Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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ifan

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GoofGoof said:
For anyone looking for some potential goods news to hope for here’s a clip from an article talking about some potential treatments for the virus that could be available as early as next month. A true vaccine may still be a year away, but if some drugs which already went through some or all stages of the approval process can be effective at lessening the symptoms and/or preventing the spread that may be the stop gap that gets us to a real vaccine. Here’s the relevant section from a longer article:

On the bright side, both Haseltine and Klausner said there’s reason to believe therapeutic treatments may be available to the American public within just a few months.

When SARS and MERS came along, Haseltine explained, “there was a huge effort to create drugs,” many of which were promising leads. But then those two outbreaks, which both had significantly higher fatality rates than the novel coronavirus, petered out. Amid the new pandemic, physicians have picked back up on those prospects and begun to test them more aggressively.

Haseltine said the likelihood is that at least one treatment option will be available through the public-health system within weeks or months, and might even prevent the virus.

Klausner named two specific antiviral agents that look promising, including remdesivir and actemra, the latter of which he called “essentially a synthetic antibody” that is “currently being used and recommended for use in China” to treat the new coronavirus. It has been jointly manufactured by Roche and Chugai Pharmaceutical for use as an anti-inflammatory drug for rheumatoid arthritis.

Meanwhile, remdesivir, which was created by Gilead Sciences, has been reportedas the most promising possible treatment for the virus because it is a “broad spectrum” drug that has shown effectiveness against various viral targets in lab testing.

Officials expect outcome data on remdesivir as early as April, and there have been promising studies in cell culture and animal models, according to Klausner. “People are using the drug now in the United States under compassionate use,” he said, referring to an agreement between the manufacturer and the Food and Drug Administration that makes it available for some high-risk infected individuals. “It’s being used internationally as well.”

“Once the data are available and presented to the FDA, I would expect that FDA approval would be within a few days to a couple of weeks,” followed by a public rollout, said Klausner, who explained that there are multiple ways to use antiviral drugs, including prevention and treatment.
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Been hearing about remsdesivir and chloroquine for a few weeks now from China and other places.

Unfortunately, until this is approved, as you stated, a hospital needs to reach out to Gilead to get compassionate use approved for an individual patient to use remsdesivir. Only a few hundred patients around country have received it so far. I'm sure this will change quickly. It would be nice if it was sent to every single hospital for future use.

Australia is trialing these in 50 hospitals soon and also looking at using 2 different drugs together as a cocktail.
 
GoofGoof

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ifan said:
Been hearing about remsdesivir and chloroquine for a few weeks now from China and other places.

Unfortunately, until this is approved, as you stated, a hospital needs to reach out to Gilead to get compassionate use approved for an individual patient to use remsdesivir. Only a few hundred patients around country have received it so far. I'm sure this will change quickly. It would be nice if it was sent to every single hospital for future use.

Australia is trialing these in 50 hospitals soon and also looking at using 2 different drugs together as a cocktail.
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It gives me some hope that if things go well maybe this could be the way out of this extreme social distancing.
 
JohnD

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GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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ElvisMickey said:
After accidental incorrect thread post lol, trying this again...

www.marketwatch.com

Abigail Disney reacts to images of big crowds at Disney World theme park: ‘Are you f—ing kidding me?’

Abigail Disney, grand daughter of Walt Disney co-founder Roy Disney, has a history of criticizing the company that helped make her incredibly wealthy. She...
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Saved you from the wrath of @MisterPenguin. He seems like a jolly and happy penguin until you post something off topic in his thread ;)

I agree with the general sentiment that having large crowds over the weekend was probably not the best idea.
 
LittleBuford

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ElvisMickey said:
After accidental incorrect thread post lol, trying this again...

www.marketwatch.com

Abigail Disney reacts to images of big crowds at Disney World theme park: ‘Are you f—ing kidding me?’

Abigail Disney, grand daughter of Walt Disney co-founder Roy Disney, has a history of criticizing the company that helped make her incredibly wealthy. She...
www.marketwatch.com www.marketwatch.com
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I felt very uneasy watching the live stream. While I understand that Disney wanted to provide guests with a fitting farewell experience, I wish they’d explored other approaches.
 
ElvisMickey

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GoofGoof said:
Saved you from the wrath of @MisterPenguin. He seems like a jolly and happy penguin until you post something off topic in his thread ;)

I agree with the general sentiment that having large crowds over the weekend was probably not the best idea.
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Thanks again for sure lol!

Totally. When sports leagues, concerts, etc., cut off their activity immediately, there was no reason for all WDW theme parks to operate for an additional 3 full days after announcing to close on Thursday.
 
MisterPenguin

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GoofGoof said:
Saved you from the wrath of @MisterPenguin. He seems like a jolly and happy penguin until you post something off topic in his thread ;)
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21stamps

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ElvisMickey said:
Thanks again for sure lol!

Totally. When sports leagues, concerts, etc., cut off their activity immediately, there was no reason for all WDW theme parks to operate for an additional 3 full days after announcing to close on Thursday.
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Could you imagine though if they gave everyone 24 hours notice? They were inbetween a rock and a hard place. There’s nothing they could have done that would have perfect.
 
GoofGoof

GoofGoof

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21stamps said:
Could you imagine though if they gave everyone 24 hours notice? They were inbetween a rock and a hard place. There’s nothing they could have done that would have perfect.
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Probably should have waited to announce until after park closing on the day they decided to pull the trigger and not open the parks the next day. Keep hotels open for a few extra days to allow people to make travel arrangements and don’t allow anyone not already there to arrive after the announcement.
 
21stamps

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GoofGoof said:
Probably should have waited until after park closing on the day they decided to pull the trigger and not open the parks the next day. Keep hotels open for a few extra days to allow people to make travel arrangements and don’t allow anyone not already there to arrive after the announcement.
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Yes, they could have. Can you imagine the backlash and complaints and flooding of full-refund requests? It would have been a mess.
There’s just no good options in this scenario, they gave advance warning and closed. People had a choice to attend the parks or not.
 
GoofGoof

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21stamps said:
Yes, they could have. Can you imagine the backlash and complaints and flooding of full-refund requests? It would have been a mess.
There’s just no good options in this scenario, they gave advance warning and closed. People has a choice to attend the parks or not.
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I don’t think complaints or refunds should have factored into the decision. The NBA literally stopped a game minutes before tip off with a full arena of fans. IMHO it was a bit irresponsible.
 
21stamps

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GoofGoof said:
I don’t think complaints or refunds should have factored into the decision. The NBA literally stopped a game minutes before tip off with a full arena of fans. IMHO it was a bit irresponsible.
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I understand what you are saying. I am just saying that no matter what there would have been backlash against them. At the end of the day though, people made a conscious choice to go to the parks or not. We all had the same information, so if they felt at risk then they just could’ve not gone. I just don’t like to pass everything off on a company when adults are making their own decisions as well
 
LittleBuford

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Pooh.sHoneyHuntTDL said:
Zits are getting real. You can either sit here and try to continue to reason with the herd or prepare and stock up for 8 weeks of supplies. Your choice
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Unless you belong to a particularly vulnerable group and can’t go out to the store, there’s no good reason to buy eight weeks’ worth of supplies. Panic-buying has been among the less encouraging reactions to this crisis.
 
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