MuteSuperstar
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Yeah I was just thinking if they're still open a week from today I will be very surprised. They just won't be able to fight this tide much longer.
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Yeah I was just thinking if they're still open a week from today I will be very surprised. They just won't be able to fight this tide much longer.
Buried20KLeague
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Congressional doctor expects 70M to 150M people in U.S. will contract coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis continues to unfold across the globe as the World Health Organization uses the word for the first time.www.nbcnews.com
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1. That's not 60-80%.
2. Even if those numbers are accurate (which currently this is being reported by a "source" and the offical office has had no response), it doesn't define a time period those cases occur in. 30 days? A year? 18 months? Till a vaccine is available? Till the virus is completely irradicated? Till the earth is hit by a currently unknown meteor that will all wipe us out overnight anyway?
3. The total number (whatever that may be over whatever time period this stat supposedly covers) will not be concurrent.
The same "source" said that the doctor said the vast majority of those "infected" will be fine, with some percentage of them never even knowing they were sick, and some larger percentage not feeling any different than a common cold.
This kind of story is fear-mongering and click-bait. It's why you can't find toilet paper (WHAT?!?!?!?!?). It's what could quite literally kill tens of thousands of businesses for no reason. It's what could put us into a Great Recession whether we deserved one or not.
TheGuyThatMakesSwords
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Worth noting.... one must also consider the AIRPORTS.
www.clickorlando.com
We cancelled our APR trip. Still on for NOV, 2020. Everyone else will, of course, do what they wish to do.
PERSONAL opinion? WDW is about to get a major influx of out of state folks, due to Spring Break, and Easter. This might be a good time to shut down to avoid the sure to follow Lawsuits, regardless of merit. The plus side? WDW can lead - just as the Disney Family Museum, in San Francisco, has already done.
Now FL, and WDW will choose. So here is the deal.... if infected? Please STAY in FL. In fact, the airlines may very well mandate this
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www.hollywoodreporter.com
Orlando passenger taken to hospital after becoming sick on Southwest flight
A passenger with flu-like symptoms flew from Orlando to Rhode Island, officials say.
www.clickorlando.com
We cancelled our APR trip. Still on for NOV, 2020. Everyone else will, of course, do what they wish to do.
PERSONAL opinion? WDW is about to get a major influx of out of state folks, due to Spring Break, and Easter. This might be a good time to shut down to avoid the sure to follow Lawsuits, regardless of merit. The plus side? WDW can lead - just as the Disney Family Museum, in San Francisco, has already done.
Now FL, and WDW will choose. So here is the deal.... if infected? Please STAY in FL. In fact, the airlines may very well mandate this
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Walt Disney Family Museum Closes Amid Possible Coronavirus Exposure
The Walt Disney Family Museum has closed its doors amid the coronavirus outbreak.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
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disneygeek90
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Have any workplaces outside of heavily effected areas been closed? I work in Orlando and aside from a few emails from HR telling us that they are "monitoring" the virus, and adding hand sanitizers by the doors, and going through stricter practices for the cafeteria, there's been no other mumblings of working from home. I wouldn't expect that to happen if/until there are more cases around central Florida.
BoarderPhreak
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I would agree. Being that it is central FL though, you're seriously on borrowed time - given the volume of human traffic throughout the area.
Pyromonkey
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I am willing to bet a very large percentage of foreign guests are canceling their trips right now.
it is a bit harder for international guests due to the cost/complexity of overseas trips. But I'm sure its happening.
disneygeek90
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I'm sure my frequenting the parks at least 2x a week doesn't do anything to help my odds, but I've stayed away from people as much as possible. I'm not going to shut down my daily life, but I am using precautions when in the parks even if that's just using lots of sanitizer and avoiding touching handrails and doors. Overall, the parks don't feel very different right now but the next few weeks should be quite telling.
ImperfectPixie
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They have, and @MisterPenguin posted a very informative video on what that means, exactly.
DisneyGigi
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NCAA without fans, in NC, is insane. 
March is spring, flowers and March Madness.
March is spring, flowers and March Madness.
The WHO said this doesn’t change their assessment and what countries are currently supposed to be doing:
"We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. And we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time.
Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO's assessment of the threat posed by this coronavirus. It doesn't change what WHO is doing, and it doesn't change what countries should do."
BrianLo
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Blatantly anecdotal - but I am not exactly seeing many FP+ being cancelled in May. DHS continues to have complete sell through of all tier one FP at the 60 day window.
Maybe the tides will turn, but so far the cancellations aren't showing up on one very limited index.
Maybe the tides will turn, but so far the cancellations aren't showing up on one very limited index.
I think people are seeing how things progress over the next month and a half. My family cancelled our trip for this month but we’re not exactly the most measured lot.
zero creativity
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We’re going around Father’s Day. Hopefully the Park is open. We won’t cancel until we have to
Sir_Cliff
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My anecdotal evidence here in the Netherlands for everyone who has overseas trips booked is that most are planning to travel as normal but very conscious that they may have to quickly cancel or rebook. Airlines are letting everyone know that's an option, and everyone seems to be crossing their fingers that this is only going to be a short-term issue.
No-one I know seems willing to book any new travel and, honestly, the airlines don't seem to be offering low enough fares to encourage it.
Polkadotdress
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I’m not able to post photos, but the graph in this post shows the # of days several countries are behind the level of outbreak that Italy had. Eye-opening...
NYC update: Hamilton is on TodayTix. For those who don’t follow theater, that’s pretty revolutionary. See what I did there?
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