Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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correcaminos

correcaminos

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JoeCamel said:
They had themed napkins and I don't know if WDW did it but Universal had themed butter pats. I wouldn't put it past the old guard getting soap.
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Lots of things used to be far more specific like that. I have no idea about butter as I rarely eat things at Disney that required that. The soap though - nah saw it everywhere. Dang I loved that soap. Can't say the same about MGM/DHS though it was much better when it had Walter Croncat
 
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DisneyCane

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TehPuddingMan said:
How does Florida drop in cases but goes up from moderate to substantial?
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The CDC includes non-resident cases. Apparently there were enough during the week to bump the rate per 100k for seven days up by a fraction. It was at 49 point something and went up to 50 today. It has to be below 50 to be moderate. It will likely bump back to moderate by Monday.
 
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DisneyFan32

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The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations across the U.S. and fueling disruptive outbreaks, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter.

While trends are improving in Florida, Texas and other Southern states that bore the worst of the summer surge, it's clear that delta isn't done with the United States.

COVID-19 is moving north and west for the winter as people head indoors, close their windows and breathe stagnant air.

"We're going to see a lot of outbreaks in unvaccinated people that will result in serious illness, and it will be tragic," said Dr. Donald Milton, of the University of Maryland School of Public Health.

In recent days, a Vermont college suspended social gatherings after a spike in cases tied to Halloween parties. Boston officials shut down an elementary school to control an outbreak. Hospitals in New Mexico and Colorado are overwhelmed.

In Michigan, the three-county metro Detroit area is again becoming a hot spot for transmissions, with one hospital system reporting nearly 400 COVID-19 patients. Mask-wearing in Michigan has declined to about 25% of people, according to a combination of surveys tracked by an influential modeling group at the University of Washington.

Here are more of today's COVID-19 headlines:​

Johnson & Johnson to split into two companies

Johnson & Johnson, which makes one of three COVID-19 vaccines currently approved for use in the United States, is splitting into two companies. The move separates the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine from its medical device and prescription drug business. The company said Friday the move will help improve the focus and speed of each company to address trends in their different industries. The company selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep Johnson & Johnson as its name, the company said Friday. A name was not disclosed for the new company.

Morristown High School goes to virtual learning

Morristown High School announced that they experienced at least 10 positive cases of COVID among students and staff. So, due to the direction of the local health department, Morristown High School will be closed to in-person learning until Monday, November 22, 2021.

COVID at-home test recalled

The FDA is elevating the seriousness of its recall for some at-home COVID-19 tests. Officials say 2.2 million Ellume tests are now being recalled because of the risk of false positives. The FDA is making it a class one recall, the most serious type. The agency has received dozens of reports of false positives, which could lead to a person wrongly receiving COVID-19 treatments.

2nd Queens school closes to in-person education amid outbreak

Another Queens school is temporarily closed by coronavirus transmission in the building, the second this week. Village Academy in Far Rockaway will close today through Nov. 20. Students will return to the school on Nov. 22. The school reported 14 cases among students over the past week and two among staff, according to state data. Nine partial classroom closures at the middle school, which shares a building with other schools. Earlier this week, P.S. 166Q, the Henry Gradstein School, also in Queens went fully remote.

Austria's chancellor threatens lockdown for unvaccinated people as COVID cases soar

Austria's chancellor stepped up threats of lockdown measures for unvaccinated people, as new coronavirus cases in the Alpine nation are soaring. The country's worst-affected province said it plans to take that step next week. Austria has taken a series of measures in recent weeks in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 and encourage more people to get vaccinated. On Monday, new rules took effect barring unvaccinated people who haven't recovered from an infection from restaurants, hotels, hairdressing salons and large public events.

Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said late last month that unvaccinated people in Austria could face new lockdown restrictions if infection numbers continue to rise - which they have. On Thursday, official figures showed 760.6 reported new cases per 100,000 residents over the previous seven days - a rate three times that of neighboring Germany, where record numbers also are causing alarm.

Suffolk County offering free vaccines to kids

The Suffolk County Health Department is administering free COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 to 11. Vaccines will be administered at the H. Lee Dennison Building located at 100 Veterans Memorial Highway in Hauppauge on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. On Thursday, November 11, the vaccine clinic will operate from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who must complete the New York State COVID-19 Vaccine Form for the first dose and attest that they are eligible to be vaccinated.

"I am beyond pleased that the CDC has recommended that children ages 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19," Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said. "As a father, I am encouraging all parents who may have questions to talk with their pediatrician or a trusted healthcare provider about the importance of getting their children vaccinated. This vaccine saves lives and it could save the life of your child."

While appointments are not required, they are strongly encouraged. Walk-ins will be available on a first come, first served basis. For more information on the county's vaccine efforts, or to schedule an appointment call 311 or visit SuffolkCountyNY.gov/vaccine.
 
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DisneyFan32

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COVID-19 cases are rising in a number of U.S. states ahead of the holiday season, and itā€™s prompting warnings of a coming winter wave, as health care officials point to rising cases in Europe as a sign of whatā€™s to come in the United States.

