Research continues to point to the requirement of “prolonged exposure” in order to contract COVID. The odds of getting the virus from a random passerby are slim to none. Obviously, this is helpful given a lot of movement occurs at Disney Parks are very rarely would a guest be exposed to prolonged exposure.
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GoofGoof
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Alcohol has been proven to prevent the disease...proven by me. I have a drink every day and I’m not sick. This has not been peer reviewed because I‘m forced to drink alone in my house.
In all seriousness I read somewhere that when this first broke out there were deaths from alcohol poisoning in Iran because there was a rumor going around that alcohol prevented the virus. Since alcohol is illegal there people were buying their equivalent of moonshine and some drank way too much.
They have closed specific schools in my area when a case of bacterial meningitis has been reported.
This is what was done for the Hong Kong flu - when students started getting sick (as I recall, there had to be certain %), the school they attended was closed for a couple of weeks for deep cleaning and students were quarantined. I suspect that this may be the plan when schools start up again - if cases of Covid-19 start to mushroom at a school, close it down and quarantine students. The same for businesses - close down for a specific period, and then reopen.
Kevin_W
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But the "historical data" part of the model shouldn't be a guess (or even a model), it should be actual data. Which is why this strikes me as odd.
DisneyDebRob
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Just brought a verse to mind from a favorite rocker.. “You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself “.Alcohol has been proven to prevent the disease...proven by me. I have a drink every day and I’m not sick. This has not been peer reviewed because I‘m forced to drink alone in my house.
In all seriousness I read somewhere that when this first broke out there were deaths from alcohol poisoning in Iran because there was a rumor going around that alcohol prevented the virus. Since alcohol is illegal there people were buying their equivalent of moonshine and some drank way too much.
ImperfectPixie
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I could be wrong, but I seem to recall hearing in the past couple of years that seasonal flu cases were high enough that a few schools closed for a couple of days.
Kevin_W
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That's definitely true. It happened this year in certain places (not my area). But those closures are typically a few days or a week, nothing like what we're doing right now.
ImperfectPixie
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Yup. COVID-19 is a whole different animal.
CumulusIsobar
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"Plans Are Worthless, But Planning Is Everything" - Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Polynesia
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I haven’t heard anything. But I have heard of many people getting sick in January and February after being in Florida
ImperfectPixie
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Not that I've seen or heard of.
peter11435
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No
And there couldn’t be since back in March and even now two month later we do not have adequate testing or contact tracing.
"ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced Monday that it has received approval to reopen on June 1 with modified operations.
A 17-page plan that was submitted to county officials on Friday calls for a reopening plan that would limit the number of guests to 50 percent of capacity and limit indoor venues there to 25 percent capacity. Six feet or more of social distancing space will be required and enforced, a zoo news release said."
Other modifications include:
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A 17-page plan that was submitted to county officials on Friday calls for a reopening plan that would limit the number of guests to 50 percent of capacity and limit indoor venues there to 25 percent capacity. Six feet or more of social distancing space will be required and enforced, a zoo news release said."
Other modifications include:
- Adding safety and thermal monitoring stations at our single point of entry and hiring on-premise EMTs.
- Providing PPE to employees and offering disposable masks to any guest free of charge.
- Enforcing constraints to prevent the congregation of any group of more than 10 people.
- Restricting close contact in the park through clear and enforced physical distancing guidelines .
- Communicating new safety protocols with mandated training for every zoo employee.
- Zoo School, the on-site Childhood Education Center, will follow the Department of Children & Family and Hillsborough County childcare licensing guidelines with an anticipated opening of mid-June.
- Shift the start of Zoo Camp to start the week of June 22.
ZooTampa plans to reopen June 1 with limited capacity
A 17-page plan has been approved that allows for distancing, thermal monitoring stations and only 50 percent capacity.
i know here in Tennessee for the last two weeks anyone can get a test no appointment needed no referral needed
The same here in JAX. You do need to have symptoms - even a cough is enough. They will also test any first responders, etc even if they have no symptoms, along with anyone who has been exposed to someone who tested positive. But they are not running close to capacity as people aren't using them.
There are also multiple sites for those with referrals. Plus mobile sites set up in "at-risk" neighborhoods.
DisneyDebRob
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So need to roll this out everywhere. Amazing how every state is so different.
DisneyCane
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They drank methanol, which is a highly toxic alcohol.Alcohol has been proven to prevent the disease...proven by me. I have a drink every day and I’m not sick. This has not been peer reviewed because I‘m forced to drink alone in my house.
In all seriousness I read somewhere that when this first broke out there were deaths from alcohol poisoning in Iran because there was a rumor going around that alcohol prevented the virus. Since alcohol is illegal there people were buying their equivalent of moonshine and some drank way too much.
Kevin_W
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Interesting. We had a situation at work where an employee's wife was in close contact with a person who was confirmed to have Covid-19. Neither the employee or even his wife were allowed to be tested because they had no symptoms.
ImperfectPixie
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And while I realize that test materials availability has been an issue, it needed to be rectified yesterday. The states need to all be functioning as well as Tennessee in regards to testing. Contact tracing needs to be ramped up next.
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