Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[Hakunamatata]

"The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier with more than 100 sailors infected with the coronavirus pleaded Monday with U.S. Navy officials for resources to allow isolation of his entire crew and avoid possible deaths in a situation he described as quickly deteriorating."

Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy

The captain of a nuclear aircraft carrier docked in Guam with more than 100...

www.sfchronicle.com

Why isnt this considered classified information? Telling the whole world we have a nuclear based warship parked in a given location that potentially could be vulnerable is not smart.

 

[wdwmagic]

Slightly related to those of you in the theme park areas. Looks like Publix is finally going to accept Apple Pay. A good time to put a halt to using PIN code keypads and swipe cards.

 

[The Mom]

Slightly related to those of you in the theme park areas. Looks like Publix is finally going to accept Apple Pay. A good time to put a halt to using PIN code keypads and swipe cards.

My local Publix has tons of old customers, who would then just pay cash or write checks, which is even worse.

 

[flynnibus]

Why isnt this considered classified information? Telling the whole world we have a nuclear based warship parked in a given location that potentially could be vulnerable is not smart.

Uhhh... because the general where abouts of these ships is already well known. Where they are deployed, their rotation, their stops, etc.

You can’t hide these things under a tarp.

 

[Polynesia]

Walmart said on Tuesday it would start taking the temperature of its employees before the start of their shift and ask them basic health screening questions as its steps up safety measures to counter the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Walmart said it would send infrared thermometers to all locations over the next week or two and workers who record a temperature of 100 degrees or more will be sent home. The retailer will also supply gloves and face masks to workers who wish to use them. The first shipment of those thermometers and masks will be deployed to the company’s warehouses and as further supply becomes available, it will be sent to stores.

Walmart starts temperature checks for staff in safety ramp-up against coronavirus

Walmart Inc said on Tuesday it would start taking the temperature of employees and provide them with masks as it addresses growing safety concerns among retail workers laboring through the coronavirus crisis.

www.reuters.com

I’ve already seen Walmart employees wearing gloves and a mask at the grocery pick up area. This is definitely a good thing.

 

[donsullivan]

Slightly related to those of you in the theme park areas. Looks like Publix is finally going to accept Apple Pay. A good time to put a halt to using PIN code keypads and swipe cards.

It's about time. They've had the tech to do it for years now but just refused to turn it on.

 

[Lilofan]

Why isnt this considered classified information? Telling the whole world we have a nuclear based warship parked in a given location that potentially could be vulnerable is not smart.

The former Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines surely missed the US warships coming to port. Especially the local girls and the bars that loved their business.

 

[DisneyCane]

Why isnt this considered classified information? Telling the whole world we have a nuclear based warship parked in a given location that potentially could be vulnerable is not smart.

Since it is docked I'm sure it is common knowledge by all other countries with any satellite surveillance capability at all.

I had an ex-intelligence officer as a professor in college. She was beyond her "gag order" period at the time and told us that in the 1980s they could count the number of people at a backyard BBQ if they wanted to via spy satellite. I'm sure even the worst spy satellites today can easily identify a nuclear submarine in Port.

 

[DisneyCane]

Slightly related to those of you in the theme park areas. Looks like Publix is finally going to accept Apple Pay. A good time to put a halt to using PIN code keypads and swipe cards.

Using a chip card at Publix (at least credit card) doesn't require touching the PIN pad at all.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I’m ok cancelling the big SSE redo but maybe they can do a little something to fix or add to the end at least. Light effects something.

epcot can’t look like a disaster zone so they have to do something where they’ve begun demo I would think

 

[Horizons '83]

Using a chip card at Publix (at least credit card) doesn't require touching the PIN pad at all.

Yes but how many cards were inserted into the slot? Hundreds or thousands of potentially tainted cards.

 

[Kevin_W]

"The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of Bodysphere Inc’s test that can detect the coronavirus in nearly two minutes, the privately held company said on Tuesday."

