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Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion
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GoofGoof
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Anyone can sue for anything. Doesn’t mean they will win. Disney can largely avoid being found negligent if they put policies and procedures in place to avoid infections. The procedures don’t need to be 100% effective, but they need to have the appearance of doing everything they can. If they opened the parks May 1 with no changes to anything that could be a real problem. I don’t see how anyone will be able to sue over this virus spread. Eventually when sports go back or concerts or movie theaters or malls or churches there will be so many public places someone could have gotten sick. Unless someone stayed in their home on full lockdown, left only to go to WDW and then went immediately back home and even then it would be almost impossible to prove. Very unlikely anyone would win a lawsuit unless some extreme negligence occurred, like a CM who tested positive being sent to work in a restaurant anyway. They won’t be that foolish.
Chi84
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Tort law makes it difficult for negligence cases to actually get to a jury - very few do. Most are thrown out on motions to dismiss for failing to meet a legal threshold.
Josh Hendy
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Should be sailing to Panama, Liberia or wherever their ships are registered? And where they pay taxes.
VaderTron
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How about the gloves used at restaurants everyone is being told to patron by carryout/drive-thru. I, having taken my turn at food service in my teens (like I believe all should to learn the value of the job), can tell you horror stories of what people do while handling your food. Some feel this situation is making everyone better about hygiene. If you can't get people to care enough to skip spring break and stop partying, you're not going to get them to change their gross behavior at work.
Just yesterday someone who works in the same medical office as my wife went to pick up food. She said the food workers and cashiers had gloves on. The entire time she was inside for her order she didn't notice one single person change their gloves, including the cashier who took her money, and then finished packing her carryout order with the same gloved hand!!!
Sorry...but restaurants are just going to have to file for bankruptcy as far as I'm concerned. It's not that I want these people to lose their jobs, but you have to hold to higher standards than that. In this country, trying to accomplish that with low-wage workers who already don't care how their actions affect others would be nearly impossible. As much as I enjoy some restaurants, there is no way in he** I am letting them touch my food right now.
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Be careful, our police dept sent out message that sewers were backing up from people flushing wipes, and just now we were out for a walk and saw a city sewer truck pass.....I had been told by a plumber who challenged his employee about the alleged time it takes for one "flushable plumber approved" to break down, employee said a few days.....well let's just say they squished some up, put in 5 gallon bucket of water and it sat for over 8 months, before they reached in and saw they still looked like new. Problem is they can catch on outcropping of older pipes metal pieces flaking off and cause blockage...… just saying I don't want a plumbing issue right now.....
Edited to add it may clear your home but think on multiple wipes and homes and the mess THAT could cause to your whole neighborhood....
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VaderTron
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What kind of golf balls are you using???
VaderTron
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I have a pump bottle of hand sanitizer in my door. Open door. Pump hand sanitizer. Wipe door handle. Open hatch with fresh hands. Insert shopping. Re-sanitize from open car door. Close doors and get in.
It's equal to security theater. It becomes a PR and saving face move.
I get in my car, open up the sun roof, and go through a car wash. I stick out my hands for a good scrubbing.
Surferboy567
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All the DCP in the discord think this program is going to go ahead as scheduled...they don’t understand the reality here. On one side, they will need cheap labor when they open. On the other, they will just cancel the program or postpone it. I think as every day moves on its gets more and more likely to be cancelled instead of my original postponement guess.
Even if things go ahead, I’m starting to have second thoughts about going down. Nothing for me to outright cancel but enough to make me reconsider options.
I really wonder when they can reopen...their is no way in my opinion that could be anything earlier then the last week of May and even then I think that’s way too optimistic.
Even if things go ahead, I’m starting to have second thoughts about going down. Nothing for me to outright cancel but enough to make me reconsider options.
I really wonder when they can reopen...their is no way in my opinion that could be anything earlier then the last week of May and even then I think that’s way too optimistic.
Polynesia
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I honestly thought wipes were flushable. What about the thin dinner napkins? I’ve got a big package of those.Be careful, our police dept sent out message that sewers were backing up from people flushing wipes, and just now we were out for a walk and saw a city sewer truck pass.....I had been told by a plumber who challenged his employee about the alleged time it takes for one to break down, employee said a few days.....well let's just say they squished some up, put in 5 gallon bucket of water and it sat for over 8 months, before they reached in and saw they still looked like new. Problem is they can catch on outcropping of older pipes metal pieces flaking off and cause blockage...… just saying I don't want a plumbing issue right now.....
DisneyCane
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So far the dumbest glove related thing I've seen is a guy standing outside at a shopping center, wearing gloves and smoking a cigarette. Hello! If you get virus on your gloves, using them to hold a cigarette and bring it up to your mouth kind of defeats the purpose!
You should only flush TP. Anything else doesn't break down as easily and can cause problems.
Amid toilet paper frenzy, sewer officials warn: Don't flush these materials down the toilet
Those supposedly "flushable" wipes? Be careful with how you dispose of them. Products like wet wipes and disinfectant wipes are for your trash can.
www.usatoday.com
The handkerchief , if tied correctly, is probably just as effective as the pictured face masks. It's just not disposable, but can be washed and reused. Might also keep people away from you. But could make cashiers nervous.
"According to officials, about 70 people in their 20s got on a chartered plane for a spring break trip about a week and a half ago. Although they were not under a travel advisory at the time, people are still asked to limit travel to essential needs."
"Four of the 28 patients had no symptoms of the virus, according to officials. All of the confirmed patients are self isolating at this time, authorities say."
Drop one in a pitcher of water and see how long it takes to break up.
The handkerchief , if tied correctly, is probably just as effective as the pictured face masks. It's just not disposable, but can be washed and reused. Might also keep people away from you. But could make cashiers nervous.
Might not want to wear it into a bank especially!
easyrowrdw
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You can always just drop them in the trash. It's how we've been disposing of baby wipes from our babies (and other members of the household) for years.
From where this thread started to now...
MickeyLuv'r
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What kind of golf balls are you using???
Oh, they absolutely have golf balls for sale in Epcot!
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