From what I’ve read herd immunity would require between 40% and 60% of the population so we would need about 160M+ people to be infected and become immune before the virus would die out. Confirmed cases are only 137K in US now but that will grow and many infected people are never tested.
John Hopkins estimates anywhere between 50,000-500,000 people were already infected before this was brought to light and testing started. Still along way from your 160M. Thanks for the information
If the 500,000 is correct and that grows exponentially the actual infected could be in the tens of millions by June 1 with most never knowing they had it. I still think we won’t reach herd immunity until there is a vaccine.
Lots of logistics and training for CMs. There are going to be some physical changes like temporary queues to replace indoor queue space and changing the amount and location of tables in restaurants. That shouldn’t take long to implement but the CM training could be a few weeks depending on how extreme the new social distancing processes are.
I can imagine the new safety procedures in the resorts ... mousekeeping in full PPE as they clean rooms, corridors, restrooms and lobbies (after all studies show virus can maintain for 72 hours on surfaces); dito wait staff in restaurants and retail staff in shops; the CM who turns up every day to collect trash and check you aren't loaded up with assault rifles in your room insisting that he/she checks the temperature of every guest in the room before entering; not riding the monorail or buses without a temp check; social distancing on boats, buses, monorails, skyliner enforced and reducing transit capacity by 70%; cashless only sales at all outlets...the list could go on, before you even consider the impact in the parks.
So it could take a month to prep?
I don’t really know for sure. Just my guess. I’m assuming work is going on right now at the management level to come up with policies and procedures. I would think a few weeks at least for training. I am also assuming the rides are being maintained during the down time. If everything is left untouched it could take quite a while to ramp up rides and test everything. I assume that a Skelton crew is still working on maintenance and upkeep.
Maybe they should let all of the Vloggers and Bloggers in on June 1st. Then isolate them for a couple of weeks to see if any become infected before opening the parks to everyone else....
I am suppose to go out west at the end of May. Northern Nevada and Idaho for vacation. Some of the things you mentioned have gone through my mind.
But spare a thought for all of the women who's hair extensions are beginning to fall out...
Funny you mention haircuts. I was just talking about that today. We’re all going to be pretty gy or gray (in my case).