"The test is administered like a glucose test but is designed for use strictly by medical professionals."

Story on FDA authorizing new test kit for coronavirus withdrawn

The March 31 story on BodySphere receiving FDA authorization for a rapid antibody test for coronavirus has been withdrawn. In a statement to Reuters, BodySphere said it has not received this authorization. There will be no replacement story.

www.reuters.com

There is not much detail in that article, but it's great to hear. Abbot is supposed to start shipping their test tomorrow. Hopefully between these two and others under development/deployment we can greatly increase screening.

I check this graph daily and am still encouraged that even with more testing we are seeing flat/decreasing numbers of new cases per day in much of the world.

 

[DisneyDoctor]

Today I saw someone where gloves in the grocery store, leave the grocery store with gloves still on, enter car and play with phone with gloves still on, drive off with gloves still on.

If any of you choose to wear gloves in public, please take them off before you enter your car as to not contaminate your personal belongings. And, I can’t believe this needs to be said, don’t use your phone with the same gloves you used in the store.

Same thing goes for entering a store. Wear a new pair of gloves if you’ve been using the same gloves to travel to different places. Sure, you’re protecting yourself, but you could also be spreading wherever you go.

 

[wdwmagic]

Using a chip card at Publix (at least credit card) doesn't require touching the PIN pad at all.

It does every time I use an English credit card in Publix.

 

[GoofGoof]

I’m ok cancelling the big SSE redo but maybe they can do a little something to fix or add to the end at least. Light effects something.

epcot can’t look like a disaster zone so they have to do something where they’ve begun demo I would think

Planters and benches ain‘t covering that up .

Even projects on hold could ramp up again in a year or 2. I’d rather see them put the project on hold for a little while and leave the construction walls up then cut the budget dramatically where we are left with a shell of the former project.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Washing your hand regularly and making a conscious effort to not touch your face is much easier and better than (trying) to use gloves properly.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Yes but how many cards were inserted into the slot? Hundreds or thousands of potentially tainted cards.

Indeed. It's almost impossible to not touch anything. If you're in a store you may have touched a door handle, a shopping cart, a counter, the very products you're buying. That's why I don't flinch at using a keypad. I know that my hands are already 'contaminated' and I need to not touch my face before I wash/sanitize them.

I have a germaphobe friend who won't touch the pole on a Disney bus but doesn't think at all about pushing the button for an elevator.

Another example of selective scapegoating of surfaces: A lot of people had previously not shaken hands to protect themselves from colds (or, if they have a cold, to not infect others) all the while not thinking about all the other surfaces they touch (or the aerosolization of their virus).

Related to WDW: When we come back to the parks we would likely only do so if the general situation is that CV is past us. Identifying just one or two surfaces or vectors of transmission is pointless if we're not looking at all vectors of transmission. It's just not the lap bar in a ride that's problematic and has to be wiped down after each ride, it's 100 feet of railing in the queue, and every QS counter, and every armrest and back of seating, etc..., that's problematic.

 

[FullSailDan]

Using a chip card at Publix (at least credit card) doesn't require touching the PIN pad at all.

It actually can, depending on the card. Some credit card issuers will still require a pin on their cards for enhanced security. (My corporate Amex is like this)

 

[MisterPenguin]

Washing your hand regularly and making a conscious effort to not touch your face is much easier and better than (trying) to use gloves properly.

Indeed. If a gloved hand touches something contaminated and then you touch your face... you got it.

Proper use of gloves is putting on a new pair for each new person or environment you encounter.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The same way they have for years. They track how many people are in the park at any moment and when that number nears capacity they stop admitting people into the park.

It might be a PR nightmare to do that now that people buy tickets earmarked for a specific date.

Although, WDW could let them in and block those with APs and anytime tickets.

Or Disney could stop selling anytime tickets and limit the sale of tickets earmarked for a specific date.