Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Rescue Ranger]

Still scheduled to arrive on the 27th of August. I hope everything sees improvement over the next couple of months.

As of now we can still fly from Toronto, just not allowed to drive. Though currently, 16 nights at Polynesian should be a WDW dream vacation but with today's stats, it's scary. PLEASE human race get better with this virus....!

 

[Miss Bella]

They didn't want to shut anything down in March either. So not encouraging.

This was the Fauci presser and he very well did want to shut things down in March.

 

[lilypgirl]

Sadly that 600/day is sure to grow in 2-3 weeks when these new infections reach their peak in terms of the clinical course.

You absolutely do not know that! You know what they say when someone assumes?

 

[lilypgirl]

They didn't want to shut anything down in March either. So not encouraging.

Really because as I recall stuff was shutting down left and right!

 

[legwand77]

Since some on here were following AZ hospitals closely a few days ago, hospitalized covid patients are down 14% and Covid ventilator usage is down 25% today. Also 25% more discharges of covid patients than the day before and have been trending up.

BTW that is also smashed the all time record of discharges of Covid patients

 

[WDWTrojan]

You absolutely do not know that! You know what they say when someone assumes?

What? This disease is still fatal to many. The question then becomes how many. Hopefully the number is small, but sadly there is no way to have tens of thousands of new infections with a 0% IFR.

 

[WDWTrojan]

Since some on here were following AZ hospitals closely a few days ago, hospitalized covid patients are down 14% and Covid ventilator usage is down 25% today. Also 25% more discharges of covid patients than the day before and have been trending up.

You should really cite your sources. The numbers are problematic:

"As of Thursday, 86% of current inpatient beds and 88% of ICU beds were in use for COVID-19 and other patients. Ducey said hospitals could hit surge capacity "very soon," as Arizona deals with one of the worst spikes of COVID-19 in the country. "

Arizona reports more than 3,400 additional COVID-19 increases day after Ducey pleads for Arizonans to stay home

Arizona reported more than 3,000 new cases five of the last eight days. Hospitalizations show drop in latest state report.

www.azcentral.com

 

[Miss Bella]

Really because as I recall stuff was shutting down left and right!

I guess nobody bothered to watch the Fauci Dr Birx presser today.

 

[Jrb1979]

What positive spin, you even agreed that it is good that hospitalizations are up, that is all I stated.

Its frustrating from my point of view cause I have seen what good case numbers are. Yet almost 9000 new cases is ok cause people aren't going to hospital. I'm not saying to shut everything down. Keep Disney closed and close SeaWorld, Universal and Busch Gardens. No one wants another lockdown but no one wants the restrictions in place to avoid it.

 

[hopemax]

Since some on here were following AZ hospitals closely a few days ago, hospitalized covid patients are down 14% and Covid ventilator usage is down 25% today. Also 25% more discharges of covid patients than the day before and have been trending up.

BTW that is also smashed the all time record of discharges of Covid patients

What does that mean though? Does that mean the situation is improving, or are the hospitals trying to "clear the deck" before the wave crashes?

 

[Lilofan]

All this reading makes me want to have a drink or two. There was a blurb from I believe USA Today said that drinking on the job percentages have increased since many are working from home.

 

[DisneyCane]

May I see? It's not that I don't believe you, I just can't look at a series of unsourced numbers and think anything of it.

The best I can do is this which, are the numbers I put in the spreadsheet on each day. The day at the top is the report date, so the total is through the day before. The daily PDF is published on floridahealthcovid19.com but I don't save the report (it is a huge file), I just enter the numbers into my spreadsheet.

	26-Jun​	24-Jun​	20-Jun​	1-Jun​
0-4	1705​	1474​	1212​	467​
5-14	3553​	3131​	2590​	1046​
15-24	17711​	14717​	11418​	4734​
25-34	23495​	20092​	16446​	8575​
35-44	19028​	16806​	14453​	8537​
45-54	18573​	16673​	14597​	9474​
55-64	15693​	14328​	12888​	8962​
65-74	9955​	9228​	8496​	6273​
75-84	6417​	6045​	5615​	4334​
85+	4352​	4140​	3889​	3002​

 

[Parker in NYC]

PLEASE human race get better with this virus....!

You'd sooner get a response from God herself.

 

[Miss Bella]

Its frustrating from my point of view cause I have seen what good case numbers are. Yet almost 9000 new cases is ok cause people aren't going to hospital. I'm not saying to shut everything down. Keep Disney closed and close SeaWorld, Universal and Busch Gardens. No one wants another lockdown but no one wants the restrictions in place to avoid it.

Why should theme parks close and everything else remain open?

 

[milordsloth]

Its frustrating from my point of view cause I have seen what good case numbers are. Yet almost 9000 new cases is ok cause people aren't going to hospital. I'm not saying to shut everything down. Keep Disney closed and close SeaWorld, Universal and Busch Gardens. No one wants another lockdown but no one wants the restrictions in place to avoid it.

Or we could not single out theme parks where people are easily able to spread out, and let them open just like other businesses with safety restrictions.

 

[Rider]

Don't be associated with people like this! Wear a mask!

 

[Jrb1979]

Why should theme parks close and everything else remain open?

First of all they aren't essential and 2 they draw crowds which with rising cases would be a good idea to delay opening.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Yet almost 9000 new cases is ok cause people aren't going to hospital.

This, but not sarcastically.

There is no "shut down to limit total cases." That's not an option. At best, even another full shutdown will do nothing but delay the inevitable. Absent a vaccine, cases will continue to rise no matter what. That's just a fact. As long as hospitalizations aren't straining capacity, we just have to accept it.

"Flatten the curve" doesn't limit cases. It just spreads cases out over time so that the peak doesn't exceed hospital capacity. The area under the curve is the same.

 

[Roy G. Dis]

I am in good health and run 20-25 miles a week. Maybe if I get Covid it probably won't kill me, but it might give me complications that will ruin the first sentence that I just wrote and to me that's a pretty stupid thing to risk over going to an amusement park.

 

[lilypgirl]

First of all they aren't essential and 2 they draw crowds which with rising cases would be a good idea to delay opening.

Stay home orders aren’t in effect anymore so it doesn’t matter if it’s essential or not.