Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[ImperfectPixie]

Please enjoy this laugh in these times. Courtesy of reddit.

OMG...I really hope that's a joke...but after some of the demands I've seen from "manager moms" it wouldn't surprise me if it isn't.

 

[21stamps]

The YMCA near me is closed indefinitely. They run the before and after care for the local schools. Anyone who uses them for childcare is out of luck. Even some people who‘s jobs are not shuttered are being forced to stay home.

That’s unfortunate. Ours have made a deal with local companies and hospitals.. so have a few other infant/toddler childcare facilities making care available for school aged children.

Imagine if all medical professionals were forced to stay home with their kids. That’s why some of these things are so unrealistic.

 

[Giss Neric]

Watch the end of the vlog and see the desperation of the vloggers now that the theme parks are closed.

 

[seascape]

Anyone who thinks this is a short term problem should think about this. The UK about to request all those 70 and older to self isolate for 4 months according to SkyNews.

 

[JoeCamel]

Anyone who thinks this is a short term problem should think about this. The UK about to request all those 70 and older to self isolate for 4 months according to SkyNews.

In all fairness they are going to let the virus run in the rest of the population so they can develop immunity. Might be a good idea not to be out and about in that time.

 

[Hakunamatata]

Anyone who thinks this is a short term problem should think about this. The UK about to request all those 70 and older to self isolate for 4 months according to SkyNews.

How are those 70 and older going to get needed itmes to remain in self quarantine?

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Anyone who thinks this is a short term problem should think about this. The UK about to request all those 70 and older to self isolate for 4 months according to SkyNews.

I read that Queen Elizabeth has left Buckingham Palace.

 

[GoofGoof]

That’s unfortunate. Ours have made a deal with local companies and hospitals.. so have a few other infant/toddler childcare facilities making care available for school aged children.

Imagine if all medical professionals were forced to stay home with their kids. That’s why some of these things are so unrealistic.

All state run daycares are also closed. I don’t know what people are going to do. A lot of people I know have their retired elderly parent (kid’s grandparent) as their emergency backup. Not a great move to have high risk people forced into action.

 

[disneygeek90]

Watch the end of the vlog and see the desperation of the vloggers now that the theme parks are closed.

Vloggers will be fine. I don’t know why they get such a hard time across these boards. I go to the parks at least twice a week and then turn around and watch park vlogs before bed. I’ll definitely be watching some park videos over the next few weeks, especially with this extra time at home.

 

[John park hopper]

I read that Queen Elizabeth has left Buckingham Palace.

I would think the palace would be the safest place to be limited access to the masses

 

[Nubs70]

I think my comment was deleted because I got really angry. But yes you are completely correct. I was explaining that my husband actually does have two jobs and he actually is working more but it’s still scary to think that at the end of this it is very possible he could be laid off. His friends could be laid off and he could have a situation where he feels guilty that he’s not laid off etc. of course we will take the latter but somethings got to give. Anyhow he works two jobs… He wakes up at 3:30 AM on Fridays Sundays and Mondays and works until 11:30 AM. On Sundays and Mondays to go straight to Disney and doesn’t get off until 9 PM. He doesn’t get home until 10 PM. He works so hard.

The best thing to do is real with your situation as it is at hand. Resist the urge to focus on the what if's. Making decisions and acting on incomplete information is where mistakes occur. As of Thursday morning my daughter's circumstance in Austria was not a problem, we put arrangements into place, with the help of my company, where she had a local point of contact, a place to stay, medical coverage was in place, and my credit card in hand. By 1530 EDT/2130 local, the CDC classified Austria a level 3, this is the point at which we knew is the stated red line at which return home is mandated by her U.S. college. But we did not have confirmation, we needed to wait till morning. Come morning, the option to stay was still available.

By noon local, her local reps were handing out waivers from the college to sign of they elected to stay. With Slovakia closing borders and seeing general ability to travel deteriorating, I made the call to pull the plug.

