Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Vegas Disney Fan]

That's not true though. With so many countries talking about closing it's not even a little off the table and under this administration it would actually be enforced. Also until mandatory proof of vaccinations must to go anywhere is a must

A few “safe re-election” states may do it but the national forecast already looks tough for the House and Senate in 2022, this would seal their defeat.

We might see some capacity limits again, maybe 6 feet distancing again, but a 2020 shutdown would be political suicide, it won’t happen purely for political reasons.

 

[Touchdown]

I hope that people are being consistent with relying on their natural immunity mainly I hope that society hasn’t prevented them from:

1. Having unprotected sex with a partner known to have an STD, their immune system can handle it

2. Telling any surgeon to not follow aseptic technique, their immune system can handle it.

3. Not giving in to big pharma and taking antibiotics when they do get an infection, their immune system can handle it.

4. Picking up dirty needles with their bare hands at the park when doing community service, their immune system can handle it.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I hope that people are being consistent with relying on their natural immunity mainly I hope that society hasn’t prevented them from:

1. Having unprotected sex with a partner known to have an STD, their immune system can handle it

2. Telling any surgeon to not follow aseptic technique, their immune system can handle it.

3. Not giving in to big pharma and taking antibiotics when they do get an infection, their immune system can handle it.

4. Picking up dirty needles with their bare hands at the park when doing community service, their immune system can handle it.

5. Any sort of modern medicine or scientific intervention. Immune system can totally handle it.

We probably don’t even need nurses or doctors. Immune systems got it.

 

[DCBaker]

 

[DisneyCane]

A few “safe re-election” states may do it but the national forecast already looks tough for the House and Senate in 2022, this would seal their defeat.

We might see some capacity limits again, maybe 6 feet distancing again, but a 2020 shutdown would be political suicide, it won’t happen purely for political reasons.

Forget about political suicide (which it would be), I think that there would be a violent revolt against a March/April 2020 style "lockdown" in the US.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Forget about political suicide (which it would be), I think that there would be a violent revolt against a March/April 2020 style "lockdown" in the US.

Violent no, but there would not be a positive nor cooperative behavior from the public if attempts are made to implement draconian measures.

 

[JoeCamel]

Now you know it is serious. Like Waffle House closing this is a turning point

 

[Touchdown]

Forget about political suicide (which it would be), I think that there would be a violent revolt against a March/April 2020 style "lockdown" in the US.

It will be too late but come a few weeks from now if things progress as expected, people will do it willingly.

 

[jlhwdw]

My prediction is Disney, Universal, and the US theme parks will be closed again by January 10.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I am very surprised by this announcement. Universal seems like they were done with doing anything.

 

[Andrew C]

My prediction is Disney, Universal, and the US theme parks will be closed again by January 10.

Kinda weird considering they expect omicron to peak before the end of January. If not sooner.

 

[mmascari]

Forget about political suicide (which it would be), I think that there would be a violent revolt against a March/April 2020 style "lockdown" in the US.

I'm not sure about that, mostly because I doubt anyone would listen. It would be like announcing that everyone should clap once and turn in a circle before leaving the house. Nobody would do it, and they would be less likely to listen to anything else too.

Nobody is going to announce a lockdown of any type anyway. It's a blunt tool to buy time. We don't need to buy time for anything anymore, we need to use the time we've already got. At least in the US.

For every mandate that's been set or not set for most of the pandemic stuff (mostly masks, but some other distance or closing) how much enforcement of them was actually going on? I mean, people did them but that's because they followed along not because of some enforcement. Certainly not large amounts of enforcement required.

Was anyone (or more than a few) actually fined or jailed or whatever by the government for not wearing a mask? Lots of dirty looks or asked to leave businesses, but that's not really enforcement. Unless someone pressed the issue with a business and became unruly. But, the enforcement came after the unruly behavior.

For instance, all the airplane stories we've seen. They always seem to be about a fight not just someone sitting there. They always seem to play out as person not wearing a mask, flight crew requests they mask, they refuse, flight crew requests again and adds some leverage like they will not leave the gate or will deplane them, person starts a fight, police deal with them for fighting. If someone just sat quietly in their seat after takeoff and removed their mask then using supreme self control ignored everything in a zen state. They might still be asked to leave, but it would certainly be a harder call by the flight crew. I'm certainly not advocating that, and I don't think anyone could be that zen. The flight crew would clearly keep asking them, and anyone unwilling to just wear it isn't likely to be the zen type.

 

[jlhwdw]

Kinda weird considering they expect omicron to peak before the end of January. If not sooner.

I think no matter how bad it gets there is no way at all to close down during the holiday peak season.

If this was any other time of year, I truly believe a 2-3 week closure would be ramping up to happen right now.

 

[mmascari]

My prediction is Disney, Universal, and the US theme parks will be closed again by January 10.

I doubt it. Our ability to just keep going is quite large.

There's only 2 reasons a theme park will close now:

1. The pandemic hits enough staff that they cannot run the park and the company shuts it down.
2. There's massive overwhelming death.

For the first, there's lots of scaling back before shutdown. For the second, our collective ability to normalize and accept a very large number will prevent it. If this happens it'll need to be unimaginably bad.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think no matter how bad it gets there is no way at all to close down during the holiday peak season.

If this was any other time of year, I truly believe a 2-3 week closure would be ramping up to happen right now.

What?

Just about nothing is closed.

Get worried when schools close.

 

[DCBaker]

The updated guidelines are now up on the website for Universal Orlando -

 

[correcaminos]

I think no matter how bad it gets there is no way at all to close down during the holiday peak season.

If this was any other time of year, I truly believe a 2-3 week closure would be ramping up to happen right now.

Doubt it. Delta did nothing to slow the reopening. Just announced booking for All-Stars starting today.

 

[drizgirl]

My prediction is Disney, Universal, and the US theme parks will be closed again by January 10.

Maybe they heard you asking about it here for a while.

 

[Parker in NYC]

My prediction is Disney, Universal, and the US theme parks will be closed again by January 10.

No. If they do, I’ll forgive all my trespasses in this thread. (Magic 8 ball says… nah).

 

[Joesixtoe]

I hope that people are being consistent with relying on their natural immunity mainly I hope that society hasn’t prevented them from:

1. Having unprotected sex with a partner known to have an STD, their immune system can handle it

2. Telling any surgeon to not follow aseptic technique, their immune system can handle it.

3. Not giving in to big pharma and taking antibiotics when they do get an infection, their immune system can handle it.

4. Picking up dirty needles with their bare hands at the park when doing community service, their immune system can handle it.

To bad when it comes to covid your statistics backs up natural immunity. Not only that but natural immunity covers more than just certain aspects of the spike protein, unlike with the vaccines if a covid varrient changes to much then it will render the original vaccines ineffective. This has been the case with the evolution from the original strand for which the vaccines were created for to then Delta for which the vaccines didn't protect as much and now for Omicron it will protect even to a lesser extent.