Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[xdan0920]

Yup, was listening to a local LA newscaster in hysterics yesterday about 169 Covid-19 "related" deaths. This is in a county with over 10 million people where about 63,000 people died last year.

169. Total.

It's scary. It's a novel virus. It's highly contagious. I get the hysteria, we are in the worst of it right now. If hunkering down will get us through the surge, and prevent hospitals from becoming triage units, let's do that... However....

This can't go on indefinitely. We can't have rolling blackouts of our economy, of our way of life. We can't have people isolating themselves for 18 months. It's simply not possible.

I have faith in our medical community to develop treatments, and vaccines and to be prepared if another surge happens. What I don't have faith in, is we as a people, being able to keep up this isolation and economic shut down for too much longer.

This virus is scary. We don't need to wipe it from the face of the planet in order to resume life though.

 

[peter11435]

HIV is very different. The virus attacks the immune system itself. To be overly simplistic, therefore the immune system is unable to produce antibodies to it.

The fact that people do recover from COVID-19 and produce antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 means that a vaccine is possible. The big unknown is how long the vaccine will provide immunity for.

Again I used HIV as an example but it’s not the only virus we have no vaccine for.

 

[DCBaker]

Why not just start a new thread "Politics of COVID-19" ......pretty simple

There is one already - go try it!

COVID-19

Argue to your heart’s content.

forums.wdwmagic.com

 

[The Mom]

Why not just start a new thread "Politics of COVID-19" ......pretty simple

It already exists - in the Politics and Social Issues Sub-forum. Where it belongs.

 

[Seanual757]

Anyway back to the on topic Disney is going to open soon and when it does open things we were used to doing is not going to be the same at this time.

 

[DCBaker]

"Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of increasing physical distance between customers in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We’ve implemented aisles that are one-way traffic only beginning today to better enable both customers and associates to practice social distancing,” Brogan told Boston.com in an email Tuesday."

Stop & Shop is implementing one-way aisles at all stores

The latest grocery store initiative to limit the spread of the coronavirus: One-way lanes. Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of...

www.boston.com

 

[flynnibus]

As someone who has spent 10+ years in accounting/finance at a F100, I find it funny that everyone thinks us "bean counters" have any say in how things are run. We just provide scenarios based on sets of assumptions that operations provides. Operations makes all the decisions.

But finance does set rules and standards in what is acceptable from a monetary angle. Can't ignore that..

That often steers (or constrains) the options others have.

 

[ImperfectPixie]

"Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of increasing physical distance between customers in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We’ve implemented aisles that are one-way traffic only beginning today to better enable both customers and associates to practice social distancing,” Brogan told Boston.com in an email Tuesday."

Stop & Shop is implementing one-way aisles at all stores

The latest grocery store initiative to limit the spread of the coronavirus: One-way lanes. Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of...

www.boston.com

I can confirm. I was in one yesterday. Seemed to be working well, too.

 

[The Mom]

"Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of increasing physical distance between customers in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We’ve implemented aisles that are one-way traffic only beginning today to better enable both customers and associates to practice social distancing,” Brogan told Boston.com in an email Tuesday."

Stop & Shop is implementing one-way aisles at all stores

The latest grocery store initiative to limit the spread of the coronavirus: One-way lanes. Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of...

www.boston.com

I have found that the most difficult area (re social distancing) is the produce section. Some people want to touch things, look at things, etc while others just want to quickly grab something and get going to limit the amount of time they spend in the store. Things - at least in my local groceries - are not set up in a linear fashion, but rather have detached counters with items positioned so they can be viewed, and chosen, from both sides. Sort of like islands of produce. Same in the bakery, deli, etc. Perhaps they could leave one side of the "island" empty so people would have to stay on one side?

 

[DCBaker]

"Mounds of harvested zucchini and yellow squash ripened and then rotted in the hot Florida sun. Juicy tomatoes were left to wither — unpicked — in farmers' fields. Thousands of acres of fruits and vegetables grown in Florida are being plowed over or left to rot because farmers can’t sell to restaurants, theme parks or schools nationwide that have closed because of the coronavirus."

