Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[BlackCauldron]

I think it is wise not to draw too many conclusions about anything taking place in Hong Kong at the moment. To be as vague as possible, there are a lot of complicated things going on there right now, and we have very little reliable information.

Assuming the HK closure is true, do we know if that was Disney’s decision, or the governments choice to close down agsin due to the rising numbers?

If the latter, I don’t expect a similar action taken here in the states.

 

[disneygeek90]

I thought that was the official HK Twitter.. am I wrong Steve?

Looks more like a fan news account to me. 1700 followers and no "check mark."

 

[kong1802]

Here's the chart with the updated record-breaking number from yesterday. Also note the death rate going up. For a while, it was just FL that was the only state that had its death rate go up trailing the second-wave spike that so many other states have been experiencing. But now, about half the states that have had a spike in positive cases, are now are seeing their death rate increase, even though for a while their death rate was plateauing.

So, increasing deaths from increasing cases do happen, trailing by a few weeks.

Just like our medical professionals said would happen.

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And all those states combined have caused this to happen to the U.S....

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Does anyone remember how the FL was doing just fine? No worries?

Gotta admit, being "right" has never been more tiresome.

 

[kong1802]

Looks more like a fan news account to me. 1700 followers and no "check mark."

Good find.

So I guess we will have to wait to see how reliable they are.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

Looks more like a fan news account to me. 1700 followers and no "check mark."

Not that keen on Twitter stuff. To me it looked official. But I know nothing about it. Thanks.

 

[PBJelly]

Have you seen anything official on that beside a third party twitter post?

I couldn't find anything official, however I do see some other sites already running with it as gospel.

 

[Touchdown]

Gotta admit, being "right" has never been more tiresome.

The problem is they still won’t believe us, we are but ants and those grasshoppers continue to believe summer will last forever...

 

[Andrew C]

Here's the chart with the updated record-breaking number from yesterday. Also note the death rate going up. For a while, it was just FL that was the only state that had its death rate go up trailing the second-wave spike that so many other states have been experiencing. But now, about half the states that have had a spike in positive cases, are now are seeing their death rate increase, even though for a while their death rate was plateauing.

So, increasing deaths from increasing cases do happen, trailing by a few weeks.

Just like our medical professionals said would happen.

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And all those states combined have caused this to happen to the U.S....

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Does anyone remember how the FL was doing just fine? No worries?

With the significant increase in cases and hospitalizations, was there ever a question this would result in an increase in deaths eventually? I thought the question was always how many and how long? What would the lag be? And that we should be able to avoid major increases and numbers we have seem previously due to better treatments and greater protections for nursing homes.

 

[kong1802]

The problem is they still won’t believe us, we are but ants and those grasshoppers continue to believe summer will last forever...

Oh I know.

They will find the 2 sources that show what they want to see and that will be the "truth".

The other 100 sources are the lies, smh

 

[Casper Gutman]

Assuming the HK closure is true, do we know if that was Disney’s decision, or the governments choice to close down agsin due to the rising numbers?

If the latter, I don’t expect a similar action taken here in the states.

If this is really happening, I don’t think we’re going to be able to make that distinction. Even official statements likely won’t help.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

I couldn't find anything official, however I do see some other sites already running with it as gospel.

Even Orlando news is reporting it online. Guess we have to wait and see.

 

[PBJelly]

Even Orlando news is reporting it online. Guess we have to wait and see.

Better to get the clicks than competitors and make money off the fear rather than the actual news?

 

[Bob Harlem]

Even Orlando news is reporting it online. Guess we have to wait and see.

Rush to be first, accuracy second. Happens all the time.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Hong Kong is closing all public gatherings of more than 4 people. I could see how that applies to HKDL and that fan-Twitter-account was the first to post about it.

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Though an official confirmation would be nice.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

This needs to be shouted from the rooftops. We... do... not... have... enough... PPE. You don’t even need to read those articles - try to get N95 masks.

And it’s impossible to overstate how big a deal this is. Putting aside hospitals for a moment, if we all had and wore N95s, this would be over. We could reopen schools, reopen businesses, travel abroad, go to WDW, eat at restaurants, watch sports.

On just this one, single, solitary issue, the scale of the failure at multiple levels of society is staggering.

I seriously dont get what's taking so long to manufacture them

 

[DCBaker]

Have you seen anything official on that beside a third party twitter post?

Haven't seen an official announcement yet - but did see these two posts in the HKDL forum here.

Confirmed by the government that the two parks will close again.
Details to be announced later.

Carrie Lam just confirmed HKDL and Ocean Park will close for at least 7 days starting from July 15. Official announcements will be made by the parks’ management later.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

Hong Kong is closing all public gatherings of more than 4 people. I could see how that applies to HKDL and that fan Twitter was the first to post about it.

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Though an official confirmation would be nice.

Imagine taking measures to control the virus after an outbreak of 30


*I'm being cheeky, I know how bad things are in Hong Kong*

 

[Bob Harlem]

Imagine taking measures to control the virus after an outbreak of 30

If you believe the numbers out of China I have a plot of land next to Jungle Cruise to sell you.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

If you believe the numbers out of China I have a plot of land next to Jungle Cruise to sell you.

Oh believe me...I dont believe their numbers AT ALL

BUT at least measures are being taken.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I seriously dont get what's taking so long to manufacture them

This probably baffles me more then any other aspect of the crisis. There is a lot of profit to be had, but companies seem profoundly unwilling to try and scoop it up. N95 masks are a key example - they would sell like hot cakes.

I think it stems from a collective refusal to acknowledge how long and deep the crisis will actually be.