Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[dhslxop]

The number of tests is interesting, why the huge number of tests for a few days and then back to typical numbers?

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I live across the street from the Orange County Convention Center site, and, since Sunday, the lines have seemed to be physically shorter (I don't know how long people are waiting) than they were the past few weeks, which alone was a HUGE increase from the weeks prior.

Also looking at the Florida PIO twitter (which monitors the testing site), they have been sharing things about the line being shorter:

Obviously I don't know if this is just a measure of them having more people working to get people through faster (it says they did 1,800 yesterday), and I don't know how other sites are looking. I also don't know if there's just fewer people wanting to get tested or if other sites just aren't capable of testing as many people anymore. Just trying to report what I've seen, but I don't have all the information to support it either way.

 

[Horizons '83]

the positivity rate is horrid.

One trend my friend says he is seeing at his hospital is that younger folks are coming in for their necessary check-up's college's require and COVID screening is now a part of the panels they run and they are seeing a large number of people positive not knowing they even had it.

Not saying that is the primary driver of the new cases, but interesting none the less.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

I live across the street from the Orange County Convention Center site, and, since Sunday, the lines have seemed to be physically shorter (I don't know how long people are waiting) than they were the past few weeks, which alone was a HUGE increase from the weeks prior.

Also looking at the Florida PIO twitter (which monitors the testing site), they have been sharing things about the line being shorter:





Obviously I don't know if this is just a measure of them having more people working to get people through faster (it says they did 1,800 yesterday), and I don't know how other sites are looking. I also don't know if there's just fewer people wanting to get tested or if other sites just aren't capable of testing as many people anymore.

in florida do you have to have an appt for a test?

 

[hopemax]

The number of tests is interesting, why the huge number of tests for a few days and then back to typical numbers?

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The daily numbers are more a function of lab processing / date recorded than tests given. They are always less on Sunday/Monday, mid-week they catch up. 7 day average works better to see if testing is increasing, not one day to the next.

 

[dhslxop]

in florida do you have to have an appt for a test?

Some sites yes, but not at the OCCC site.

 

[Epcotfan21]

in florida do you have to have an appt for a test?

Depends on the testing site. Some require it, some don't.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

Lots of kids already started falling behind by just doing a couple months of this at the end of the year. I don’t think we can afford to do more of that. The education of so many took a hard stop.

Wow. Again, as I’ve said numerous times. They belong in school. I don’t think there’s one person in the world that doesn’t think that. So we are in agreement. Just how we get there seems to be the problem we are having. Just because they need to be there doesn’t mean I’m opening up everything and sending them. Safe for parent, teachers and students, then let’s do it.

 

[Rider]

I live across the street from the Orange County Convention Center site, and, since Sunday, the lines have seemed to be physically shorter (I don't know how long people are waiting) than they were the past few weeks, which alone was a HUGE increase from the weeks prior.

Also looking at the Florida PIO twitter (which monitors the testing site), they have been sharing things about the line being shorter:





Obviously I don't know if this is just a measure of them having more people working to get people through faster (it says they did 1,800 yesterday), and I don't know how other sites are looking. I also don't know if there's just fewer people wanting to get tested or if other sites just aren't capable of testing as many people anymore. Just trying to report what I've seen, but I don't have all the information to support it either way.

Weekends have always been lower but I wonder if some people were scared off by the reports of 6-8 hour waits?

 

[DisneyCane]

wow why so little testing all of the sudden???

The number of tests is interesting, why the huge number of tests for a few days and then back to typical numbers?

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Because the days that are high don't mean that many tests were swabbed that day (or on any one day). The labs dump data on certain days. If data of swabs taken per day was available, it would be pretty consistent.

The data in the report is results received on that day, not tests taken or processed.

Or.......it's a conspiracy to test less to get the case numbers down because nobody would notice that happening. It's the perfect plan!

 

[oceanbreeze77]

Or.......it's a conspiracy to test less to get the case numbers down because nobody would notice that happening. It's the perfect plan!

In order for that to work ya gotta get that positivity rate down, and its going in the opposite direction

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Hint: If what you're saying is intended to make people feel bad or foolish (e.g. homeschooling is a cult), it's not a joke (or at least not a good one).

People write the nastiest insults here and then when someone calls them out on it, they claim to be joking. Not directed to you specifically, just something I've noticed here quite a bit. There was another thread where people were implying that others were fat and ugly and then berated those people as being humorless when they objected. That led to the iconic line by The Mom: "I think posters should not tell jokes because they don't seem to be very good at it."

That’s not my intent

But i’ll Concede it could be taken as such...so my bad.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

Its been interesting to see the change in human behavior over the last few days. I live in Santa Monica and 2 weeks ago people were acting like all is fine. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and it was reminiscent of March, when the shut downs were first starting.

 

[DCBaker]

State report is out -

 

[oceanbreeze77]

State report is out -

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so very similar to last weeks pattern, but an even worse positivity rate.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

wow why so little testing all of the sudden???

The number of tests is interesting, why the huge number of tests for a few days and then back to typical numbers?

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In case anyone wants to know what stepping in political BS smells like...I’d say smell this


Sorry...that’s an opinion...not an Incendiary statement of fact.

 

[DisneyCane]

Its been interesting to see the change in human behavior over the last few days. I live in Santa Monica and 2 weeks ago people were acting like all is fine. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and it was reminiscent of March, when the shut downs were first starting.

That is a good sign. I think people got complacent and just stopped paying attention to social distancing and other precautions. Hopefully they realize that if we follow the guidelines, most things can be open and cases will go down.

so very similar to last weeks pattern, but an even worse positivity rate.

It is concerning because the experts (Dr. Birx in particular) has indicated that, statistically, if the positivity for new cases is over 10% then the level of testing isn't adequate to capture all cases.

I wish they provided some data on percentage of positives that are asymptomatic. There could be so many asymptomatic cases that it is logistically impossible to test enough to find them all.

 

[DisneyCane]

In case anyone wants to know what stepping in political BS smells like...I’d say smell this


Sorry...that’s an opinion...not an Incendiary statement of fact.

Read my post above. There is no conspiracy of reducing tests. It's just the way they get reported in large data dumps. The report says "These counts include the number of people for whom the department received laboratory results by day." It does not say how many people were swabbed or how many tests were processed. It is results received on that day. It isn't real time.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Read my post above. There is no conspiracy of reducing tests. It's just the way they get reported in large data dumps. The report says "These counts include the number of people for whom the department received laboratory results by day." It does not say how many people were swabbed or how many tests were processed. It is results received on that day. It isn't real time.

It that is the case then we will see some REALLY bad news the next few days...

And that won’t be good for the Mouse.

I’ll be patient and wait for the ticker

 

[milordsloth]

It that is the case then we will see some REALLY bad news the next few days...

And that won’t be good for the Mouse.

I’ll be patient and wait for the ticker

What REALLY bad news will we see the next few days?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

What REALLY bad news will we see the next few days?

Simple math would dictate that if the positivity rate continues to rise...as it has...a data dump will put a big number on the board.

We are getting close to Disney pulling back on reopening behind the scenes - my guess.

I see AMC pushed its springs opening back