Coronavirus and Walt Disney World general discussion

[StarWarsGirl]

It does seem, at least around here, that most people are still masking indoors if they are not vaccinated. I guess us Maryland people seem to follow the rules more than certain other areas of the country.

Right? Like the antivaxers all seem to be in the minority here. Even last year with mask wearing it wasn't a big deal. I went to South Carolina in July of last year where people didn't want to do it and wondered what the heck was wrong with people.

 

[danlb_2000]

Irrelevant to my point. 50 percent fully vaccinated in Florida by next week. That is what to keep the chin up about. Celebrate that good that good people who are able and willing are the majority.

If the good people had gotten the vaccine earlier you may not be seeing such a big spike and less people would probably by dying.

 

[Disney Experience]

Honestly even a few times a day kind of stinks. You come to work with no fever. Feel fine. Have 2nd test of the day. Totally fine. A few hours after that, you fall ill with fever. Illness spread. First covid outbreak at my aunt's LTC facility had that happen. I personally think it's not as good as people think, but to each their own.

Covid transmission seems to occur presymptomatic alot. That is One reason it is harder to contain compared to other illnesses. Even with Delta’s shorter time until symptomatic it seems to find new hosts effectively and better than the original.

 

[Disney Experience]

Funny you should mention that… UPMC just announced last week their COVID therapeutic has shown extremely great results in not just treating COVID but also preventing COVID. This is getting literally zero news coverage and is once again proving that news outlets are not out allies in this battle against COVID. This therapeutic is expected to be in use by early 2022. Help is on the way.

Pfizer has one ( covid therapeutic) in the works too. Here is a paper from about a week ago on it:

An Oral SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitor Clinical Candidate for the Treatment of COVID-19

The worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become an established global pandemic. Alongside vaccines, antiviral therapeutics are an important part of the healthcare response to counter the ongoing...

www.medrxiv.org

 

[Andrew C]

Texas Education Agency releases new COVID-19 public health guidelines for school districts

The TEA released new health guidelines for schools more than a week after legislators sent a letter to Gov. Abbott and Commissioner Morath, urging them to reconsider mask mandates in schools and funding for virtual learning due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

www.ksat.com

Texas schools must order students to quarantine for COVID-19, state education chief says

Education Commissioner Mike Morath told superintendents they must require students to stay home if they test positive for COVID-19.

www.statesman.com

 

[celluloid]

If the good people had gotten the vaccine earlier you may not be seeing such a big spike and less people would probably by dying.

You are probably right with all of the probably and may not. I would agree that it would have helped earlier on, but that does not negate the good news now. If you just want to pat yourself on the back of restating bad news most are already aware of, don't hurt your shoulder doing so. If people would have just worn seatbelts more and earlier we would not have had so many deaths before mandates. We know the past is wrong but we still celebrate and encourage going forward.

You dwelling on the negative does not change the fact of good news that next week the state in reference will be over 50 percent fully vaccinated. Still a milestone worth celebrating and being reminded of that it will officially be the majority of people doing the right thing.

 

[jlhwdw]

You hear this type of story every month - a miracle cure, or some fantastic new research, and then nothing.

 

[Patcheslee]

Temperature screenings? Hasn't it been established that they are basically useless?

The unvaccinated ppl were still being required to continue screening and masks. Guess it just makes the company feel better. I don't know anyone that would drive all the way to work just to be sent back home, but sometimes managers question if someone actually has a fever when they just call from home.

 

[Patcheslee]

Useless for one-time screenings, like at a theme park.

However, in a workplace or other environments where people are regularly tested, it's actually a great indicator of early sickness.

This is because they can establish a "base line" for individuals to see if they are above their normal temp range and compare them day to day. The reason it is useless in a place like WDW is because everyone has such varying temps, that picking a number that is "high" is too difficult and is going to vary by individual.

They don't track or record peoples temperatures. We either get a green or red box from a thermal scan. It's not that great of system IMO because sometimes it does temperature on my forehead, other times it does it on the pit of my neck. I had it flag for a sunburn when I came back from FL lol

 

[Bob Harlem]

New data for Orange County -

R1/Rt is down to 1.17 so, looks like it will start to fall next week, thankfully.

 

[correcaminos]

Covid transmission seems to occur presymptomatic alot. That is One reason it is harder to contain compared to other illnesses. Even with Delta’s shorter time until symptomatic it seems to find new hosts effectively and better than the original.

Even in this case, by the time the worker found out, they were symptomatic too which really didn't help. It was in the wing that my aunt was in when she was alive so a lot of fairly frail people too. They tried, but it failed miserably. First major outbreak in my area in a LTC too.

 

[Parker in NYC]

New data for Orange County -

With the anger I’m feeling right now, people best stay away from me for at least the next hour or so. So angry.

 

[Figgy1]

With the anger I’m feeling right now, people best stay away from me for at least the next hour or so. So angry.

Socially distanced

 

[Andrew C]

With the anger I’m feeling right now, people best stay away from me for at least the next hour or so. So angry.

You need some soup.

 

[yonafunu]

With all the reopenings, do you think some new restrictions (especially cancellation of fireworks/shows) can occur ?
In my point of view, all the new hirings and reopenings show there will not a backward move now, even if the covid wave will be huge for a while.

 

[Parker in NYC]

With all the reopenings, do you think some new restrictions (especially cancellation of fireworks/shows) can occur ?
In my point of view, all the new hirings and reopenings show there will not a backward move now, even if the covid wave will be huge for a while.

A while? We’re going to have numbers like this for years. Welcome to hell.

 

[GoofGoof]

Texas Education Agency releases new COVID-19 public health guidelines for school districts

The TEA released new health guidelines for schools more than a week after legislators sent a letter to Gov. Abbott and Commissioner Morath, urging them to reconsider mask mandates in schools and funding for virtual learning due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

www.ksat.com

Texas schools must order students to quarantine for COVID-19, state education chief says

Education Commissioner Mike Morath told superintendents they must require students to stay home if they test positive for COVID-19.

www.statesman.com

It’s really incomprehensible to me that it’s a news story that school districts are allowed to keep kids actively positive with Covid out of school. This is going to be a rough Fall in a lot of places . Pretending away Covid has been shown to be ineffective over and over.

 

[Prince-1]

You need some soup.

To eat or to throw?

 

[Andrew C]

It’s really incomprehensible to me that it’s a news story that school districts are allowed to keep kids actively positive with Covid out of school. This is going to be a rough Fall in a lot of places . Pretending away Covid has been shown to be ineffective over and over.

It had to be clarified because certain individuals want to make assumptions based on inaccurate reporting. There was never a debate about it. Some were just looking to make one.

 

[Disney Experience]

Even in this case, by the time the worker found out, they were symptomatic too which really didn't help. It was in the wing that my aunt was in when she was alive so a lot of fairly frail people too. They tried, but it failed miserably. First major outbreak in my area in a LTC too.

I cannot remember if it has been posted here recently, but the largest LTC company is making it mandatory for staff to be vaccinated.

BREAKING: Genesis, biggest U.S. nursing home chain, mandates staff COVID-19 vaccinations

Genesis HealthCare, the nation’s largest nursing home chain, has declared a “universal” COVID-19 vaccine policy for all employees, care partners and onsite vendors, who have three weeks to come into compliance.

www.mcknights.com