Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Archie123]

Looks like a patient was taken to hospital by helicopter off the Disney Magic. Everything’s fine. Could be any number of things, right? RIGHT?

Really bad hemorrhoids??

 

[Andrew C]

Really bad hemorrhoids??

I am thinking more on the side of a heart attack...

 

[Parker in NYC]

The "right, right" at the end seemed you were uneasy. lol

Well, it’s not like the context of “unprecedented” has changed a bit. Or the meaning. Or both.

 

[Parker in NYC]

I am thinking more on the side of a heart attack...

Would Disney be required to report if it was COVID-related? Any attorneys on the board?

 

[willtravel]

in most cases nope. Ya get the ax....Why should they have to be accommodated. (UNLESS its a legit reason, but thats so rare)

Does that mean they can file for unemployment benefits and the extra money from fed?

 

[willtravel]

I can only speak from my experience. Yes, they can continue to work from home for now.

Then they won.

 

[DisneyCane]

If anyone cares to see a silver lining…there were half a million new first jabs done yesterday per the CDC data. Only 0.2% of the population but a small uptick from the pace we had slowed down too. Maybe Delta is appropriately frightening some of the hold outs.

I was picking up a prescription at a CVS near my house earlier today and all of the COVID vaccination waiting chairs were full. I haven't seen that in a while.

 

[Patcheslee]

That would be nice but I'd guess that would make people less likely to get the vaccine so they can stay wfh

Office employees are vaccinate or WFH here as well. They were POd when the company gave the shop employees a bonus for coming to work daily during all this.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Does that mean they can file for unemployment benefits and the extra from fed?

Not that I know of. Refusing to vaccinate so that you can come to work and do your job strikes me as firing for cause...which makes a person ineligible for unemployment.

 

[LaughingGravy]

Who said anything about limiting capacity? All I've heard people speculating is if masks indoors is coming back.

The reservations are certainly more reduced than 100% capacity, but it does feel pretty much normal these days.

I often watch live streams if not live, within a few days of being posted. There are some serious crowds for claiming to be under capacity. Oh, how I miss my youth when our parents would take us out of school in early October for three or four weekdays plus the weekend and be back in time for Monday school again and we would have the place pretty much to ourselves with everything open and working with the exception of Aunt Polly's on Tom Sawyer Island, as a real seasonal close.
We did get pulled out of school, but parents informed the homeroom teachers we would be out, but didn't say where we were going. A note was even brought to the principal. Sometimes homework was given, sometimes not, and we turned out just fine.

 

[Parker in NYC]

Not that I know of. Refusing to vaccinate so that you can come to work and do your job strikes me as firing for cause...which makes a person ineligible for unemployment.

I have a friend who was let go because of it. Not eligible for unemployment (and can’t afford to litigate it).

 

[correcaminos]

Would Disney be required to report if it was COVID-related? Any attorneys on the board?

Why jump to covid? My thoughts are accident first given they had just left Liverpool the night before.

Does that mean they can file for unemployment benefits and the extra money from fed?

Half the states ended this early.

 

[Andrew C]

Would Disney be required to report if it was COVID-related? Any attorneys on the board?

Pretty sure they have to report all illnesses. That is one of the reasons you used to always hear about any norovirus outbreaks on ships prior to COVID. Other industries are not required to do that level of reporting that the cruise industry has always been subject to.

 

[Parker in NYC]

Why jump to covid? My thoughts are accident first given they had just left Liverpool the night before.

Because it’s me, Helena.

 

[Andrew C]

tbh...just like those who refuse to get vaccinated have it coming to them, so do people who are taking cruises at this time.

That is pretty messed up.

 

[Parker in NYC]

That is pretty messed up.

I can’t understand getting on a cruise now with all the social distancing and masking. It sounds like a floating prison. With Mickey waffles.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

That is pretty messed up.

I feel sad for people who get sick, but its also up to personal responsibility and common sense to make the right choices. Going on a cruise, in my opinion, is not one of them. Masks are still required on planes, why would someone think its safe to go spend a week on board a floating Petri dish with the same hundreds of people with no escape!? It may be harsh, but its true.

 

[willtravel]

Why jump to covid? My thoughts are accident first given they had just left Liverpool the night before.
Half the states ended this early.

There are also lawsuits against that right now. I think Indiana judge had that reversed.

 

[HeartOfTeFiti]

I can’t understand getting on a cruise now with all the social distancing and masking. It sounds like a floating prison. With Mickey waffles.

It's always sounded like that to me!

 

[disneygeek90]

Looks like a patient was taken to hospital by helicopter off the Disney Magic. Everything’s fine. Could be any number of things, right? RIGHT?

My dad had appendicitis 2 days into a cruise. Once they got to the port in Cozumel he had to be admitted to the hospital and had the appendectomy. Needless to say, they didn't re-board the ship that cruise. While it could have been covid, there's many things that could cause a medical emergency.