The new part, at least for me, was that they combined phase I and II together and hoped to have results by June on effectiveness. I knew they were in phase I and they had succeeded with monkeys. I don’t want to get my hopes totally up but if this pans out it could be a big game changer. The extra details give me hope that their initial comment on being ready by September could actually be true. Fingers crossed that it’s effective.
I was actually thinking that too. Not specifically GA but we seem to have no shortage of new cases in the US. Maybe they should have run the trials here
That's significantly different from your earlier statement that having everyone wear masks is more effective than hand washing for limiting virus transmission. I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that very little is known about this virus and medical advice is changing accordingly.
Preliminary reports reported as fact is the problem with the press today. The need to be first is short ciruiting the scientific method.
I interrupt the interminable debate on masks to be on topic.
For WDW, what is important is its governing agencies: Florida and (mostly) Orange County.
Florida state had a task force called Reopen Florida Task Force which gave a *recommendation* to the governor for a three phase reopening.
Yesterday, on Wednesday, Gov. DeSantis promulgated his executive order taking advice from the Reopen Florida Task Force, but not following it completely. He was more strict than the Task Force recommended. He only outlined some specific items for his promulgated Governor's Phase I that begins on Monday, May 4. He didn't give a timeline for when Phase II would start (he couldn't since that depends on certain benchmarks being met). Nor did he say what his Phase II would look like (he doesn't have to follow Reopen Florida Task Force's recommendation).
Now, on the local level: Local jurisdictions can be more strict than the state's regulations. And so, for WDW, we need to see what Orange County's guidelines will be, which can indeed be more strict than the state's guidelines. There is a local task force called: Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force. The OCERTF has had public video meetings and we've heard *recommendations* from its members as to what their *recommendations* will be to Orange County officials. Which means everything you've seen reported about what they've been saying may not be in their final report. And the Orange County officials may make other decisions. So... we don't know what will come of the OCERTF yet. Their report of *recommendations* will come out tomorrow, Friday, May 1. Then Orange County officials will have to decide what they will allow to happen. They could theoretically keep everything in lockdown.
And WDW itself could be more restrictive than state or county. E.g., the governments are *recommending* employee screenings and masks. But the parks could, on their own, implement mandatory screening and masks for employees *and* guests.
I created a handy chart comparing the Governor's Phase I to the Reopen Florida Task Force's phases....
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They said of the main reasons they were able to combine phase I and phase II is that they had already started work on a MERS vaccine that had been through the safety protocol and was proven safe. This vaccine uses the same principles with a virus that‘s something like 80% genetically similar to MERS. The other area where they are shaving substantial time off is in production. Normally all phases of trials would be complete and government approval would be in hand before beginning the logistical challenge and cost of ramping up production. In this case a large vaccine maker is beginning to produce the vaccine today in anticipation of a successful trial. So if they get the final approval in September it won’t take 6 months to ramp up production it would be ready to go. That’s not a safety risk, just a financial risk if the vaccine ends up being ineffective.
Lots of if’s and maybe’s but a good read anyway. All based on no vaccine of course come fall.
Coronavirus may last 2 years, study warns. And its second wave could be worse.
Experts say COVID-19, which spreads with more stealth and speed than flu, could last two years -- and the next wave may be worse than the first.www.google.com
I think the main point of it was just.. let’s be prepared, it could happen. Is what I got out of it anyway.
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There is no date in that. Was it above or below the letter?Emails going out cancelling Villains After Hours events in July (July 6th the latest known so far).
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Yes, but I don’t feel reports like these are suitable for public consumption. The government should always be prepared for the worst case scenario but the average citizen doesn’t need to. I‘m not presently prepared for nuclear attack.
