Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[esskay]

Random thought, the UK's "Ant and Decs Saturday Night Takeway" show are due to take a 747 full of competition winners in April, along with having the huge stage set up in Magic Kingdom again. Wonder what shows of that scale do if the flight has to be cancelled or the park closes down.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Random thought, the UK's "Ant and Decs Saturday Night Takeway" show are due to take a 747 full of competition winners in April, along with having the huge stage set up in Magic Kingdom again. Wonder what shows of that scale do if the flight has to be cancelled or the park closes down.

Halt Production

 

[marni1971]

Can an educated voice weigh in on what the likelihood of the parks being closed down due to the coronavirus is? My holiday is at end of May. Whether they close from fear induced overreaction or genuine need I don't care, I just want to know whether my worries about the parks closing have any basis? I have rented DVC points and have just been told by my insurer that they wont cover in the case of a shut down and so I'm screwed if it happens. @marni1971 @lentesta @wdwmagic or anyone with insight, please tell me how much I should be drinking tonight to make myself feel better

Unlikely but not an impossibility. For want of a better word they’re being prudent.

 

[Lilofan]

All of the grocery stores here are out of water... I don't see how buying up all the water helps with a virus.

Good old fashioned tap water works for me and saves $$.

 

[Lilofan]

Unlikely but not an impossibility. For want of a better word they’re being prudent.

I'm thinking if immigration officials at Orlando airport sees any incoming guests arriving on holiday visibly sick, one 's magical vacation will be put on hold and one can expect a more intense inspection.

 

[marni1971]

I'm thinking if immigration officials at Orlando airport sees any incoming guests arriving on holiday visibly sick, one 's magical vacation will be put on hold and one can expect a more intense inspection.

To be honest one would hope they would have been held at their originating port and not allowed into a hollow tube with recycled air along with a few hundred other people.

 

[Lilofan]

To be honest one would hope they would have been held at their originating port and not allowed into a hollow tube with recycled air along with a few hundred other people.

I would hope so but if they are coming from a country with suspect screening...

 

[marni1971]

I would hope so but if they are coming from a country with suspect screening...

Sadly that’s a risk. And everyone disembarks showing no symptoms for a week or so. But that’s worse case. Perhaps it is peaking now (being optimistic)

 

[Touchdown]

interesting article...

Coronavirus Is Loose in America. An Expert Explains Why You Shouldn't Panic

A Columbia University virologist advises: stay calm and treat coronavirus like the flu; avoid getting sick, but don't freak out if you do

www.rollingstone.com

What a fantastic article that was able to articulate my view, it’s nice to see that coming from an expert. It would be really nice if we as a society would actually trust and listen to experts for once, and not trust a celebrity or politician more then the scientists/doctors who have devoted their life to studying and treating these things.

 

[RustySpork]

Oh honey, bless your heart.

Thanks for the unnecessary insult.

Lol right?! There are very few jobs where I live that offer paid sick leave. I work at a hospital office and all of the PTO we earn is used for vacation (duh), sick days, and holidays our office is closed. We don't even get paid for days they close the office! We get an email every November showing the holidays for the upcoming year with a note telling us how many hours we need to "save" for those holidays the office is closed. And our PTO is earned every two weeks. You don't earn a full day off in two weeks until you've been there for 10 years....and this is sort of the norm here.

You choose where you work and where you live.

 

[Gringrinngghost]

Just to throw out, the CDC is under fire for now not disclosing how many people have been tested (they pulled the numbers off their site) and there are reports of a doctor in NYC “pleading” to get people tested as they don’t have the testing equipment. Furthermore there are also reports of people being hospitalized and the CDC won’t be testing them because they don’t have the most serious conditions.

Furthermore:

 

[Lilofan]

What a fantastic article that was able to articulate my view, it’s nice to see that coming from an expert. It would be really nice if we as a society would actually trust and listen to experts for once, and not trust a celebrity or politician more then the scientists/doctors who have devoted their life to studying and treating these things.

Some publicly traded companies would love for people to stay at home, -- Amazon, Netflix, Dominos Pizza, to name a few.

 

[seascape]

Just to throw out, the CDC is under fire for now not disclosing how many people have been tested (they pulled the numbers off their site) and there are reports of a doctor in NYC “pleading” to get people tested as they don’t have the testing equipment. Furthermore there are also reports of people being hospitalized and the CDC won’t be testing them because they don’t have the most serious conditions.

Furthermore:

That question never should have been asked. It was designed to create fear. The correct answer was to state how stupid the question was and answer as he did, take proper and intelligent precautions for all your actions and that there are no travel restrictions in the US. Can you imagine if he said NO! Orlando would be decimate. It would not only hurt Disney, but Universal too. And probably force SeaWorld into bankruptcy. Then there are all the hotels and restaurants, plus rental car companies, the airport and their huge expansion. etc, etc. The long term consequences would be no Epic Universe, No SeaWorld, No International Drive attractions, no jobs, the highest unemployment rate in the country, massive drop in housing values in all of Florida.

 

[Timmay]

What a fantastic article that was able to articulate my view, it’s nice to see that coming from an expert. It would be really nice if we as a society would actually trust and listen to experts for once, and not trust a celebrity or politician more then the scientists/doctors who have devoted their life to studying and treating these things.

I work in the emergency management field, and it was obvious to our team a couple weeks ago the CDC threw in the towel in hoping for containment. They didn’t exactly make it a secret.

 

[RustySpork]

That question never should have been asked. It was designed to create fear. The correct answer was to state how stupid the question was and answer as he did, take proper and intelligent precautions for all your actions and that there are no travel restrictions in the US. Can you imagine if he said NO! Orlando would be decimate. It would not only hurt Disney, but Universal too. And probably force SeaWorld into bankruptcy. Then there are all the hotels and restaurants, plus rental car companies, the airport and their huge expansion. etc, etc. The long term consequences would be no Epic Universe, No SeaWorld, No International Drive attractions, no jobs, the highest unemployment rate in the country, massive drop in housing values in all of Florida.

Drama much? None of these things would have happened.

 

[Mr Ferret 75]

It's a problem that is way more complex than i give it credit for .

I agree .

 

[RustySpork]

I agree .

It certainly can be more complex and I've even talked about that in the past here, however, based on the comments in this thread we are not talking about a complex problem.

 

[Timmay]

Just to throw out, the CDC is under fire for now not disclosing how many people have been tested (they pulled the numbers off their site) and there are reports of a doctor in NYC “pleading” to get people tested as they don’t have the testing equipment. Furthermore there are also reports of people being hospitalized and the CDC won’t be testing them because they don’t have the most serious conditions.

Testing almost completely stopped during H1N1, only those being in very critical condition or those with underlying health problems were still tested..and even this stopped eventually. If you had the symptoms, it was just assumed you had it. That was the more level-headed approach.

 

[John park hopper]

Watching the news this morning 2 cases in Georgia identified they had just returned from Italy. With todays international air travel containment is next to impossible and the test is not 100% accurate

 

[Touchdown]

I work in the emergency management field, and it was obvious to our team a couple weeks ago the CDC threw in the towel in hoping for containment. They didn’t exactly make it a secret.

I work at a hospital as well, it was the right choice, if the draconian Chinese efforts couldn’t contain this virus nothing would. I fear the panic more then the disease itself. I also expect an extremely busy March and April, but my hospital has already had a rough winter and our census has been near capacity most days, as has most other hospitals in the area. I don’t know where we are going to put these extra people.