Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Sirwalterraleigh]

You aren't paying attention. Those young people who are tired of the mitigation measures? They're already ignoring them.

I'm sure you've seen all the spring break pics of kids partying in huge groups without masks. Do you really think telling them they can do what they're already doing if they get vaccinated will make a shred of difference? That's bizarrely naive.

There is nothing stopping them from going back to "normal life" right now. They don't NEED to get the vaccine if they don't want it. Why would they? It's not like any kind of verification is being done. If anyone does challenge them for not wearing a mask, they can simply say, "Hey, I'm fully vaccinated!" Who can tell?

Oh, but that would be a lie. We all know young people would never do that...

Not to make this a generational debate...but I’m gonna...

remember that the absolute youngest of Gen X is past 40 now....

and the dynamics of Discipline, spending and society roles is Vastly different if you’re younger than that.

I think anything you tell “young people” to do that isn’t fun or frivolous was likely to fail. We’re reaping what we have sown

 

[BlindChow]

You're assuming people are honest in answering them. The only way to really keep cases out is only allow patients in.

Ha, your whole "Tell people if they get the vaccine they can go back to normal!" plan to reduce vaccine hesitancy is based around assuming people are honest!

So you actually acknowledge people will lie to circumvent rules...but think somehow they wouldn't lie about being vaccinated if they wanted to go out in public without a mask?

Has anyone else noticed the ones repeatedly (and tiresomely) banging the "Get the vaccine, and you can stop wearing a mask!" drum as the solution to vaccine hesitancy are the exact same ones who were against mitigation measures in the first place?

 

[GaBoy]

Ha, your whole "Tell people if they get the vaccine they can go back to normal!" plan to reduce vaccine hesitancy is based around assuming people are honest!

So you actually acknowledge people will lie to circumvent rules...but think somehow they wouldn't lie about being vaccinated if they wanted to go out in public without a mask?

Has anyone else noticed the ones repeatedly (and tiresomely) banging the "Get the vaccine, and you can stop wearing a mask!" drum as the solution to vaccine hesitancy are the exact same ones who were against mitigation measures in the first place?

My opinion only...who cares if they lie to stop wearing a mask. Once EVERYONE has access and time to be fully vaccinated, those left have made the choice to build antibodies through contraction, and they will, just like the flu. You will eventually be exposed.. if not this year then somewhere down the road. Thats up to them but the vaccinated will be largely safe from severe issues. If they lie and get sick it's their choice. I decided that I had a better shot at surviving the vaccine.

 

[Tom P.]

My opinion only...who cares if they lie to stop wearing a mask. Once EVERYONE has access and time to be fully vaccinated, those left have made the choice to build antibodies through contraction, and they will, just like the flu. You will eventually be exposed.. if not this year then somewhere down the road. Thats up to them but the vaccinated will be largely safe from severe issues. If they lie and get sick it's their choice. I decided that I had a better shot at surviving the vaccine.

On that note, tomorrow is the "deadline" that Biden most recently set for all states to have vaccine eligibility opened to everyone. Do we know if that is going to be met?

 

[correcaminos]

If younger people haven't graduated college, I don't think their methods of getting reliable information are any better than the older generation. However, the younger generation going to college now, are probably the most advanced at finding reliable and sourceful information on the internet, which older people may not be able to find if they don't know about sites like jstor and how to change google to google scholarly and little stuff like that...

However, the older generation is better at reading physical books, so that's not to say they don't have their resources (and, again, it's typically the college graduates who know how to research correctly).

I agree with your bottom half.

We can agree to disagree. I don't think the age you are talking about is better. They are trying to teach kids how to be better and discerning of facts, but that's newer from what I've seen among friends (40s here so range of kids we talk about) My 13yo is being taught in life skills and language arts. My friends kids in late HS to college were not.

Guess who is teaching these kids too? Adults. So that's why I don't think one is better than another. I've seen stupidity at all levels. Personalities have more to do with fact hunting than age. I've seen on this forum and across friends chatting how late HS kids to college are just as likely to believe drivel about vaccines as their parents ages. I don't feel I have the right to share personal stories but there are many out there who believe incorrect info and do not care to find right.

 

[Incomudro]

Don't forget the most important thing is to wear a mask because if everyone just wore a mask we would have been back to normal six months ago like Australia and New Zealand. Never mind the 87 differences between Australia and New Zealand and most of the rest of the world.

Even if you take all three vaccines in separate courses three months apart you should continue to wear a mask. In fact, you should wear three.

Defeating COVID is so simple.

And wear one alone sitting near absolutely no one, like The Queen of England.

 

[HarperRose]

My opinion only...who cares if they lie to stop wearing a mask. Once EVERYONE has access and time to be fully vaccinated, those left have made the choice to build antibodies through contraction, and they will, just like the flu. You will eventually be exposed.. if not this year then somewhere down the road. Thats up to them but the vaccinated will be largely safe from severe issues. If they lie and get sick it's their choice. I decided that I had a better shot at surviving the vaccine.

