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Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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GimpYancIent

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Parker in NYC said:
A while? We’re going to have numbers like this for years. Welcome to hell.
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correcaminos

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Disney Experience said:
I cannot remember if it has been posted here recently, but the largest LTC company is making it mandatory for staff to be vaccinated.
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That is good to hear. Since my aunt passed away last winter, I haven't kept track of all they are doing at her old facility. I have a few friends who work at some local ones. One said only about 60% were vaccinated.

DisneyCane said:
My wife was working with somebody who passed the temp check in the morning and felt fine all day except started coughing in the middle of the day. No other symptoms and they were joking that maybe you have COVID. Well, they did.

I guess the Moderna vaccine works pretty well because my wife was next to her (2-3 feet at most times) for around six hours and didn't develop any symptoms at all.
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Not surprising to hear. It's not always easy to spot. Glad that your wife came out without catching it too.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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Disney Experience said:
I cannot remember if it has been posted here recently, but the largest LTC company is making it mandatory for staff to be vaccinated.

www.mcknights.com

BREAKING: Genesis, biggest U.S. nursing home chain, mandates staff COVID-19 vaccinations

Genesis HealthCare, the nation’s largest nursing home chain, has declared a “universal” COVID-19 vaccine policy for all employees, care partners and onsite vendors, who have three weeks to come into compliance.
www.mcknights.com www.mcknights.com
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Keep em coming. :)
 
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DCBaker

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"Florida reported a record 22,783 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, its highest single-day case count since the pandemic began last year as the state continues record-breaking hospitalizations for the fifth straight day in a row.

The number of cases for Thursday reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was 1,100 more than Florida’s single-day case count record. On July 31, Florida reported a then-record of 21,683 new COVID cases for the previous day.

The state also reported 199 new deaths."

"There were 13,427 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, breaking the state’s hospitalization record for the fifth day in a row, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as of 1:15 p.m. Friday. A total of 254 out of 260 hospitals reported.

About 2,680 people were in intensive care, a little over 42% of the state’s ICU hospital beds from 260 hospitals reporting."

 
Patcheslee

Patcheslee

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GoofGoof said:
It’s really incomprehensible to me that it’s a news story that school districts are allowed to keep kids actively positive with Covid out of school. This is going to be a rough Fall in a lot of places :(. Pretending away Covid has been shown to be ineffective over and over.
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Google Indiana schools, there's some districts that have been back maybe a week, and already have dozens if not over 100 students on quarantine due to close contact or the like. I'm not looking at it as an if but when mine will end up effected if the school still requires quarantine for vaccinated students. So far the plan is they still attend :oops:
 
danlb_2000

danlb_2000

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DCBaker said:
"Florida reported a record 22,783 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, its highest single-day case count since the pandemic began last year as the state continues record-breaking hospitalizations for the fifth straight day in a row.

The number of cases for Thursday reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was 1,100 more than Florida’s single-day case count record. On July 31, Florida reported a then-record of 21,683 new COVID cases for the previous day.

The state also reported 199 new deaths."

"There were 13,427 people hospitalized for COVID-19 in Florida, breaking the state’s hospitalization record for the fifth day in a row, according to data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as of 1:15 p.m. Friday. A total of 254 out of 260 hospitals reported.

About 2,680 people were in intensive care, a little over 42% of the state’s ICU hospital beds from 260 hospitals reporting."

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but Florida just passed 50% vaccination rate, we should be celebrating how great things are going in Florida. ;)
 
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celluloid

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danlb_2000 said:
but Florida just passed 50% vaccination rate, we should be celebrating how great things are going in Florida. ;)
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That is false, that will not happen until next week and the results will start to show about a month after that due to the distribution and effectiveness. It is a chin up situation. You don't have to celebrate it. But you being negative about what is already known is not going to help anything or an outlook on realism either.
 
DonniePeverley

DonniePeverley

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The rate increase in the USA is astonishing.

Nothing is in place to stop the increase (albeit some mask introductions) - so essentially we could get to 500,000 cases within a few weeks if no measures were put into place. To put that into context that would be more than any of the original waves (but then we had lockdowns).

Like i said, the pandemic was virtually over a few months ago in the USA but this damn new variant.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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danlb_2000 said:
but Florida just passed 50% vaccination rate, we should be celebrating how great things are going in Florida. ;)
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Getting more people vaccinated is the only way out of this. I don‘t think we should “celebrate” crossing 50% but it’s a positive achievement to be able to say the majority are fully vaccinated. We just crossed that threshold yesterday Nationwide. The only thing that matters now is getting the rest of the 40% of the people who are eligible to get a shot and getting the vaccine approved for the kids under 12 who make up 15% of our population. If more corporations follow the growing trend I think it’s possible we get to 75-80% or more fully vaccinated by the end of the year. That will go a long way towards limiting a winter wave.
 
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