Focus on the situation at hand, make back up plans, and take action based on the best information you have at that time.

 

[JoeCamel]

I would think the palace would be the safest place to be limited access to the masses

Probably going to Edinburgh

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Probably going to Edinburgh

I think she's going to Windsor.

 

[21stamps]

All state run daycares are also closed. I don’t know what people are going to do. A lot of people I know have their retired elderly parent (kid’s grandparent) as their emergency backup. Not a great move to have high risk people forced into action.

This is not going to be available for everyone.
Are you saying that, in your state, anyone who works in healthcare or other still-open businesses has ZERO options provided to them unless they have someone in their personal circle?

If so, that’s insane and absolutely horrible. Where is this happening?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

All state run daycares are also closed. I don’t know what people are going to do. A lot of people I know have their retired elderly parent (kid’s grandparent) as their emergency backup. Not a great move to have high risk people forced into action.

Lots of stay-at-home moms in our town are putting together babysitting rotations. I thought of offering babysitting, too, but my husband comes into contact with tons of random people (some of very shady hygiene), so I'm not out of an abundance of caution.

 

[celluloid]

I would think the palace would be the safest place to be limited access to the masses

It is probably more for her safety since many will riot.

 

[Nubs70]

Something I was wondering about today; how would we tell if these shutdowns are working as intended? We can't really go by new cases discovered each day, because our testing is so slow. I'm sure the shutdowns will have an effect, but I'm curious if the plan is to just shut things down for awhile and hope it worked or if there's something else they're looking at to determine when things should reopen.

We will know by the amplitude in number of deaths and the date of the inflection point.

We will know after a sufficient number of people die.

 

[George]

South Korea's numbers are skewed because the one cult had the majority of cases. That made it easy to contain. Tawian is a better example but once again all these Asian countries have had to deal with SARS, etc and already have experience.

The West in general (do not blame the US) is just less experienced in this. As far as testing the manufactures can only produce so much testing kits at one time. They can't magically have 350 million testing kits at the snap of a finger.

The testing numbers are not skewed. We could have had many churches and other public places with similar happenings and not known it. We can't test everyone we should. They can't either, but they are a lot closer. As of March 9, South Korea had tested 210,144 people we had tested 8,554. Both countries had their first recorded case on the same day. You are correct that other countries aren't that equipped to deal with it to that degree. We could've done a lot better though and that's the point. They actually have the drive by testing that we're not going to have for months. I don't know anyone who has worked on this who thinks we've done a close to perfect job rolling out the tests or keeping the public informed about our true capability. We certainly didn't have to reinvent the wheel, but we did. Regardless, we could've ramped up out testing capabilities sooner and many of the current issues we're dealing with would have been severe. Also, quite a few people have been aware of this issue for the last two months. Its not like it was un anticipated. I did fully anticipate the lack of listening to expertise and then the "we did the best we could" argument which has become a feature of this country since the rise of the internet makes everyone think they have a full understanding of quantum mechanics thanks to the wikipedia page, never mind the fact they have never solved a second order partial differential equation in their life. Finally, thanks for causing me to respond with your ridiculous "they can't magically have 350 million testing kits at the snap of the finger" claim which is not what I was saying at all. I, for one, hope that I am one of the folk who doesn't need that 18" long swab jammed up his nostril.

 

[Nubs70]

Lots of stay-at-home moms in our town are putting together babysitting rotations. I thought of offering babysitting, too, but my husband comes into contact with tons of random people (some of very shady hygiene), so I'm not out of an abundance of caution.

While the intention is admirable, this is not a good idea.

 

[21stamps]

Lots of stay-at-home moms in our town are putting together babysitting rotations. I thought of offering babysitting, too, but my husband comes into contact with tons of random people (some of very shady hygiene), so I'm not out of an abundance of caution.

This is essentially the same thing, kids still around each other when parents are around other people daily. Although, not very good of companies, especially hospitals, to leave their employees with this as their only option.