Angel Ariel
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I don’t know that VA would agree with them (said as someone who lives in VA now).
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Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion
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GhostHost1000
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I hope this is the breakthrough.
I’m still trying to figure out why we don’t hear more about things like this or the vaccine status.
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Better to watch with sound (dramatic music) off...
UNCgolf
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Well that's the thing; I think parts of Virginia would just like parts of NC would (I'm originally from NC and most of my family still lives there). It depends on the area. That's why they're in a kind of nebulous place.
It's also beyond just what the people themselves would say though. I'm drawing a blank on the proper term right now (and it's driving me crazy) but there's a lot of economic, demographic, etc. reasons that Virginia and NC are different than most of the other Southern states.
UNCgolf
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It's because it's probably not all that accurate. I think once they have good, solid information from a viable clinical study, you'll see a ton of reporting. There are such studies under way right now.
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Polynesia
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Could be. Each day I google covid 19 good news. Lots of good articles out there that don’t always line up with the doom and gloom media. Definitely worth looking up in these crazy days.
eliza61nyc
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LOL I like these guys. I'm just coming off a knee replacement surgery and been watching them like crazy
eliza61nyc
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It could also be timing. This thing is relatively new and still very fluid.
My local station has been trying to give praise reports.
Jlasoon
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Unless Disney reduces prices by a whopping 90% & we have a working vaccine this ain’t happening. You don’t just flip a switch & your economy turns back on. Sudden economic stops have consequences. I work in CFL, we have no economic models for this. And early numbers are catastrophic for the state & country.
many folks are unemployed right now, they just don’t know it yet.
many folks are unemployed right now, they just don’t know it yet.
MadMax11
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I have a trip scheduled for WDW from May 30 - June 5. At this point, if WDW opened during that timeframe...say June 1...I'm still not sure I'd be comfortable going there given the masses of people we'd be around. It's insane to think my family wouldn't be exposed to it there given the massive amount of people that visit there and the fact that you can be asymptomatic for so long but still be contagious.
MadMax11
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I agree. There is this notion that if we just tell people the orders are lifted that they'll go right back to what they were doing...but remember, massive private business interests were closing up shop long before there were orders shutting things down. They chose to take those steps before governments got involved, because they understood the virus sets the timeline...not us.
Josh Hendy
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With all due respect, that Twitter thread is a mess of political squabbling and name calling.
What follows is addressed to all the readers of this thread and not specifically to you DCBaker so please forgive me if parts of it sound snarky. Nothing personal is intended.
Virtually every media article about the drugs consists of about 10% facts from qualified experts, and 90% rehashed political squabbles disguised as "reasoned debate".
For now, the best information that is available on the malaria drugs as applied to Corona is contained in the most recent published study. The trial was not very large and it did not have a control group of patients who were not given the drugs. However the study was legitimate, led by a world-class microbiologist, and all of the criteria used for selecting patients and measuring outcomes is fully discussed.
If you want to know more you will have to read the actual report. You are extremely unlikely to find a fair, accurate and unbiased layman's summary anywhere, on any media site. I tried for 2 days and found nothing. The entire issue of these drugs has become poisoned by politicized media ON ALL SIDES.
My best advice: Read the study and try to understand and weigh what's actually in it, not what some media person tells you to think.
There are other, larger studies underway and informally these drugs are being very widely used. The published studies will be extremely helpful, the informal usage will only be useful as anecdotes which I suppose you could discuss with your doctor ...
MadMax11
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People understand we don't have cures for viruses, right? We might have treatments that reduce symptoms...and we can develop vaccines to help reduce the number of people that get them (provided people will get the vaccines, because they're voluntary and administered when you're healthy - we're likely months away from the development of a vaccine)....but there's no cure out there. As there's no cure for the common cold, which is a virus. We're not waiting on a cure..we're waiting primarily on a vaccine. An antiviral medication is great, and can help a lot in limiting the severity...but it's not a panacea to a viral outbreak.
JohnD
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You’ll be there for the “soft opening”.I’m only half kidding. They may want a limited crowd for CMs to get up to speed on social distancing so they really could open a week earlier than the official reservation date. If you get in we expect lots of pictures and a full report
I'll take the soft opening. I'm ready for a vacation. I should be driving to WDW tomorrow. But nope. Had to reschedule. Not a complaint. Just recognizing the reality of putting fighting this virus first.
Kevin_W
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Much of the preventative measure put in place have been so as not to overwhelm the # of available hospital beds/respirators. If you can reduce the severity so that fewer people are hospitalized or their stay is shorter, that greatly helps the problem.
Clamman73
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I’m trying to understand if this virus will mutate to a new form where we have to guess which strain to use each year for a vaccine like the regular flu vs measles virus where you get a vaccine and in general that’s good enough for a lifetime.
MadMax11
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Which would be awesome! I completely agree.
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