I would think a 50 foot sign outside the entrance with a big picture of a face with no mask on and a red line through it. The next has the face with a mask and a picture of Mickey giving a big thumbs up would work.
You do not want mega crowds turning up for fireworks on the first day of opening -- just as they shouldn't really have had a larger than normal crowd (caused by the advanced notice of closure) on closing night. Start with smaller crowds. Wait a month to see if there are any outbreaks linked to the parks and whether any social distancing measures are working. Check if a second wave of infection is appearing in Florida or other prime locations where customers live. Then consider opening to a broader population and bigger crowd.
I don't understand where your data is coming from. Yes it is true that over 20% of the random testing in New York City showed people had had the disease, and that maybe 12% had had it in other counties in the state where there had been substantial outbreaks, but elsewhere in New York state, less than 4% had had the disease.
That’s in a nutshell, there has to be that 3-4 week waiting period before any new measures of opening up more. We need to see if what they put in place, not just at Disney but everywhere, is working. Just can’t go 2 weeks and everything looks fine, then reopen more and a wave hits.
The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the unemployment system of FL will be down for 3 days starting Friday.
The average in the state is 13.9%. That would be 2.7 million. They’ve reported 270,000 cases. That’s at least 10x.
That wasn’t mentioned but I wouldn’t be surprised. There are some pretty big issues they’re trying to resolve. Winning the lawsuit would be nice but the reality is people need to be paid now. Every briefing it’s brought up and the urgency is conveyed. We got stuck with an awful system several years ago and now the state is addressing it. With low unemployment previously it didn’t surface like it has now. It’s being fixed and we move forward.
As I pointed out, the average is pretty meaningless when the world's biggest hot spot with more cases than many countries is running at more than 20%. The important figure, for many Americans living outside the big cities is the under 4% figure for the non-city parts of NY state suggesting that there are big chunks of the hinterland that have not been touched yet and so lack anti-bodies that they would need to develop a true herd immunity for the country.
MA successfully waived them for the COVID crisis...I don't understand why there's a problem for Florida.Also on the unemployment situation in FL - there is still confusion regarding the work search requirements -
"The state notes it suspended the requirement to repeatedly check back in and continue to seek work during the pandemic in order to continue receiving benefits. However, FOX 13 viewers continue to send us screengrabs showing the state is still instructing applicants to adhere to those requirements.
Satter said the state currently does not have the ability to waive the requirements for the weekly $600 federal unemployment payments under the CARES Act.
The federal CARES Act requires states to distribute the payments based on existing state guidelines. Because the state had existing work-search requirements when the CARES Act was passed, the DeSantis administration has determined it has to keep the requirements in place, unless or until the federal government allows Florida to waive them. "
Conflicting statements, ongoing technical issues continue to confound Floridaâs jobless
Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity shut down its online unemployment system, and does not plan to bring back online until Monday. Meanwhile, the state is sending conflicting signals regarding the governor’s executive order waiving work-search requirements for applicants.www.fox13news.com
As an across the ponder, can I assure you that having lost a very large empire over the years, we are quite relaxed about U.S. independence.. But as part of contemplating the "new normal" I think Americans might have to re-think expectations about the nature of public celebrations on July 4th this year and maybe next year, just as Canadians will have to re-consider Calgary Stampede, French people re-think Bastille Day celebrations, and the Muslim world re-think breaking fast gathering in Ramadan.
They have cancelled almost all fairs and festivals here in Canada. Our Canada Day fireworks will be virtual
There shouldn’t be. He mentioned it earlier this week he had to sign something else to get it waived. I believe he’s already done it or is in the process.
I should clarify my most recent comment...Also on the unemployment situation in FL - there is still confusion regarding the work search requirements -
"The state notes it suspended the requirement to repeatedly check back in and continue to seek work during the pandemic in order to continue receiving benefits. However, FOX 13 viewers continue to send us screengrabs showing the state is still instructing applicants to adhere to those requirements.
Satter said the state currently does not have the ability to waive the requirements for the weekly $600 federal unemployment payments under the CARES Act.
The federal CARES Act requires states to distribute the payments based on existing state guidelines. Because the state had existing work-search requirements when the CARES Act was passed, the DeSantis administration has determined it has to keep the requirements in place, unless or until the federal government allows Florida to waive them. "
Conflicting statements, ongoing technical issues continue to confound Floridaâs jobless
Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity shut down its online unemployment system, and does not plan to bring back online until Monday. Meanwhile, the state is sending conflicting signals regarding the governor’s executive order waiving work-search requirements for applicants.
