News Disney mask policy at Walt Disney World theme parks

[Touchdown]

Unless I'm missing it, I don't think it lets you see the data for each individual county that feeds into the metrics. The old case rate based map showed the data for the county if you clicked on it.

Since they use the highest single metric to determine, one of the metrics could be over by 0.1 and it makes it red. Without seeing the data, we can't really tell.

I also don't see if it is considering somebody a COVID patient if they are in the hospital and test positive or if they are only counting people in the hospital due to COVID. If it is the former then they've basically kept the old case rate based metric in a new form because whatever percentage of the population is positive you'd expect around the same percentage of people who go to the hospital for anything to test positive.

I don’t make the metric I just posted them. Under the old guidelines my county is “substantial” but these new guidelines make it “low” which makes me happy.

 

[Disney4Lyfe]

I don’t make the metric I just posted them. Under the old guidelines my county is “substantial” but these new guidelines make it “low” which makes me happy.

Yes! It’s safe now!

 

[The Mom]

Please explain it to me. Why would a school bus be safe, and a public bus to be dangerous?

Perhaps it's because a school bus has the same passengers every day, who are all going to the same location every day, where there are few outsiders? Unlike a public bus which may have some passengers who take the same bus every day, but there are others who do not. And they are not all going to spend hours indoors together after they get off the bus. They are going to be exposed to different people, and may be riding home with a different mix of people later in the day.

The children are likely to live in the same neighborhood, so may even play together outside of school hours. So the children going to and from school are in a smaller "bubble" than people going to and from the workplace or other places.

 

[Lilofan]

Perhaps it's because a school bus has the same passengers every day, who are all going to the same location every day, where there are few outsiders? Unlike a public bus which may have some passengers who take the same bus every day, but there are others who do not. And they are not all going to spend hours indoors together after they get off the bus. They are going to be exposed to different people, and may be riding home with a different mix of people later in the day.

The children are likely to live in the same neighborhood, so may even play together outside of school hours. So the children going to and from school are in a smaller "bubble" than people going to and from the workplace or other places.

Back in the day the school bus I rode to school had no heat or AC but we could slide down the windows. Perhaps if windows are open when kids ride the bus there would be cross ventilation. If in the cold and freezing Northeast that may be a different story. Public buses don't have windows to open I believe.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Back in the day the school bus I rode to school had no heat or AC but we could slide down the windows. Perhaps if windows are open when kids ride the bus there would be cross ventilation. If in the cold and freezing Northeast that may be a different story. Public buses don't have windows to open I believe.

Most school bus windows barely open due to injuries. So school buses are very stuffy.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

He’s wearing a mask

 

[correcaminos]

Back in the day the school bus I rode to school had no heat or AC but we could slide down the windows. Perhaps if windows are open when kids ride the bus there would be cross ventilation. If in the cold and freezing Northeast that may be a different story. Public buses don't have windows to open I believe.

Yeah no windows open here yet in the Midwest either. Our buses do have some heat but not great. Our public buses do have windows that can open. Or at least they did the last time I rode.

There has been no talk of removing school bus masks here either. Given the way our schools work, they want time to allow parents to make adjustments if needed so I don't see us dropping the masks for school before spring break (2 weeks from now) anyway.

Most school bus windows barely open due to injuries. So school buses are very stuffy.

Ours are open when it is warm enough. We've had some spring days but still not regularly yet to do so.

 

[G00fyDad]

Perhaps it's because a school bus has the same passengers every day, who are all going to the same location every day, where there are few outsiders? Unlike a public bus which may have some passengers who take the same bus every day, but there are others who do not. And they are not all going to spend hours indoors together after they get off the bus. They are going to be exposed to different people, and may be riding home with a different mix of people later in the day.

The children are likely to live in the same neighborhood, so may even play together outside of school hours. So the children going to and from school are in a smaller "bubble" than people going to and from the workplace or other places.

School buses also stop at all railroad tracks. City buses do not. They're also on the road a lot less per day than a city bus.

 

[DisneyCane]

Most school bus windows barely open due to injuries. So school buses are very stuffy.

Back in "my day" you could open the whole top half of the window. What I've seen recently seems they can barely crack them a couple of inches.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Back in "my day" you could open the whole top half of the window. What I've seen recently seems they can barely crack them a couple of inches.

That’s how it is here. Super hot whenever the air temp is over 60.

 

[Lilofan]

Back in "my day" you could open the whole top half of the window. What I've seen recently seems they can barely crack them a couple of inches.

Hang out the school bus window and hang your head and shoulders out. Been there done that.

 

[DisneyCane]

Hang out the school bus window and hang your head and shoulders out. Been there done that.

Those were the days!

 

[Incomudro]

Hang out the school bus window and hang your head and shoulders out. Been there done that.

Never did that because my mother told me a story of a boy who did who struck a telephone pole as the bus passed it.
I don't know if the story was true, but it worked for me.

 

[Andrew C]

Never did that because my mother told me a story of a boy who did who struck a telephone pole as the bus passed it.
I don't know if the story was true, but it worked for me.

My mom had a lot of those stories.

 

[Heelz2315]

National cases jumped from 33k last Sunday to 48k today. Here we go again

 

[DisneyDreamer08]

National cases jumped from 33k last Sunday to 48k today. Here we go again

I am definitely preparing for a big spike with so many mask mandates dropping. We are in MA and our school system voted to drop them. So my kids don’t have to wear them tomorrow for the first time. The week before vacation week, I think our district had 3 or 4 cases. I’m very curious to see what happens over the next few weeks.

 

[Heelz2315]

Just when Disney drops the indoor mask mandate….here we go back up again. FINALLY I book a mask free trip for mid April and if things go sideways WDW could bring them back….and I’d have to cancel…AGAIN!!

I don’t mind masks I just don’t want to wear them at WDW. That may be in jeopardy I’m afraid

 

[JoeCamel]

Just when Disney drops the indoor mask mandate….here we go back up again. FINALLY I book a mask free trip for mid April and if things go sideways WDW could bring them back….and I’d have to cancel…AGAIN!!

I don’t mind masks I just don’t want to wear them at WDW. That may be in jeopardy I’m afraid

I think I would give it a week or two before I get exorcised over it, a blip in numbers can be a reporting anomaly

 

[Andrew C]

Just when Disney drops the indoor mask mandate….here we go back up again. FINALLY I book a mask free trip for mid April and if things go sideways WDW could bring them back….and I’d have to cancel…AGAIN!!

I don’t mind masks I just don’t want to wear them at WDW. That may be in jeopardy I’m afraid

I’m not seeing what you’re seeing. 7 day average was down yesterday compared to average the day before.

I know the lower we get with cases, the more flat the decline will be.

 

[marymarypoppins]

I am definitely preparing for a big spike with so many mask mandates dropping. We are in MA and our school system voted to drop them. So my kids don’t have to wear them tomorrow for the first time. The week before vacation week, I think our district had 3 or 4 cases. I’m very curious to see what happens over the next few weeks.

If it makes you feel any better my district has been mask less and restriction less since August and no spikes or covid crisis so to speak. The only closings we have had to make have been for weather.