Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

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DisneyCane

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What? If everyone at Walmart is wearing a mask and nobody in the store spends more than a few seconds within six feet of another person (except maybe in the checkout line if people don't follow the markings), why could there be an issue if someone is showing symptoms? What difference would that make?
Because a symptomatic person is going to likely be a lot more contagious and be able to spew a ton of virus with one cough or sneeze and despite a mask, if they don't cover the cough/sneeze, droplets will travel more than 6 feet.
 

GoofGoof

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Because a symptomatic person is going to likely be a lot more contagious and be able to spew a ton of virus with one cough or sneeze and despite a mask, if they don't cover the cough/sneeze, droplets will travel more than 6 feet.
Yeah, anyone with symptoms should be quarantining and/or getting tested. Stay out of stores and away from anyone. Masks and distancing aren’t perfect and nobody who is potentially sick should think it’s Ok to go out in public because they have a mask on. Stay home.
 

_caleb

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Because a symptomatic person is going to likely be a lot more contagious and be able to spew a ton of virus with one cough or sneeze and despite a mask, if they don't cover the cough/sneeze, droplets will travel more than 6 feet.
A person may be most contagious in the presymptomatic phase of the virus, before they start showing symptoms. So yes, people showing symptoms should definitely stay home, but we should all act like we’ve got it (and try not to give it to anyone else), right?
 

GoofGoof

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Isn’t that situation what we were trying to avoid? But we as a nation decided to just give up cause we were tired of the virus cause it didn’t go away when we told it to.
Add to that a large percentage of the population believes the conspiracy theories pushed by Trump and his cronies. Deaths and hospitalizations are fake because doctors are getting paid more for Covid cases. Cases are only up because we are doing too much testing, Covid is no big deal, it’s just like the flu, we can’t have any pull backs on restrictions because of the economy, etc.... I know it’s been said over and over, but I thought the fake news media was going to stop talking about Covid after the election and we would see the virus go away. Instead the coverage and focus on Covid is just as heavy and if anything there‘s more focus. The virus is not political. It’s time people start to understand that and accept that we need to do something or things will get a lot worse.
 

DisneyCane

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A person may be most contagious in the presymptomatic phase of the virus, before they start showing symptoms. So yes, people showing symptoms should definitely stay home, but we should all act like we’ve got it (and try not to give it to anyone else), right?
No, we shouldn't all act like we've got it which means to isolate and not come into contact with anybody. We should all abide by social distancing and other simple protocols when interacting with people outside of our households. Even in the hottest of hot spots there is probably less than 2% chance that you have it and an even lower chance that you are contagious so everybody acting like they have it is not reasonable.
 

GoofGoof

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No, we shouldn't all act like we've got it which means to isolate and not come into contact with anybody. We should all abide by social distancing and other simple protocols when interacting with people outside of our households. Even in the hottest of hot spots there is probably less than 2% chance that you have it and an even lower chance that you are contagious so everybody acting like they have it is not reasonable.
I think there’s a middle ground there. We all don’t have to isolate at home and avoid contact with anyone, I agree with that, but since we don’t know who the 2% in your example are we should all assume everyone around us could be one of the infected or it could be us. Because of that we all practice distancing and wear masks in public, but we should also avoid contact in private homes as well for the same reason.
 

Jwink

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Curious- are there still people on this thread that truly believe this is

a) ok
b) on its way to go away
c) that we are doing everything we can
d) that it’s no big deal
Etc?

how did China manage to get rid of it almost all together and we can’t? Maybe due to strict stay at home and mask orders for 8 months... and paying their citizens so they wouldn’t feel forced? Nah. Couldn’t be that...
 

Patcheslee

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are people panic buying in your neck of the woods?
Still limits on TP, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, ect. here. The meat isn't limited but we are in hunting season so alot of people getting their own for winter.
Strangely is seems to be pet supplies that have empty shelves consistently. Maybe because more people have adopted animals because they are home more?
 

JoeCamel

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Still limits on TP, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, ect. here. The meat isn't limited but we are in hunting season so alot of people getting their own for winter.
Strangely is seems to be pet supplies that have empty shelves consistently. Maybe because more people have adopted animals because they are home more?
I think the logistics planners have dropped the priority of shipping pet supplies in favor of other goods since this started and we are using up what supplies there are.
 

_caleb

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No, we shouldn't all act like we've got it which means to isolate and not come into contact with anybody. We should all abide by social distancing and other simple protocols when interacting with people outside of our households. Even in the hottest of hot spots there is probably less than 2% chance that you have it and an even lower chance that you are contagious so everybody acting like they have it is not reasonable.
Sorry, forget to mention that this isn’t just my opinion, it’s what infectious disease experts have been saying since the beginning:

“It is impossible to know if you are COVID-free, asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic in the absence of a test. I encourage everyone to assume they have COVID-19 when in public and when interacting with others. By practicing these proven public health practices, we can help slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities and protect everyone.”
 

drizgirl

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In a crisis, absolutely. When we get over this plague and our economy is back on solid ground will be the time to pay. Not now.

Whatever it takes to get us through this crisis. Signed one of the people who would bare the brunt of the tax burden.

So you oppose providing relief for the people impacted by this pandemic? How many trillion did we lose by cutting taxes on the extremely wealthy and corporations (who primarily used their tax benefit to buy more shares back)? It’s a worldwide pandemic and we absolutely need to provide relief for people who can’t work due to that.
Tax cuts are a fait accompli. Go ahead and address those when you have a chance.

I'm far more concerned about the here and now. We currently have no income or health insurance. I'm far more interested in my husband being able to work again than I am in a handout.

As an aside, I want to minimize the bill we hand our kids when this is over.

We do indeed need some targeted relief. None of this "send a check to everyone" or business relief that big companies can sneak in the back door to drain. And nothing that also has a bunch of ridiculous poison pills attached, designed to force things through under duress if you want relief.
 

SamusAranX

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Curious- are there still people on this thread that truly believe this is

a) ok
b) on its way to go away
c) that we are doing everything we can
d) that it’s no big deal
Etc?

how did China manage to get rid of it almost all together and we can’t? Maybe due to strict stay at home and mask orders for 8 months... and paying their citizens so they wouldn’t feel forced? Nah. Couldn’t be that...

1. China instituted a mega-lockdown
2. If you trust statistics from the CCP, I have some DVC points to sell you
 

DisneyTransport

Active Member
Curious- are there still people on this thread that truly believe this is

a) ok
b) on its way to go away
c) that we are doing everything we can
d) that it’s no big deal
Etc?

how did China manage to get rid of it almost all together and we can’t? Maybe due to strict stay at home and mask orders for 8 months... and paying their citizens so they wouldn’t feel forced? Nah. Couldn’t be that...
Answer to your question: Yes. that's why we are on page 2268.
I'm on the side of COVID is serious, so lets not be stupid and follow recommendations, but:

I don't think what China did in some situations would work. Example, they placed speakers in front of apartments to tell them to remain in doors, If I remember right. Yeaaa that would not go over well in America.
Also, I take anything that comes out of the CCP with a gallon or ten of salt.
 
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