Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[sullyinMT]

Out of curiosity - has anyone yet received their free test kits from the US government? It's sure been a while and I haven't gotten mine yet.

We received ours maybe 2 weeks ago. My wife used a set in the days leading up to a recent trip to Tulsa when she was exhibiting symptoms of something. Negative x2.

 

[ArmoredRodent]

Out of curiosity - has anyone yet received their free test kits from the US government? It's sure been a while and I haven't gotten mine yet.

Ordered ours the day before the USPS official site was turned on (the site was up for testing), and they were in our mailbox less than a week later.

 

[G00fyDad]

Ordered mine weeks ago and they still have not arrived.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Ordered ours the day before the USPS official site was turned on (the site was up for testing), and they were in our mailbox less than a week later.

I ordered two on that day. One for myself, and one for a relative. The relative's arrived end of January. Mine is arriving this coming Friday. Mind you, I ordered mine first.

 

[AEfx]

Wow, watching history repeat itself is fascinating. Not fun, though, in this case. Sad as hell, actually.

"People are just OVER it!" > drop mitigations even though numbers are still astronomical > lack of mitigation gives virus a country club environment in which to fester and mutate > here we go again...

 

[Kevin_W]

Still waiting. I ordered on January 19. Three people that I work with ordered theirs the same day or within a day and got their test kits within a week.

And I suppose this is a good argument against government being involved in healthcare.

 

[G00fyDad]

And I suppose this is a good argument against government being involved in healthcare.

No. Not really.

 

[Heppenheimer]

And I suppose this is a good argument against government being involved in healthcare.

Hint- the government's already there to a very large degree and has been for several decades...

 

[DisneyCane]

Wow, watching history repeat itself is fascinating. Not fun, though, in this case. Sad as hell, actually.

"People are just OVER it!" > drop mitigations even though numbers are still astronomical > lack of mitigation gives virus a country club environment in which to fester and mutate > here we go again...

"The numbers" aren't astronomical anymore. Have you seen the latest curves?

What are we supposed to do, keep trying to "flatten the curve" in perpetuity? The virus which causes COVID will likely be around for the lifetime of anyone alive today. It is what it is and it will mutate whether we live like it is 2019 or like it is April 2020.

 

[correcaminos]

Wow, watching history repeat itself is fascinating. Not fun, though, in this case. Sad as hell, actually.

"People are just OVER it!" > drop mitigations even though numbers are still astronomical > lack of mitigation gives virus a country club environment in which to fester and mutate > here we go again...

Can I ask what this is in reference to specifically?

 

[Kevin_W]

Hint- the government's already there to a very large degree and has been for several decades...

Oh yes, my wife is in healthcare and my FIL was on Medicare and was in the hospital several times so I'm familiar.

 

[hopemax]

And I suppose this is a good argument against government being involved in healthcare.

Because the free market did such a bang up job making sure that we had affordable and available rapid testing in the event of a surge.

 

[Incomudro]

I also expect that the Queen has round the clock medical attention and access to all the cutting edge anti-virals the rest of us would have no luck accessing.

She's 95.
I'm safer without any of that than she is with it.

 

[EpcoTim]

Some articles are out to scare people. This one really is full of that.... read some quotes like this

"A lot of us were assuming that it was going to quickly take off in the United States just like it was doing in Europe and become the new dominant variant," says Nathan Grubaugh, an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.

So far that hasn't happened. Instead, BA.2 has slowly, but steadily spread even as the omicron surge continued to dissipate.

Denmark also was the ones who removed mitigations right at the height of omicron. Claiming it was the subtype of omicron is a guess. Plus if it caused a wave it was incredibly short lived and on the way down

The fear mongering over this on the radio today was kind of embarrassing. Lots of “this could be” and “we don’t know yet but this might…” and talk of how this spreads so fast that millions of Americans could land in the hospital seemingly all at once. No one wants to wait on the facts anymore, it’s stupid and a big part of the reason people are “over” all of it.

 

[correcaminos]

Some articles are out to scare people. This one really is full of that.... read some quotes like this

The fear mongering over this on the radio today was kind of embarrassing. Lots of “this could be” and “we don’t know yet but this might…” and talk of how this spreads so fast that millions of Americans could land in the hospital seemingly all at once. No one wants to wait on the facts anymore, it’s stupid and a big part of the reason people are “over” all of it.

I avoid news as a whole like that now for a reason. I'm usually a wait and see person. Looking at SA it might just slow the curve down. A few weeks ago Denmark's rises were blamed on mitigation so which is it? I really try to be level headed but this headline from NPR felt like click bait almost. What I read didn't match the headline. End result was no one knows half of what they worry about. About a month ago BA.2 was found in the US. We were told then not to worry. Looking globally I don't see why the shift really.

Before people jump I'm not a denier of any sort, I've always been middle road. This is no different.

 

[Trauma]

More contagious version of omicron spreads in U.S., fueling worries

The omicron BA.2 variant spreads about 30% more easily and has caused surges in other countries. Its steady increase in the U.S. raises questions about the wisdom of rolling back COVID restrictions.

www.npr.org

Well I suggest you isolate yourself from everyone else.

Can never be too careful.

 

[BuddyThomas]

Well I suggest you isolate yourself from everyone else.

Can never be too careful.

I’m not interested in your sarcastic suggestions but thanks for never disappointing!

 

[Touchdown]

It does not appear omicron B2 will cause much of anything in this country as it appears omicron v1.0 makes you immune to the sub varient. Not sure why everyone is stressing about this. Cases continue to plummet across the world in areas previously hit by omicron. Sometimes you need to sit back and enjoy the reprieve.

 

[Heppenheimer]

Well I suggest you isolate yourself from everyone else.

Can never be too careful.

Yes, because of course there simply is no middle ground between no mitigations and complete isolation and economic shut-down.

 

[danlb_2000]

Well I suggest you isolate yourself from everyone else.

Can never be too careful.

That has lots of benefits beyond Covid protection.