Haven't you read the latest reports? Your toddlers are less likely to suffer much from the Wuhan flu than you are. Apparently not a single Teen or younger has suffered any major complications in China.
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I found it odd that when I worked in the fast food industry when I was younger that when the state inspector came in unannounced that areas were cited in the kitchen but the inspector I recalled did not inspect inside the ice machine. Perhaps it would require him to get and climb a step ladder to take a peek inside the ice machine.
It's a good thing to wipe down. Something to note it was reported by the Orlando news that human coronaviruses can stay in inanimate surfaces like metal, plastic or glass up to 9 days.
Gringrinngghost
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I've been told that Universal Orlando has added multiple hand sanitizer stations across their parks and Citywalk.
Sirwalterraleigh
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That’ll get em.
WHO is revising the “potential” fatality rate from 2.0% up to 3.4%...
That’s not gonna calm any fears.
Giss Neric
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People just need to stop watching the news and reading social media topics about this and you'll be fine and less paranoid. Being aware/cognizant is enough.
Incomudro
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These dispensers should be common around all of these parks all the time.
RustySpork
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Those numbers don't quite match the science. It's true that a strain of the virus can live up to 9 days on plastic, but not on metal or glass. It's also dependent on surface temperature.
Source: https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext#sec3.1
RustySpork
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Imagine having sanitizer smelling like Dole Whip, Jungle Cruise or Mickey Ice Cream Bar!Seems like Disney could clean up on this one, oh they already are!
RustySpork
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They've been selling small sanitizer bottles wrapped in Disney keychain cases at the parks for years.
Think of all the money left on the table without the exclusive Disney Parks fragrances...They've been selling small sanitizer bottles wrapped in Disney keychain cases at the parks for years.
RustySpork
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Oh, you're not wrong!
Sirwalterraleigh
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Travel and leisure is responding and will have to Just on the perception of this.
American and United instituted a 1 year no fee policy on alterations/cancellations...the hotel operators will likely as well.
Conventions are starting to be postponed.
There’s some grumpy people in the dwarf building.
And let’s be clear...this isn’t directly correlated to infection numbers. They haven’t risen in the US at the rate most feared 2 days ago.
This is about perception - perception is reality. Definitely in travel. Decisions made on a knee jerk now could impact for a long time. Avalanche effect.
American and United instituted a 1 year no fee policy on alterations/cancellations...the hotel operators will likely as well.
Conventions are starting to be postponed.
There’s some grumpy people in the dwarf building.
And let’s be clear...this isn’t directly correlated to infection numbers. They haven’t risen in the US at the rate most feared 2 days ago.
This is about perception - perception is reality. Definitely in travel. Decisions made on a knee jerk now could impact for a long time. Avalanche effect.
DisneyCane
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This perception is being driven by the media. The head of the WHO stated yesterday that asymptomatic transmission is apparently not happening. Therefore, this should be controllable by identifying people that have symptoms, testing them for this virus and isolating them if they test positive. Additionally, follow the recommended practices of washing hands properly and frequently, not touching your face and public places sanitizing surfaces as much as practical.
Granted China took some extreme actions to slow the spread but even if every case in China was from the Hubei Province, it would only be 0.13% of the population of the province that was infected. For comparison, at least 9.7% of the US population has been infected with influenza this flu season.
With the current knowledge of this virus, the reaction is very over the top. When China took the extreme actions, it was not known how it spread or what the mortality rate was. It could have had a mortality rate like SARS and been as transmissible as influenza. That would have been a global disaster that required drastic actions. As it turns out, the mortality rate is nowhere near the rate of SARS and it doesn't spread as easily as influenza.
disneygeek90
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This sounds great in theory, but there are already reports of people wanting to get tested that either don't qualify because it's "not bad enough" or can't find places for testing.
RustySpork
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There are also the carriers who don't show symptoms so they won't get tested because they don't know they may have it.
Polkadotdress
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And...this morning CNN is reporting that the 1st coronavirus patient in New Hampshire broke his “home quarantine” and attended a private, invitation-only party. And now there is a 2nd case in the state: someone who interacted with #1.
This is not ever going to be controlled if we have people being negligent like that.
DisneyCane
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I know the CDC has relaxed the rules of who should be tested. Supposedly there will be the ability to test 1,000,000 people by the end of this week (we shall see). The risk is that everybody with a sniffle overwhelms the testing locations because they are freaking out.
In reality, anybody with a fever and cough should self isolate as much as possible and then contact their doctor if it seems to be getting worse than a normal cold/flu.
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