Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[GoofGoof]

Believe it or not, Wal-Mart was a first mover haha

They need to do the stores too not just corporate workers

 

[HeartOfTeFiti]

It is amazing what one can find out about covid and the more obscure variants ( there are many beyond the current variants of concern) by examining New York City wastewater. I actually enjoyed the read and it shows what that type of surveillance can reveal without worrying about getting people to join a study.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353573636_Tracking_Cryptic_SARS-CoV-2_Lineages_Detected_in_NYC_Wastewater

They've been doing that since the early days of the pandemic (maybe even before it was labeled a pandemic).
There's no better way to get behind the scenes to see what's really going on with people than to examine their waste.

 

[GoofGoof]

So WDW is the only one of the three parks in central Florida that’s basically mandating them inside or at all. Interesting.

Wonder how long that lasts?

Safest place to visit

 

[Slpy3270]

Further discussion here.

Disney to mandate full vaccinations to employees

Following Netflix's lead (albeit in a far more expansive fashion), Disney is requiring all employees and cast members across their divisions to be fully vaccinated before returning to campuses, per a staff memo released just 30 minutes ago. They have 60 days to comply. Those who are able to work...

forums.wdwmagic.com

 

[dreday3]

This has always been a question of mine, what is an acceptable level?

Don't ask me!

 

[Chomama]

This has always been a question of mine, what is an acceptable level?

Didn’t demings originally have it as positivity under 5% for two weeks? Seems reasonable

 

[HeartOfTeFiti]

This has always been a question of mine, what is an acceptable level?

I'm not sure there is one answer. It seems more like one of those "moving goalposts" kind of things. Rightly so since everything keeps changing.

 

[Horizons '83]

Didn’t demings originally have it as positivity under 5% for two weeks? Seems reasonable

At least that is a goal/target. Unfortunately at this rate, that won't be obtainable for quite some time.

 

[DCBaker]

Here is the weekly report from the Florida DOH. The number of new deaths reported from last report to this report is 409.

Here is data specifically for Orange County -

 

[Archie123]

Universal is "encouraging" mask wearing

AKA they aren't doing anything.

 

[DisneyCane]

A little bit late but the Florida Department of Health seems to be pushing vaccination pretty aggressively:

 

[HeartOfTeFiti]

AKA they aren't doing anything.

That's why I used the quotey things. "encouraging"

 

[Archie123]

That's why I used the quotey things. "encouraging"

Yep which is the same thing as doing nothing even though asking their guests to do use the honor system is something??

 

[HeartOfTeFiti]

Yep which is the same thing as doing nothing even though asking their guests to do use the honor system is something??

I don't know what that sentence means, but I'm pretty sure we're on the same side here. I think it's worthless, to be clear. I said that yesterday, dozens of pages ago, when the announcement came out, when we all discussed it right here.

 

[phillip9698]

Are y

Are you saying people don't have right to their own beliefs?

People do have the right to their own beliefs, but not their own facts.

 

[DCBaker]

Data from the OCDOH -

 

[bryanfze55]

This has always been a question of mine, what is an acceptable level?

Eventually we’re going to have to stop looking at case counts as the end all, be all. Hospitalizations and deaths are what matter. If you’re vaccinated, get COVID and basically have a bad cold/mild flu - so what. My county just reinstated indoor mask mandate last week due to rising case counts. Our rolling 7-day average of deaths in the county the week prior - with a population of over 900,000 - was 1 per day…

 

[Animaniac93-98]

So WDW is the only one of the three parks in central Florida that’s basically mandating them inside or at all. Interesting.

Wonder how long that lasts?

Most of SeaWorld's rides and shows are outdoors anyway, I'm not sure it would do much for them to change that particular rule.

 

[DisneyFan32]

When NJ Transit will lift mask mandate for buses and trains soon? @GoofGoof

 

[Horizons '83]

Eventually we’re going to have to stop looking at case counts as the end all, be all. Hospitalizations and deaths are what matter. If you’re vaccinated, get COVID and basically have a bad cold/mild flu - so what. My county just reinstated indoor mask mandate last week due to rising case counts. Our rolling 7-day average of deaths in the county the week prior - with a population of over 900,000 - was 1 per day…

Well, we know with history that hospitalizations/deaths have a few weeks lag, so I think we will know the brevity of the situation soon enough. I hope you're right though, I'd love to hospitalizations and deaths stay low.