Pretty sure the seasonal flu doesn't overwhelm hospitals as its something they deal with regularly, and they've never had to bring in ship hospitals or build temporary hospitals to make room for an excess of flu patients.
www.latimes.com
It turns out Covid is not the flu...no matter home many times you say it is. We have vaccines for other things like measles and that was virtually gone before the anti-vax movement became trendy.
We've also been asked REPEATEDLY by the mods not to compare COVID to the flu.Hospitals have absolutely built temporary hospitals for flu outbreaks in previous years. One example of many below. And by the other token how many temporary hospitals were actually used for Covid in the country, the vast majority were never used. But lets not get too far off topic than we already are.
California hospitals face a 'war zone' of flu patients — and are setting up tents to treat them
California hospitals have had to scramble for more space and staff to keep up with the high numbers of patients showing up in the ER sick with a deadly strain of the flu.
your ETA, is exactly my point.
yes probably masks will stay longer but once vaccines are our the gov will lift restrictions.. so at least disney will be able to ramp up assistance. social distancing will be out soon after the vaccine. but mask should stay longer. it pretty much depends on the effectiveness of it. but we dont know. we can only hope for the best. the world is sick of this, once the vaccine is out the flood gates will open for better or worst
Comparing it to the flu....saying it’s the flu....tomatoes.....tomatos
For WDW the governor already lifted all the restrictions so in theory they could operate business as usual if they truly wanted to. I agree that some time shortly after a vaccine is widely available capacity limits will rise, some distancing will go away and masks will be last. It’s just going to take a while to get everyone vaccinated and it takes 2 shots 28 days apart for several of the leading contenders.
I try to keep my posts here relating specifically to WDW and the park hours and other offerings that are missing and when they will come back. Obviously there’s no way to talk about it without talking about Covid and Covid restrictions so sometimes the topic strays into a tangent, but in the 2,000+ page general Covid thread it’s common to go pages without even mention of the Disney parks.
www.wdwmagic.com
Yeah, back to 6PM close for MK is pretty disappointing (and 5PM for AK). January may be pretty dead since they typically rely on special events that won’t be happening like the big marathon week to fill the parks. It’s also the typical time for taking rides down for repair work so maybe the silver lining is the parks will be ready to go for the Spring/Summer should a vaccine pan out and crowds pick up.
on a scale of 2020, it is not disappointing at all
Compared to April, May and June, I can’t disagree. With the hotel discounts thrown out there and increased hours over the holidays I thought maybe Disney was ramping up for larger crowds but going back down to 6PM closures at MK isn’t a good sign. That could just be the dead period in Jan and we will see a ramp up leading into President’s Day weekend. They can always add more hours in.on a scale of 2020, it is not disappointing at all
