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You're not afraid of... infecting people? Because that's what we're talking about here, a communicable disease. If you're OK with spreading a deadly virus, please stay home.

I'd like to hear more about this. Most reports show that people who've had Covid have little protection against Alpha, and Delta is far more infectious -- previous suspected infections don't give you immunity by any means.

No. I didn't. Please, please stop putting words in my mouth. My big fear in returning to places like WDW are people like yourself who think they're "immune" because they coughed for a few days one time and refuse to get vaccinated (because of "freedom") and won't wear a mask. That's how people...

No. I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth, it's rude. Masks are very effective at preventing transmission if everyone's wearing them. Multiple layers of protection are good.

It has a 95% rate of protection, which makes it one of the most effective vaccines ever created. Having previously had Covid offers you... no protection. Vaccinated people without a mask are less likely to transmit the virus than unvaccinated people... because they're unvaccinated.

Awkwardly, they're back to pushing anti-vax conspiracies as of yesterday, with Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity going back to telling people to be suspicious of them or flat-out saying that they don't recommend them. Which seems dangerous and stupid during a pandemic that's...

Having had Covid does not make you immune. That's been proven false. Many people have gotten it multiple times, so it's really essential that you get vaccinated. No, they won't "only benefit you". Latest studies show that they do a great job of preventing transmission. Yes, there's a lot wrong...

Exactly-- it looks like Delta is about twice as easy to get as the 2020 strain. Masks are just as effective against it as Alpha. About 85% of the cases in the US are Delta now, and the vast majority of new cases are the unvaccinated. Many governors and health officials are pressing the CDC for a...

I'm so happy to see that, you have no idea.

I'm loving the new sign and all of the world building they're adding to the ride. The new signage is way easier to read and the JNC emblem is classy, great work.

A relevant Delta/Covid update from political reporter Heather C. Richardson: "Today, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, warned that the Delta variant “is one of the most infectious respiratory viruses we know of and that I have seen in my...

So they also aren't mixing vaccinated & unvaccinated people in the ship itself, and designating entire floors for unvaccinated people?

For what it's worth, the Disney Cruises have always taken huge pains to keep people healthy on board. Everything is cleaned and sanitized daily, and you're not allowed in any of the dining areas or to come on board without either washing your hands or using hand sanitizer; they have "squirt...

That's your interpretation of the situation, taking the governor's side of things. It's true that I believe the scientist's version of the story (that the governor ordered her to be fired when she refused to falsify data, and that Florida's Covid data continues to be manipulated and downplayed)...

Here ya go. They fired the person in charge of the COVID reporting because she refused to falsify data under orders from DeSantis. Then they raided her house and arrested her when she put up a website that collated Florida's realistic COVID data...

Yeah, it did a great job of protecting their health, but it's double the work for teachers and my nephew hated remote school (then again, he's an extroverted sports loving kid; I might've been better at it if I was his age! :)

That's not what I said. Please don't put words in my mouth. It's rude. I said that it's a fallacy to think masks are supposed to be 100% effective and (as some people are doing) dismiss them useless because we still had COVID cases in places with mandates. Masks help. Study after study shows...

That's how my nephew's school worked, except they used a hybrid schedule: half of the kids went to school in person M-W while the other half attended remotely, and then they'd swap Th-F, and go back and forth each week, to keep the in-person attendance down & allow for distancing. No cases were...

They do help, but mRNA vaccines don't eradicate disease the way the polio/smallpox vaccines do, though as you say, studies show that the Pfizer and possibly Moderna vaccines help prevent transmission. Good point, thank you.

I might be off-base, but I think what they meant was that WWII was a time when the whole country came together and fought for a common cause (both boots on the ground and efforts at home) for four solid years. Here we are 70-ish years later, and we can't even get half of the country to take a...