The point is that there would be protocols in place to minimize the risk of spread. The liability absolution would allow Disney (or any other tourist destination) to not have to worry about frivolous lawsuits or finding insurance to cover the possibility. It wouldn't be a get out of jail free card that would let them operate however they want with no liability. They would have to operate under state guidelines.
What choices? I said it would apply to all theme parks or even all tourist destinations. It wouldn't be just Disney just like Colorado's law applies to all ski resorts.
The citrus industry wasn't going to support a few million people. Especially after whatever year the freeze was that led to all the orange groves being turned into housing developments.
that was short term thinking. California does very well with their agriculture because they support it and fiercely defend it. If anyone who has tried to bring a plant or certain animals across the border know all too well. That being said Florida still controls 75% of the orange market.
Other than provide statistics and gating metrics, pretty much nothing. You aren't stupid, you're perceptive.
How could you possible allow water bottle filler if you are trying to avoid spreading the virus... imagine someone slaps their water bottle up to fill it up and they still have slobbers of their own on the bottle top, it touches the filler and now the filler is infected.
It takes businesses operating to fund the government. The federal government can print money but past a certain point that is going to cause enormous long term issues.
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We don’t fully understand why some people develop antibodies without having symptoms or a positive test. It’s likely due to asymptomatic shedders. I’d particularly like all healthcare workers to be tested both for the virus and antibodies. It’s scary to think nurses and doctors could be infecting patients unknowingly. With more testing we could do better to avoid that.
Define “more things”.
The problem is the asymptomatic patients. Nobody without symptoms is going to keep getting tested every few days even if the test capacity could handle it. There is also a cost of all these tests. At $100 per test (a number Dr. Birx mentioned), testing the entire population once would cost $33 billion. That would have to be done every couple of days to find all the asymptomatics.What? Herd immunity would involve a vaccine or millions of people dying. The objective, then, is to keep as few of people from dying as possible before we get a treatment or vaccine.
The reason EVERY expert says mass testing is critical is because we need to prevent hospitals from getting overwhelmed, so people can get needed treatment, and slow the infection rate.
The concept of trace/test/isolate is really common in preventing disease spread. This would be just a much bigger version of that:
If you're unwell and get a positive COVID-19 test result, the health department would then theoretically speak to you about where you've been in the last x number of days, who you've been in close contact with, what day you went to the grocery store, etc. They would then reach out to those people/places to inform them and suggest everyone get tested. By doing this you can catch as many people as possible who might have been exposed, encouraging them to get tested. Any with positive results would stay at home, thereby preventing others from getting infected, etc.
The same system has been used for Hepatitis, HIV and TB for many years. If a restaurant has a worker test positive for Hepatitis they generally notify their customers. If you go get an HIV test and it's positive, the health department asks for a list of your sexual contacts to confidentially notify them to get tested before they could infect someone else. Same concept here, just on a bigger scale.
Read this:
'Road map' to recovery report: 20 million coronavirus tests per day needed to fully open economy
The United States has conducted 3.7 million tests for COVID-19.
As I stated in a previous post I think it would be worthwhile to test all those involved in patient care. I have a nagging hunch that our local hospital is responsible for much of the outbreaks in our state. Of course, I have no data to back this up, just anecdotes. But I know of several physicians who are also suspicious.
Probably not but it also won't make that much difference with respect to the virus spread. There won't be a vaccine or herd immunity a month later.
I understand the desire for normalcy, I’m yearning for it too.
Where is your local hospital? Testing those involved in patient care would be good, especially those working in nursing homes.
That's where I am at. Start with small businesses, restaurants at first like what is planned. If cases stay low you move to the next step and add more things. I think some sort of social distancing will be the new normal for awhile til we learn more about this virus. It will be awhile til Disney will be open.
