Do you think that Disney world will reclose its gates due to the rising number of COVID cases in Florida and around the country?

[DisneyCane]

No, it isn’t. Park attendance being stopped is a mild inconvenience. I know all about it. Cast would expect their elected leaders to provide some support.

Buy hey.

Activities like going to WDW are part of actually living life. Elected leaders can't just keep spending money that doesn't exist to let people survive. Eventually the amount of money printing worldwide to deal with this is going to hurt everybody. The more they print, the worse it will eventually be.

 

[WDW862]

Hardly.

Closing the parks is not life coming to a standstill.

Im not saying that Disney should/shouldn't close, but for much of our economy, closing the park is life coming to a standstill. Watch what happens when 100k people are furloughed for a long period of time.

 

[marni1971]

Activities like going to WDW are part of actually living life..

Being alive is living life. Theme parks are a nice luxury.

 

[DisneyCane]

What are you referring to? Airlines require masks as far as I know. People have been flying all along. There aren't many businesses left that aren't focusing on new safety. You have to follow the rules at Disney. Why does it matter much what people do outside of that if the park itself literally screens guests and makes them wear a mask everywhere? Masks either work or they don't.
I'm going go bring up the protests again too (NOT POLITICAL) because most Disney closing enthusiasts were confidently vouching for the mass protests as low risk while a theme park with strict guidelines is considered evil. If the protests didn't prove that masks work, what would? I can't for the life of me understand the targeted outrage being hurled at Disney over any other theme park currently open.

A lot of the argument that WDW shouldn't be open comes from the attitude that asks, "how can you possibly try and enjoy anything while people are dying of COVID?"

It isn't about safety or the science of spread at WDW under the current measures.

 

[Jrb1979]

What are you referring to? Airlines require masks as far as I know. People have been flying all along. There aren't many businesses left that aren't focusing on new safety. You have to follow the rules at Disney. Why does it matter much what people do outside of that if the park itself literally screens guests and makes them wear a mask everywhere? Masks either work or they don't.
I'm going go bring up the protests again too (NOT POLITICAL) because most Disney closing enthusiasts were confidently vouching for the mass protests as low risk while a theme park with strict guidelines is considered evil. If the protests didn't prove that masks work, what would? I can't for the life of me understand the targeted outrage being hurled at Disney over any other theme park currently open.

The outrage comes from the fact theme parks being open draw people from out of state. Considering that most states are putting in quarantine rules they really don't want people traveling. Its one thing if it were just locals going but it's not.

 

[DisneyCane]

Being alive is living life. Theme parks are a nice luxury.

To you that is the case. To me being alive is what animals do. Humans experience life and do things beyond breathing, eating, drinking and sleeping.

 

[marni1971]

To you that is the case. To me being alive is what animals do. Humans experience life and do things beyond breathing, eating, drinking and sleeping.

And if you get upset that you can’t do that, I refer you to an earlier post.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Hardly.

Closing the parks is not life coming to a standstill.

This.

Perspective - People need to get a healthy dose of it. A theme park closing isn't "life coming to a standstill". It's an inconvenience for most of us, and it's admittedly terrible for some, like CMs, without a doubt. Getting sick and dying, or losing people you care for and love is "life coming to a standstill". Going to WDW? Right now it's a nice bonus, staying healthy is priority 1.

 

[marni1971]

Just gonna put this out here.

Social distancing enforcement in the breakrooms is nil

That is very sad.

 

[Miss Bella]

From what people are posting here about grocery stores and people not wearing masks. The fact airlines are filling planes with no social distancing in place. In all honesty you're much better off driving to Disney and only stopping for gas til you get there.

How many posters on here live in Orlando? Orange County has a mask mandate and so do all airlines.

 

[Dizneykid]

This.

Perspective - People need to get a healthy dose of it. A theme park closing isn't "life coming to a standstill". It's an inconvenience for most of us, and it's terrible for some, without a doubt. Getting sick and dying, or losing people you care for and love is "life coming to a standstill". Going to WDW? Right now it's a nice bonus, staying healthy is priority 1.

There is no evidence that going to a theme park with masks and all of these absurdly thorough measures are infecting people nevermind killing people. In fact, most science tells us that a mostly outdoor theme park would not be considered high risk in their criteria. There is also no evidence that this virus is going to disappear if we all commit to living in a bubble for months on end. People suffer immensely in lock down. Disney found a way to do this and it's voluntary. Your (general) choices don't end if someone out there wants to try to enjoy an amusement park. I have been going to the beach every week and it looks like a lot of people feel the same. It cured so much of my severe isolation and depression. I'm not selfish for going to the ocean to enjoy my time. We'd be here all day arguing about what is essential to someone. We don't get to define that for each other.

 

[Miss Bella]

To you that is the case. To me being alive is what animals do. Humans experience life and do things beyond breathing, eating, drinking and sleeping.

I've been at home all week doing mandatory annual training education. My hats off to all the people that can work from home. I couldn't do it. I need human interaction and socialization.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Interesting.....

 

[October82]

I really don't get why anyone would point to Sweden's choices -- Sweden has been a total disaster. 10 times worse than their border countries. Their mortality rate will soon surpass countries that were hit hard and early.
Sweden is 1 of the few countries that have actually handled Coronavirus nearly as badly as the USA.

Grim coronavirus death toll projected in Sweden after lax approach to pandemic

In the worst scenario, where COVID-19 was expected to follow a traditional pandemic trajectory, over 4,400 more deaths related to the virus could follow.

www.cbsnews.com

Sweden hoped herd immunity would curb COVID-19. Don't do what we did. It's not working.

Sweden's approach to COVID has led to death, grief and suffering. The only example we're setting is how not to deal with a deadly infectious disease.

www.usatoday.com

And the economic impacts have been just as severe.

 

[YodaMan]

Interesting.....

Thank goodness! Glad we have confirmation that the labs are evil and can’t be trusted and want to scare us for no reason. We can definitely extrapolate the data and assume that no one actually has Covid-19 and all the hospitalitizations and deaths are a complete lie. Glad we’re all alive and thriving and have nothing to worry about!

/s

 

[October82]

Interesting.....

Not really. When you're performing tens of thousands of tests, errors happen. This does not mean that people's test results are being fabricated, it means there is a problem with follow up contact tracing, where specimens are being labelled with the wrong person's contact info. Yes, this is a problem, but it is not a systematic one.

 

[marni1971]

How many posters on here live in Orlando? Orange County has a mask mandate and so do all airlines.

If only it was deemed safe enough to fly into Orlando for international airlines. And I’m being serious.

 

[disneygeek90]

How many posters on here live in Orlando? Orange County has a mask mandate and so do all airlines.

The wearing of masks pretty much anywhere that isn't Universal or Disney in the county is less than great. You wouldn't even know there was a "mandate."

 

[Dizneykid]

Interesting.....

I don't want to believe this could be true but I have been hearing an awful lot about it lately. I have read over 10 comments (including one or two here) about it happening at CVS ‍

 

[DisneyCane]

Thank goodness! Glad we have confirmation that the labs are evil and can’t be trusted and want to scare us for no reason. We can definitely extrapolate the data and assume that no one actually has Covid-19 and all the hospitalitizations and deaths are a complete lie. Glad we’re all alive and thriving and have nothing to worry about!

/s

The issue is that it is likely that somebody who actually was positive didn't get a result or got a negative result. I know you were being sarcastic but that article doesn't suggest anything like what you wrote.