Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Jrb1979]

I wish this was one time you were wrong They definitely shouldn‘t open now with cases surging but it’s crazy to think it will be closed for a whole year potentially. Remember in March people saying they would never keep the parks closed until Easter and Spring Break.

What scares me is the longer Land is closed, the quicker World keeps upping capacity. They already upped to 35% when IMO should not be happening. The 2 Bobs are so out of touch with what is going on.

 

[DCBaker]

Numbers are out - there were 41 new reported deaths.

 

[GoofGoof]

What scares me is the longer Land is closed, the quicker World keeps upping capacity. They already upped to 35% when IMO should not be happening. The 2 Bobs are so out of touch with what is going on.

The move from 25% to 35% isn’t too big a deal. The problem they have now is as long as they keep distancing in place on the rides and in the queues they can’t expand much beyond that 35%. The lines are already too long and would get way worse. They will also run out of capacity at restaurants if they keep distancing of tables and capacity limits. There is probably a work around on food as they could flex some unused or seasonal space into full open but there’s no way to increase ride capacity and keep distancing in place. I think we’ve seen WDW stretched about as far as they can go before turning off guests.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

I wish this was one time you were wrong They definitely shouldn‘t open now with cases surging but it’s crazy to think it will be closed for a whole year potentially. Remember in March people saying they would never keep the parks closed until Easter and Spring Break.

It is a crazy timeline but by the time the OC reaches yellow tier, it'll be about February, and it needs to stay there for a certain amount of time for theme parks to reopen. A year closed is a weird thought, but its unbelievably almost March again.

 

[oceanbreeze77]

Remember in March when everybody thought people would act like grownups?

hahaha...haha...ha.....ha....*sigh*

 

[DCBaker]

 

[Figgy1]

I'm afraid what the numbers will show starting about a week after Thanksgiving

 

[Parker in NYC]

Remember in March when everybody thought people would act like grownups?

Wait, we did? I can refer you to a thousand exhibits in this thread alone demonstrating otherwise.

 

[Nubs70]

Numbers are out - there were 41 new reported deaths.

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Your positivity rate is not that bad. Michigan just passed 15%

 

[oceanbreeze77]

Where the Sweden crew at??!

 

[sullyinMT]

Your positivity rate is not that bad. Michigan just passed 15%

Proof that we need a national standard of reporting: Montana was 112% positivity today. Not sure how, but ...

 

[sullyinMT]

The move from 25% to 35% isn’t too big a deal. The problem they have now is as long as they keep distancing in place on the rides and in the queues they can’t expand much beyond that 35%. The lines are already too long and would get way worse. They will also run out of capacity at restaurants if they keep distancing of tables and capacity limits. There is probably a work around on food as they could flex some unused or seasonal space into full open but there’s no way to increase ride capacity and keep distancing in place. I think we’ve seen WDW stretched about as far as they can go before turning off guests.

Yeah, as comfortable as I am in appropriate public settings, and as happy as I’ve been with WDW until now, those recent vlogs of cavalcades and what not is a little out of my comfort range. They’re (TWDC) is definitely playing with fire by having WDW pull the weight of closed parks.

 

[Patcheslee]

Prof that we need a national standard of reporting: Montana was 112% positivity today. Not sure how, but ...

Lag in reported total tests to positive tests. Indiana been mass dumping tests that were done months ago on different days.

 

[sullyinMT]

Lag in reported total tests to positive tests. Indiana been mass dumping tests that were done months ago on different days.

Right. But how do you have more positives than total tests? It’ll sort out throughout the week, but today is broken.

 

[DCBaker]

Iowa also gets its first mask mandate -

"For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Iowa is instituting a statewide mask mandate.

That order comes from Gov. Kim Reynolds in a proclamation Monday night.

"I hereby order that effective at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 17 and until Dec. 10, all people two or older must wear a mask or other face covering when inside an indoor space that is open to the public and within six feet of individuals who are not members of their household for 15 minutes or longer"

There are exceptions to the order listed in the proclamation. They include:

• Anyone with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a mask or face covering
• Any person working alone or in a space where six feet of physical distance can be maintained
• Anyone consuming for or drink at a restaurant or bar table
• Any athlete participating in a sporting or recreational event
• Any person giving a religious, political, educational, artistic, cultural, musical or theatrical presentation or performance for an audience
• Any person participating in a service at a spiritual or religious gathering"

Mask mandate in Iowa

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Iowa is instituting a statewide mask mandate.

kttc.com

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I'm apparently the only person in my zip code who likes Caffeine Free Diet Mountain Dew. I haven't seen it in months...

The only reason to drink Mountain Dew is for the caffeine...nobody drinks it for the taste of partially brominated vegetable oil

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I will second this. My company has a facility in China and we get regular updates on the conditions there and they are doing pretty good. Singapore and Taiwan are also doing quite well.

Taiwan is the model for the entire world. Modern...25,000,000 people...7 covid deaths.

Wonder if the aggressive testing, tracing and isolation had sumpin to do with it?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Remember in March when everybody thought people would act like grownups?

Hold my Bud Lite

Any idea what's going on or why so late?

Running out of money to bribe the...oh, nevermind

Flor....eh...duh

Your positivity rate is not that bad. Michigan just passed 15%

Is that why the radiologist (Allegedly) is tweeting for “liberation!!”??

Proof that we need a national standard of reporting: Montana was 112% positivity today. Not sure how, but ...

South Dakota must be 231% then

 

[Heppenheimer]

I admit, I'm kind of a Deutschophile and was very fortunate to have the opportunity to live there for several years. I love this public health campaign, which roughly translates as "Become a hero also, stay at home- Together against Corona":

Coronavirus: Germany hails couch potatoes in new videos

One advert depicts an elderly man looking back on the winter of 2020, while saying "we did nothing".

www.bbc.com

Typical dry German humor, but also typical in that their government is genuinely trying get their citizens to do the right thing.

We have some of the world's most effective marketing and entertainment minds available in this country. One only wishes we had leadership that saw the need to mobilize that talent in a similar public health information campaign, rather than just tweeting lies and self-aggrandizing distortions.

 

[techgeek]

We have some of the world's most effective marketing and entertainment minds available in this country. One only wishes we had leadership that saw the need to mobilize that talent in a similar public health information campaign, rather than just tweeting lies and self-aggrandizing distortions.

It doesn’t help that one of our key ‘leaders’ in entertainment and hospitality has consistently been afraid to show their own characters in masks.

One thing I’ve been struck with is how even Disney’s Covid signage / markings are pretty, well, corporate. For the most part, they could be at the front door of an office building or taped to the floor of a big box store. Missed opportunity, especially to connect with a key demographic in younger kids. As I’m out and about, I consistently see parents wearing masks but allowing their kids to not, for whatever reason. If Disney had attempted to ‘recruit’ kids with a little lighthearted fun from Mickey and the gang, maybe it would have helped the situation?