ā€œSadly, I do think that we're at the beginning of a wave,ā€ said Dr. Taison Bell, assistant professor of medicine in the divisions of Infectious Diseases and International Health and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Virginia, on Yahoo Finance Live. ā€œUnfortunately what we're seeing are cases rising in Europe, driven by areas that are unvaccinated. We tend to run behind them by a few weeks.ā€

Europe accounted for more than 60% of new COVID-19 cases reported worldwide during the first week of November, totaling 1.95 million, according to data from the World Health Organization, while the U.S. made up nearly a quarter of the infections.


Northeast, Midwest and Western states account for the majority of the jump in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as more people gather inside due to colder temperatures. Cases in Vermont, Minnesota and New Hampshire, for example, are up more than 50% in the past two weeks. Colorado, which has seen cases climb about 30% in the past 14 days, is reporting an influx of COVID-19 hospitalizations, prompting Colorado Governor Jared Polis to activate the stateā€™s Crisis Standards of Care plan to help hospital systems address staffing issues and manage patients.

ā€œThis is not where we wanted to be going into the winter,ā€ Bell added. ā€œThe problem is in these areas last year that had surges in the Midwest and Mountain West, cases started to go down because a lot of people started to develop natural immunity, which is not as good as getting vaccinated and wanes over time.ā€

Nearly 80% of the more than 1,400 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Colorado are unvaccinated, according to data presented by state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy, who cautioned hospitalizations could surge through the holidays to record levels by Jan. 1.


But health officials say thereā€™s an important distinction to make between last year and this year ā€” and thatā€™s access to vaccines. Vaccinations have proven to be highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, so higher COVID-19 cases counts wonā€™t necessarily result in a record number of hospitalizations in areas with high vaccination rates.

ā€œThe thing about this year compared to last year is that we have ready access to vaccines, so there's going to be a highly regional component to this,ā€ Bell said. ā€œIn households that are highly vaccinated, Christmas could potentially look very different ā€” less restrictions because people are safe and protected. Areas with low levels of vaccination, I think we're still going to have problems with surges in hospitals.ā€
 
Timmay

Timmay

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Heppenheimer said:
Here's another somewhat predictable side-effect of the pandemic. We now have a national shortage of in-patient nurses. Going on two years of high-intensity work, seeing the same avoidable consequences of this disease over and over again, many nurses have called it quits and gone on to work in greener pastures. This could be working in the outpatient setting, administration, academia, or the very financially lucrative "traveling nurse" position. I can't say I blame them. If I was still working on the in-patient side, I probably would have burned out too.

This is currently having severe consequences all across the country, because the number of available nurses at any one given time largely determines hospital capacity. The COVID numbers right now in the US aren't great, but not catastrophic either, but the stresses of the pandemic have now reduced what little resiliency existed in the health care system even further. Just about all of the hospitals in my state and the larger region are swamped right now for this very reason.
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ā€œStressā€ of the pandemic is hardly the single reason for staff reductions in healthcare facilities. It is factually multifaceted

Ascension, the largest healthcare provider in the US, is having major issues with both mandates and high-up leadership behavior. Ascension Indiana has had large walkouts directly due to a regional directors comments at an associate open forum.
 
Heppenheimer

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Timmay said:
ā€œStressā€ of the pandemic is hardly the single reason for staff reductions in healthcare facilities. It is factually multifaceted

Ascension, the largest healthcare provider in the US, is having major issues with both mandates and high-up leadership behavior. Ascension Indiana has had large walkouts directly due to a regional directors comments at an associate open forum.
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However, in our region, "stress" (or, "I didn't sign up for this") and "better paying jobs elsewhere" are two most common reasons cited why nurses have quit their in-patient positions. There never will be a single reason for any complex situation, but these two factors seem to be the biggest ones in the northern New England region where I practice.
 
Nubs70

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Heppenheimer said:
However, in our region, "stress" (or, "I didn't sign up for this") and "better paying jobs elsewhere" are two most common reasons cited why nurses have quit their in-patient positions. There never will be a single reason for any complex situation, but these two factors seem to be the biggest ones in the northern New England region where I practice.
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At my wife's hospital, 5 OR nurses left to travel nurse for about $200/hr lodging and expenses included.
 
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Lilofan

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Heppenheimer said:
However, in our region, "stress" (or, "I didn't sign up for this") and "better paying jobs elsewhere" are two most common reasons cited why nurses have quit their in-patient positions. There never will be a single reason for any complex situation, but these two factors seem to be the biggest ones in the northern New England region where I practice.
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Last year my cousin who is an RN in New Orleans, peers left for several months and relocated to NYC to work in Covid wards for an offer they could not refuse to include board and lodging further creating labor shortages in LA.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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DisneyCane said:
Do you have links to the recent studies you are referring to? I'm not trying to argue like we usually do. I'd genuinely like to read them.
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Like youā€¦Iā€™m not a medical researcher or doctorā€¦so neither you nor I need to produce the data.

it was on the news a couple weeks ago, MAGā€¦the actual, real news šŸ‘šŸ»
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

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Vegas Disney Fan said:
At least this is positiveā€¦ ā€œhospitalisations and deaths are much lower than a year agoā€.

It seems vaccinations, at least at current levels, arenā€™t going to stop this thing but itā€™s very encouraging to see they are still very affective against hospitalizations and death.
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Still not sure how ā€œpositiveā€ that is?ā€¦I guess some?

but this brings us back to ā€œground zeroā€
Around hereā€¦
Is leisure travel really a good idea yet? I meanā€¦is it?
 
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