So far in PA this is all they say:
I think places are waiting until the validity of the tests are established.
There are 200K tests being run in Florida now and both LabCorp and Quest are offering walk in testing. No waiting here and next week hope to have more data on the positives
We were staying at home long before anyone else in our area. Started on March 6th.
As soon as I heard Disney was being shut down I locked down. My son stayed at home the day after Disney closed. I still contend that it’s highly possible that the virus was in our area since early in the year which explains why you aren’t hearing about people being sick from Disney in March. People were being pro active in staying at home before they were ordered.
Right. Even people who weren’t completely locked down were not looking to travel anywhere too far. Airlines started to take a hit in February. Most large corporations started to implement their emergency management plans long before required by law. Even WDW closed before mandated by law. The economic hit was coming. Stay at home orders may have accelerated the drop off but it was coming either way. As the article stated it’s possible that FL is now opening things earlier than they may otherwise have been able to if people didn’t voluntarily start curbing their interactions with others. In other words the economy could have taken a bigger long term hit.
I get what he’s saying too. Unfortunately we will never know the answer to how bad the economy would be had things been allowed to progress naturally.
You’re still wrong that people and businesses were not acting before government mandates. Nobody forced Walt Disney World to close and they were not alone in closing, canceling or just reducing business before being forced.
If they open by August but they want us to wear masks I can give you a sweet deal on 10 DVC nights split between BC and Poly.
Thank you for always being polite and nice even when you disagree.I don’t disagree about the mind changing.
As far as opening up goes, I’m pretty optimistic so far. It’s not going to be an instant fix. The recovery is going to be slow and painful and the only real magic bullet would be a vaccine which isn’t happening this year. One positive from a macroeconomic perspective is that the areas of the economy that were the most greatly impacted are also areas where people tend to spend most of their disposable income. Retail, leisure, travel and restaurants are all much easier to ramp up than manufacturing or even something like banking and financial services that got crippled in the last recession. A large portion of the economy is still functioning right now. People with office jobs work remotely, online retailers, grocery and essential goods, government, utilities, education are all still going. Healthcare was one of the biggest hit industries for layoffs and furloughs. That’s mostly because people are delaying elective procedures. That will reverse quickly as those services ramp back up.
One area that may be very challenging for a while still is business travel. Hotels, airlines and restaurants in urban centers rely heavily on business and convention travel. I think it will be slow to ramp that up. Companies will still be in cost cutting mode and will also be worried about sending people away and then exposing their workers when those people come back.
