation and constriction.

 

[flynnibus]

With the number of companies developing the test, it is only a matter of time until they become as simple as a home pregnancy test, when that happens it would be easy to do the tests for every guest. Think about how cheap a home pregnancy test has become a couple of dollars. They will end up mass produced and very cheap.

Ever heard the expression "nine women can't make a baby in one month"

 

[orlandogal22]

Even in the city there is corn. As a life long Clevelander I can assure we're making strides to restrict it to grocery stores only

Well, I'm from Youngstown. I didn't know corn but I *did* know the mafia, car bombs, and lots of murder on the news every night.

 

[marni1971]

I’m not so sure. The British government today announced that some form of social distancing may need to be in place for the rest of the year.

Well they just closed all cafes, bars and restaurants in England so that’ll help social distancing.

 

[zengoth]

Just want to say i have read all 400+ pages and appreciate this dialogue. Some of y’all are harsh, some are hopeful - but it’s all balanced out and everyone is passionate about what we’re all going thru. Hope to pass by all of you in an Epcot line someday soon.

 

[sndral]

Walmart Rope Drop Log:
Sun 3/15: 50 Packages of Toilet Paper (Picked up two small packages)
Mon 3/16: None (Picked up can of Beef Stew)
Tue 3/17: None (Picked up Corned Beef)
Wed 3/18: 2 Packages of Toilet Paper (College kids picked up the 2 packages)
Thur 3/19: Walmart changed hours.
Fri 3/20: None (Picked up Lasagna)


All the WDW Disney rope drop training has prepared us well for the apocalyptic Corona pandemic.

Why would anyone go to Walmart 6 days in a row to pick up one item each day? Do you work there?
Going forward unless you are over age 60 you’ll have to skip ‘Walmart rope drop’ on Tuesdays.

 

[MrPromey]

A blame can be directed to the politicians of Clearwater FL that have decided to close the public beaches at 6am on March 23rd.

I thought this at first, too but to be fair, there is a little bit more to the story:

• They were concerned because without all beach cities along that coast acting in unison, all they would be doing is pushing these folks further down the beach and condensing them.

• Given the crowds they were dealing with, they were not sure how they were going to actually be able to successfully enforce this, initially.

• There was concern that pushing these people back into hotels to drink and hang out in close quarters could cause more problems than it solves.

I'm sure there was a financial component not being publicly mentioned but I was initially wondering why they weren't acting sooner, too.

Some of the info that's been disclosed on the decision making process makes it a little more clear.

 

[The_Jobu]

I just want this to be over with so Bob & Bob's Nightclub & Sauna can reopen.

Is this a hard ticket event?

 

[MrPromey]

There's a certain amount of truth in what you say, to be sure. But why oh why does it always seem to be Florida where the wackiness happens?

In these instances, because Florida is where many of these idiots go... Although if you check parts of south Texas and New Orleans, you'll find this very same "wackiness".

 

[VaderTron]

Thank you for that information. The number of people in my town thinking summer will kill off the virus because it will be sunny is frightening.

It's been 90°F in Florida the past few days. Cases are rising faster than ever. It has nothing to do with heat or sun, but herd immunity and protective mitigation strategies performed by ALL.

 

[LittleBuford]

Well they just closed all cafes, bars and restaurants in England so that’ll help social distancing.

The whole of the UK, not just England. This is the right move.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

Ign

I am so sick of fear-mongering with clickbaity headlines based upon bad data. “COVID-19 cases spike 40% in one day!” That’s obviously due to heightened testing. Statisticians (the same who give us flu approximations despite very few actual confirmations of illness) suggest somewhere around 10 million Americans currently have COVID-19, not 13000, which is just silly. This certainly better explains rate of spread. It also lowers mortality rate among all groups. Avoid crowded places and we will weather this storm soon enough. The next 8 weeks are key. And ignore CNN.

If you have summer vacation plans, you can comfortably keep them.

Ignore FOX also. They all have agendas.