Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[JohnD]

Australia joins Canada in pulling out of the Olympics.

Canada, Australia will not send athletes to Olympics because of coronavirus

"This is not solely about athlete health — this is about public health," the Canadian Olympic Committee said.

www.nbcnews.com

It's not just that. Athletes everywhere can't train so wouldn't have the appropriate physical conditioning if the Olympics were to go on as scheduled.

 

[The Mom]

We are still awaiting clarification on if we are allowed to continue to stay open.

This is Purgatory.

Does your company supply an essential service needed for day to day life as people shelter in place? If yes, they should stay open. If no, they should close any personal contact and work remotely, if possible.

Companies not being able to answer that simple question is the reason why many areas have mandated closings to answer for businesses.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

A little funny to start the day off.

 

[xdan0920]

Does your company supply an essential service needed for day to day life as people shelter in place? If yes, they should stay open. If no, they should close any personal contact and work remotely, if possible.

Companies not being able to answer that simple question is the reason why many areas have mandated closings to answer for businesses.

The flower shop across the street from my Gas Station is still open. Despite the order to close. Same goes for the body shop up the block.

 

[DisneyDebRob]

By the way, some great news out of Disney. Yeehaw Bob did a online show last night that you can find. Was fantastic seeing this man give fans some fun. Tried to link to the show and it’s not working here so if someone else can, thank you!

 

[GoofGoof]

The flower shop across the street from my Gas Station is still open. Despite the order to close. Same goes for the body shop up the block.

Flowers is a hard no. In PA auto repair is not closed. If you are a doctor, nurse or cashier at the grocery store you need a working car so I guess they gave them an exemption.

 

[trainplane3]

A little funny to start the day off.

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Day pajamas are optional for me.
Night pajamas are too.


Really gotta make sure that webcam is angled right at your face and that you don't stand up.
Also:

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Does your company supply an essential service needed for day to day life as people shelter in place? If yes, they should stay open. If no, they should close any personal contact and work remotely, if possible.

Companies not being able to answer that simple question is the reason why many areas have mandated closings to answer for businesses.

In my state businesses can stay open, they just have to offer delivery, take out, etc.

My governor has said the economic impact has to be considered.... wow he has a brain!

 

[DCBaker]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will announce a statewide stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the coronavirus, with an exemption for certain workers, a government official told The Associated Press on Monday.

Michigan residents ordered to stay at home to slow COVID-19 spread

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is ordering Michigan residents to stay home for at least three weeks to slow the spread of coronavirus.

www.woodtv.com

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Day 1 of still going to work and DD11 Elearning. She realized her awesome new phone is also the enemy that is waking her up at 7:30am to get dressed for the day now. It suddenly only takes her 15 minutes to get dressed and hair brushed before free time until 9am vs 45 minutes

Yep...my oldest is the same way. Sets his alarm super early so he can get some computer time in before school. I allow it because now there's no nagging and he's very rarely late. The only rule is that he must be ready to walk out the door before he gets on the computer.

The flower shop across the street from my Gas Station is still open. Despite the order to close. Same goes for the body shop up the block.

Flowers is a hard no. In PA auto repair is not closed. If you are a doctor, nurse or cashier at the grocery store you need a working car so I guess they gave them an exemption.

In Delaware, auto repair is considered essential (my friend and her husband own a shop). I would assume auto body would be as well.

 

[seascape]

There won't be an over crowding problem. Who knows when international air travel will return...Even if the US magically erased all the cirus cases today you would still expect international flights to be canceled until it was wiped out everywhere else or you would just be starting it all over again here.

Then factor in the number of people that will be money conscious and a crowded park isn't likely even if they dropped the prices 10%.

The overcrowding part was more tongue in cheek joke. I am hoping the parks aurvive 30% unemployment. The price being paid by yhe economy and young people is insane. I have to be careful to leave politics out of this but it's hard. We need to hope that Universal and Disney parks survive. Expansion or even keeping all the rides and attractions we had are gone.

 

[21stamps]

Does your company supply an essential service needed for day to day life as people shelter in place? If yes, they should stay open. If no, they should close any personal contact and work remotely, if possible.

Companies not being able to answer that simple question is the reason why many areas have mandated closings to answer for businesses.

We just got word. We will continue to operate, but with modifications.

 

[Parker in NYC]

We just got word. We will continue to operate, but with modifications.

Consider yourself extremely lucky. Every day I'm employed and able to work is a day I don't take for granted.

 

[DCBaker]

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Companies not being able to answer that simple question is the reason why many areas have mandated closings to answer for businesses.

Local government is not making it easy. Here is the order from Broward County. Section 3 defines what constitutes an "essential" business. It actually makes it more confusing.

https://www.broward.org/CoronaVirus/Documents/BerthaHenryExecutiveOrder20-01.pdf

 

[21stamps]

Consider yourself extremely lucky. Every day I'm employed and able to work is a day I don't take for granted.

I do. I’ve been stressing since around 2 PM yesterday. My mind is bouncing all over the place, because on one side, The shut down would make it easier for me to be able to help my kid with this homeschooling and all of his projects and google classroom and zoom etc. On the other side, us closing would result in so many layoffs, and I don’t want to see that happen. There are many people in my company in different positions who would not be able to survive a shut down, they may not even be able to survive how it is right now, but I want them to be able to make that choice. Reduced income is better than none. We are still allowing anyone who wants to take time off to be able to do so.

 

[The Mom]

Local government is not making it easy. Here is the order from Broward County. Section 3 defines what constitutes an "essential" business. It actually makes it more confusing.

https://www.broward.org/CoronaVirus/Documents/BerthaHenryExecutiveOrder20-01.pdf

Typical legalese - muddying the waters by trying to cover every contingency - thereby leaving a ton of wiggle room.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Question...what, exactly, does shelter in place mean? I know what it means for school kids during normal circumstances, but that's about the extent.

 

[DCBaker]

An interesting note on the loss of sense of smell/taste.

Lost Sense of Smell May Be Peculiar Clue to Coronavirus Infection (Published 2020)

Doctor groups are recommending testing and isolation for people who lose their ability to smell and taste, even if they have no other symptoms.

www.nytimes.com

@MansionButler84 @durangojim - have you noticed that at all?

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Typical legalese - muddying the waters by trying to cover every contingency - thereby leaving a ton of wiggle room.

Exactly. Every business by reading that could make a rationalization "Hey, we're essential"