"Many growers have donated produce to food banks, but there’s a limit on what the charities can accept and storage is an issue for perishable fruits and vegetables. DiMare said some central Florida food banks are full after theme parks shuttered and donated massive amounts of produce.

“We gave 400,000 pounds of tomatoes to our local food banks,” DiMare said. “A million more pounds will have to be donated if we can get the food banks to take it.”

Farmers are scrambling to sell to grocery stores, but it's not easy. Large chains already have contracts with farmers who grow for retail — many from outside the U.S.

“We can’t even give our product away, and we're allowing imports to come in here,” DiMare said.

He said 80 percent of the tomatoes grown in Florida are meant for now-shuttered restaurants and theme parks."

Coronavirus claims an unexpected victim: Florida vegetables

Thousands of acres of fruits and vegetables grown in Florida are being plowed over or left to rot because farmers can't sell to restaurants, theme parks or schools nationwide that have closed because of the coronavirus

abcnews.go.com

 

[ImperfectPixie]

"Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of increasing physical distance between customers in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak.

“We’ve implemented aisles that are one-way traffic only beginning today to better enable both customers and associates to practice social distancing,” Brogan told Boston.com in an email Tuesday."

Stop & Shop is implementing one-way aisles at all stores

The latest grocery store initiative to limit the spread of the coronavirus: One-way lanes. Jen Brogan, a Stop & Shop spokeswoman, says the Quincy-based supermarket chain instituted one-directional aisles Tuesday at all stores — including its 132 locations in Massachusetts — in the hopes of...

www.boston.com

I should also add that the deli counter is closed. You are not able to order cold cuts, etc. in-store. You have to use the "Order Ahead" feature on their app. It works wonderfully...I was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Our local FB group for restaurants offering delivery has brought up an issue with the contactless delivery drivers are dealing with: ppl are no longer tipping for the service. I can see where it would effect some income for them.

I've seen that too It definitely has an impact!

 

[ARC Costa]

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[marni1971]

Anyway back to the on topic Disney is going to open soon..

Define soon?

 

[marni1971]

Our local FB group for restaurants offering delivery has brought up an issue with the contactless delivery drivers are dealing with: ppl are no longer tipping for the service. I can see where it would effect some income for them.

Hopefully now your expectation of tipping will now be addressed after all of this.

 

[The Mom]

I wonder - and it is 100% speculation and personal opinion - if WDW (and DL on the West Coast) will/should only open to state residents once that state starts lifting restrictions for its residents? No FL ID, no admittance.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Our local FB group for restaurants offering delivery has brought up an issue with the contactless delivery drivers are dealing with: ppl are no longer tipping for the service. I can see where it would effect some income for them.

Why couldn't a restaurant impose a "delivery fee" or "tip fee" as part of the order?

 

[ImperfectPixie]

Why couldn't a restaurant impose a "delivery fee" or "tip fee" as part of the order?

It seems reasonable enough to do that, but that practice is met with heavy skepticism where I live because the restaurant usually keeps it instead of passing it on to delivery drivers.

 

[Polynesia]

I wonder - and it is 100% speculation and personal opinion - if WDW (and DL on the West Coast) will/should only open to state residents once that state starts lifting restrictions for its residents? No FL ID, no admittance.

That sounds like a great idea. Disney can sort of use their state residents as guinea pigs. See what works and doesn’t work for park, shops and restaurant flows. I don’t believe the hotels can open way before the parks anyway. Who would pay decent money to just sit at their hotel?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Anyway back to the on topic Disney is going to open soon and when it does open things we were used to doing is not going to be the same at this time.

OK, ok I will take the bait.... Soon (to me***) is Monday, April 13 ..... I will now quickly step away from this dumpster fire.....