Well, the flaw in your logic is the idiots that refuse to get vaccinated allow the virus to continually mutate, which makes vaccinations ineffective. Then we're back to where we were in March of 2020...

 

[correcaminos]

Not to make this a generational debate...but I’m gonna...

remember that the absolute youngest of Gen X is past 40 now....

and the dynamics of Discipline, spending and society roles is Vastly different if you’re younger than that.

I think anything you tell “young people” to do that isn’t fun or frivolous was likely to fail. We’re reaping what we have sown

Was going to make comments about GenX raising kids differently but like most GenXers I really don't care enough to say much. Only thing we do want is to make sure our GenZ kids are nothing like those silly Millenials. We'd shoot them all if they turned out that way. Just too much work to deal with....

 

[correcaminos]

My opinion only...who cares if they lie to stop wearing a mask. Once EVERYONE has access and time to be fully vaccinated, those left have made the choice to build antibodies through contraction, and they will, just like the flu. You will eventually be exposed.. if not this year then somewhere down the road. Thats up to them but the vaccinated will be largely safe from severe issues. If they lie and get sick it's their choice. I decided that I had a better shot at surviving the vaccine.

There are some who cannot take the vaccine or do not make antibodies. Those people I still care about. Your argument leaves them at risk.

 

[HarperRose]

Was going to make comments about GenX raising kids differently but like most GenXers I really don't care enough to say much. Only thing we do want is to make sure our GenZ kids are nothing like those silly Millenials. We'd shoot them all if they turned out that way. Just too much work to deal with....

Gen Xer's have Millenials as kids, too.

 

[correcaminos]

Gen Xer's have Millenials as kids, too.

Going to guess you aren't a GenX to get the joke?

Yes some early ones are, but it was a joke about our personality. We really are made for this pandemic

 

[LittleBuford]

Many recent posts in this thread have expressed indifference at the prospect of large numbers of people remaining unvaccinated, taking the position that it’s their problem and that those of us who’ve received our shots can just go about our lives unaffected. As I understand things, however, the more scope the virus has to continue circulating, the likelier it is that vaccine-resistant variants will emerge. This is why it’s short-sighted to downplay the seriousness of vaccine hesitancy, which ultimately threatens us all.

This thread used to be grounded (with conspicuous exceptions) in the scientific consensus. That seems to have changed in recent weeks, which has been disappointing to see.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Many recent posts in this thread have expressed indifference at the prospect of large numbers of people remaining unvaccinated, taking the position that it’s their problem and that those of us who’ve received our shots can just go about our lives unaffected. As I understand things, however, the more scope the virus has to continue circulating, the likelier it is that vaccine-resistant variants will emerge. This is why it’s short-sighted to downplay the seriousness of vaccine hesitancy, which ultimately threatens us all.

This thread used to be grounded (with conspicuous exceptions) in the scientific consensus. That seems to have changed in recent weeks, which has been disappointing to see.

I'm right there with you.

 

[HarperRose]

Going to guess you aren't a GenX to get the joke?

Yes some early ones are, but it was a joke about our personality. We really are made for this pandemic

Sure am, born in '74.

 

[correcaminos]

Sure am, born in '74.

Then hopefully you get the joke. Or gonna guess your parents were Boomers which also can happen to some poor GenX people

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Was going to make comments about GenX raising kids differently but like most GenXers I really don't care enough to say much. Only thing we do want is to make sure our GenZ kids are nothing like those silly Millenials. We'd shoot them all if they turned out that way. Just too much work to deal with....

I’ve said this many times...

but there is a stark contrast to outlook if you didn’t have the internet, on demand video, the ability to have a pony delivered to your door in less than 24 hours, 24 a day social media...you had to wait till Christmas for a toy

it’s not anyone’s “fault”...but the technology acceleration since around 1990 has really changed society in more ways than we are willing to admit.

im not saying I had it “hard”...I didn’t storm Utah beach...but my ability to instantly gratify myself was far less than those that Followed.

 

[Kevin_W]

I hadn't looked at worldwide data in a little while. What's going on in India the past few weeks is horrifying, wiping out any other worldwide gains. For their population and density, they seemed to have avoided the worst that places like the US/Brazil had, but it seems to be catching up now. On the semi-bright side, Brazil is at least seeing a slight downturn.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I hadn't looked at worldwide data in a little while. What's going on in India the past few weeks is horrifying, wiping out any other worldwide gains. For their population and density, they seemed to have avoided the worst that places like the US/Brazil had, but it seems to be catching up now. On the semi-bright side, Brazil is at least seeing a slight downturn.

Brazil is a hard fail...

and honestly...you can’t trust a word that government says. He’s that crazy.

Beijing looks “forthcoming” in comparison

 

[disneygeek90]

Sitting in CVS while I wait out my 15 mins after the second shot!

Celebrating by riding rise of the resistance in about an hour

 

[Chi84]

This thread used to be grounded (with conspicuous exceptions) in the scientific consensus. That seems to have changed in recent weeks, which has been disappointing to see.

I wonder what happened a couple of weeks ago to cause the downhill slide.