Rimmit
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Glad he is upbeat. However, while I am not privy to the corporate hierarchy of the Disney Corporation I do not believe the sanitation department is the one that calls the big shots.
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GoofGoof
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We need to act fast in the US. Once community spread is rampant you quickly approach a point of no return where mass testing stops working.
Now, from a bus driver...
durangojim
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Last year we had tickets to the Typhoon Lagoon H2O nights and it was rained out. Non refundable as well. I went to the CM at the checkin counter of the GF (we were staying there) and asked what they could do for us. He asked me to wait a minute and then asked if a refund would be acceptable, which it was. Just because it says no refunds doesn't mean it's so.
GoofGoof
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Shutting everything down and quarantining both the sick and well in whole towns or states would be way less well received. We couldn’t do what they are doing in Italy and what was done in parts of China because I don‘t think people will follow it. If even a small percent of people break quarantine the whole thing fails.
Rimmit
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It’s already becoming pandemonium. People at least need to see we are making a real concerted effort to get ahead of this thing. The WHO report specifically mentions speed is the key to beating this outside of an all out quarantine. You have to find infected people. Quarantine, seek out contacts and quarantine. It’s a lot of effort but it works. The other option is a dead stop like what Italy and China has done.
I do not believe the US has the discipline to do what South Korea did. I suspect we will go The China and Italy route to beat this.
ImperfectPixie
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Agreed. There's too many ignorant and/or selfish people in the US.
They're having an emergency meeting -- nothing decided yet.
deadline.com
Howerever, The Metropolitan Opera has just cancelled all of their remaining performances in March.
Coronavirus: Broadway Producers Discussing Immediate Month-Long Shutdown; Emergency Meeting Underway
EXCLUSIVE: The Broadway League has called an emergency meeting today as theater owners and producers consider a proposal to shut down all Broadway productions immediately over coronavirus concerns, staying dark until Easter Sunday, April 12, Deadline hears. [Editor’s Note: The shutdown...
deadline.com
Howerever, The Metropolitan Opera has just cancelled all of their remaining performances in March.
LukeS7
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Yea, and my direct boss was sure we wouldn't send students home and switch to online instruction and then the President of our college said otherwise. I spoke directly with one of our assistant CIO this morning, asking if there was any updates, he said no but that things have been changed/are being assessed hour-by-hour. CMs are not going to know if the parks are closing or not until the decision has already been made.
I know. Numbness is taking over me, unfortunately.
Rimmit
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It fails of the small percent of people are sick. You can threaten with execution like China did or invoke hefty fines or jail time to keep people in line. Is this Marshall law at this point. Yep, but it may be what it takes to prevent this from killing thousands upon thousands on the US.
durangojim
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Here is why quick and swift action is needed and why it's no longer reasonable to compare this to influenza. This isn't about people only dying from Covid 19. It's about hospital resources being overwhelmed so people start dying form things they wouldn't have died a month ago because there are no respirators, supplies, nurses, doctors, who are able to help treat the other conditions.
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VaderTron
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There are much less of them than everyday citizens. People in general have to decide how things go. If the majority (the key word is "majority", not just "some") stopped accepting that "that's the way things are", or crossing over to the dark side themselves things could be different. But that would take discipline, cooperation, and other words that people don't make much use of anymore.
A simple lesson is with WDW. If the majority of people wanted the park to close they could make it happen. They could cancel their plans and stay home or do something else not involving being surrounded by thousands of people of unknown health condition. If the parks are empty WDW will be closed. No reason to pay CM's if there are no ticket sales, merch purch, etc.
dizneycrazy09
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Well our hand has been forced. Husband is a travel agent, and we can't push the date out. So we go or they close.
Of course the year the leafs are poised to win the cup they call the season.
GoofGoof
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That’s not going to happen here. Chinese people have fear of an authoritarian government. People here won’t actually fear execution or even fines.
To put this into perspective Wuhan had a full lock down. They suspended trains, planes, buses and closed highways in and out. Now Imagine if the US government said we are doing the same lockdown in Seattle, parts of CA, NY city and Boston. Will they lock people in those towns? Prevent travel? How is that enforced? Send in the military?, send in armed militias? Not happening Without enforcement people will not follow. Italy has put similar travel restrictions in place.
And we can now add Carnegie Hall and all of Lincoln Center (including the Met, of course).
GoofGoof
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My Flyers are finally hitting their stride too. One bit of hope is the season is suspended not cancelled
durangojim
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We had front row tickets for Aladdin in 3 weeks. I cancelled that and our trip to NYC last week.
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