GoofGoof
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There goes that theory then
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Polkadotdress
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Absolutely, going to extremes doesn't Help either way at all. There is way to much panic going on largely driven by the media.
One example just yesterday the New Yorker puts out an alarming article that over 12000 people are currently hospitalized today in Florida for Covid, as of this posting still hasn’t been corrected. Only around 2000 people are hospitalized currently with Covid at 3.5% of the beds
Just terrible reporting. That is the Cumulative number since back in March. The incorrect Florida stats are about halfway down In the article.
As New York Reaches a Coronavirus Landmark, Parts of Red America Are Facing a Potential Disaster
In New York, it took a community-wide effort to limit the official death toll from COVID-19. But in some states that are seeing a rise in cases, a combination of poor leadership, public exhaustion, and right-wing politics is hampering an effective response.www.newyorker.com
Then perhaps you should go back and reread the article...particularly the part I quoted for you here: "In Florida, 12,673 people have been hospitalized, compared with a cumulative total of 8,553 a month ago, according to the COVID Tracking Project. "
They are referencing the 12K # as the cumulative number. Not shoddy reporting. Shoddy interpretation by you, looking for a "gotcha" to prove your point about the panic-driven media.
DisneyDebRob
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I have no idea what newscast you watch but I have never seen , or at least I should say , never got the feeling of what you are saying.
Do they say surging? Record setting? Of course they do. That’s what’s happening in the areas they are talking about. That’s not a lie or misinformation. If you take it as scaring people well you take something from it that I don’t.
I also haven’t heard hospitals being overrun since the days of NY and NJ when it was happening. Again, if your getting fear from this I don’t know what to tell you.
If it’s surging, say it.. if it set a record, say it. I don’t want it downplayed, I want to know what’s going so I can make choices for my family.
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WDW has a workforce that is over 60K cast that work different shift times in hundreds of locations on property. To test every cast member every day all hours of the day and night is not even realistic.
Yodascousin
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Here in the uk you can only get tested if your showing symptoms or work in care not sure what the criteria is for the rest of Europe but if anybody could get tested like in Florida our cases here would likely be in the thousands too
To clarify, the Disney part was an if , I know they aren’t and can’t test everyone cm , I assumed that would be obvious and common knowledge to everyone on this Disney board that they are not testing everyone. Just making the point that IF Disney did they would have shifted the numbers dramatically just from them alone.There goes that theory then
smh
The news media hasn’t sensationalized any aspect of this in your opinion?
oceanbreeze77
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not in mine.
This virus is bad. 100s of thousands of people have died in a short amount of time. There is nothing to sensationalize, the virus sensationalized itself.
They corrected it after I posted, see note at the bottom of the article.
Knew they would eventually , why I included “as of this posting” but way late after the article already had its ”life” for such an egregious error.
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yes your opinion is very evident , and I respect that. Question was to the op
peter11435
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So let me get this straight. You know Disney is not doing this but you’re still suggesting that something you know is not happening could be a factor contributing to the increase in cases?
DisneyCane
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A sarcastic "joke" to drive home the point that more testing = more cases is not a "call." I don't think that FL will be reducing anything considering that all they do is tout how much testing keeps coming on line and how much spare capacity there is at drive through sites for more to get tested.
No , just saying if they did it would really shift the numbers. this gotcha stuff is getting pedantic
Again, those are the cumulative numbers - are they subtracting numbers when patients are discharged? It isn't clear, and unless they do so we really don't know the true numbers. They appear to be going up, but maybe not as much as it seems.
peter11435
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If anything it would probably shift the numbers in the opposite direction of what you are alluding to. If companies like Disney started requiring all employees regardless of exposure/symptoms to get tested it would lower the percent positive.
Not if the asymptotic spread of the virus is much more than already is known, we don’t know either way, but we will find out eventually either way
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peter11435
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Incorrect.
Our drive through sites are full - again. The numbers waiting dropped significantly, and then rose again this past week after the local news story. The waits are also long in other areas - but most of the people waiting to be tested are not "sick" but want to know if they are positive.
Which is a very different situation than it was in March & April. The % of positives were lower despite people being symptomatic. Now the % is higher despite people being asymptomatic. Either this virus has a lot more asymptomatic than symptomatic cases than expected, or the testing is getting better. Or asymptomatic people were never being tested during other mass respiratory viral infections?
Hopefully, we will learn a lot about public health and how to respond to an epidemic when this is all over.
DisneyDebRob
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Everything in the news is sensationalized . From the opening of a new Italian restaurant, that has the best food in the world to the man down the street who is the best dad in the world because he did something nice for his children. I look at news for what it is. I double and triple check things that I might have a question or worry about. Truth doesn’t put fear in me, exact opposite does.
We know there’s not one newscast on today that doesn’t go for the headlines. It’s up to us to sift through what everyone is telling us to find the truth. Even if it’s not what we first believed.
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