I would imagine we may be looking at March/April before the mask mandate might be removed at WDW. Disney has been hesitant to significantly relax restrictions again and with Omicron, you can pretty much guarantee they will not be relaxing the mask mandate any time soon. Like it/agree with it or not, they appear to be sticking to CDC/White House guidance.
Spring 2022 I guess.
Again, CDC/White House guidance will MIGHT be lifted for good by Spring 2022 if things will be under control. CDC/White House guidance will lift mask mandate for trains, buses and planes for good as Spring 2022 comes if the variants will be less severe.
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It was never really in the low category. The data was all messed up over Thanksgiving weekend. The map showed low but if you clicked on it the data showed 0 cases in the seven day period which was obviously not correct.
Yes it did. For a short while, almost all of Florida and a lot of other places, especially in the Southeast, were showing 'blue' on the CDC's map.
Yes, the map was blue, but the data was messed up from the holiday. The reality on the ground was unlikely to actually be blue.
So the pandemic will MOST likely to be longer?
I think we have different definitions of minimal. Especially compared to the cost vs benefit of a particular mitigation.
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See the post by @mmascari the data was not valid when the map showed low spread. It is impossible that there were zero cases for a week in any county, let alone one that had over 40 per 100k just prior.
My stylist still have spaced clients and reduced chairs in use. My church still has distanced seating. Schools still have strict rules on eating lunch. Distancing during concerts. Not much else I see. But masks almost everywhere which I'm sure some think is oppressive.I think we have different definitions of minimal. Especially compared to the cost vs benefit of a particular mitigation.
Missouri health department found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findings public
Jurisdictions with mask mandates averaged 15.8 cases per day for every 100,000 residents, compared to 21.7 in unmasked communities.
An over 5 point swing seems larger than minimal. When spread is higher, that swing translates to a huge raw number. If spread was low enough, say already under 8/100K, it may not have the same impact and actually be minimal.
Beyond masking, is anyone really doing any other mitigations anymore? Maybe a little distance in restaurants. But, I have noticed anything else still ongoing, and nothing is closed at all, at least where I am.
There was a lot of patchwork updates throughout the country. Some messed up for 1 day, some 2, some 3 or 4. I suspect it was very regional and county specific. We know the FL numbers update and change for at least the last 4 weeks in the past all the time. Sometimes up, sometimes down. An extra holiday disruption doesn't sound far fetched.
"Pfizer on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral Covid-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients, and recent lab data suggests the drug retains its effectiveness against the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The U.S. drugmaker last month said the oral medicine was around 89% effective in preventing hospitalizations or deaths when compared to placebo based on interim results in around 1,200 people. The data disclosed on Tuesday includes an additional 1,000 people.
Nobody in the trial who received the Pfizer treatment died, compared with 12 deaths among placebo recipients.
The Pfizer pills are taken with the older antiviral ritonavir every 12 hours for five days beginning shortly after onset of symptoms. If authorized, the treatment will be sold as Paxlovid.
Pfizer also released early data from a second clinical trial showing that the treatment reduced hospitalizations by around 70% in around 600 standard-risk adults."
"Dolsten said he expects authorization for use in high-risk individuals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory agencies soon. He does not believe an FDA advisory panel meeting will be needed."
Pfizer says Covid-19 pill near 90% effective in final analysis
Pfizer said final analysis of its antiviral Covid-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients.
Here's a link to the Pfizer press release -
Pfizer Announces Additional Phase 2/3 Study Results Confirming Robust Efficacy of Novel COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatment Candidate in Reducing Risk of Hospitalization or Death | Pfizer
Final data available from all high-risk patients enrolled in EPIC-HR study (n= 2,246) confirmed prior results of interim analysis showing PAXLOVID™ (nirmatrelvir [PF-07321332] tablets and ritonavir tablets) reduced risk of hospitalization or death by 89% (within three days of symptom onset) and...
Frankly, from day one I never trusted the case numbers in either direction. I think case numbers are worthless.
Hospitals are still overloaded in many areas.
I think we have different definitions of minimal. Especially compared to the cost vs benefit of a particular mitigation.
Missouri health department found mask mandates work, but didn’t make findings public
Jurisdictions with mask mandates averaged 15.8 cases per day for every 100,000 residents, compared to 21.7 in unmasked communities.
An over 5 point swing seems larger than minimal. When spread is higher, that swing translates to a huge raw number. If spread was low enough, say already under 8/100K, it may not have the same impact and actually be minimal.
Beyond masking, is anyone really doing any other mitigations anymore? Maybe a little distance in restaurants. But, I have noticed anything else still ongoing, and nothing is closed at all, at least where I am.
I don't want this even longer for pandemic as major variants will getting worse. I don't want this happen now. I'm scared about new strains in the future. Mask mandate for trains, buses and planes WILL be more LONGER for YEARS! NOOOOOOO!!!
