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raymusiccity

raymusiccity

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PhotoDave219 said:
Tangent.... I need @ParentsOf4 's thoughts here.....

Does this Ebola scare (which is silly, we all agree on that) risk a significant impact on the tourism market?

Meaning, if we get a few Ebola patients showing up on airplanes, could this risk a post-9/11 slowdown for Orlando tourism? Or is that reaching too much?
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I don't think you'll find anyone from Dallas or Cleveland who'll think this Ebola scare is 'silly'...:eek:
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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DVCPluto said:
Totally crazy! Like Frozen being in MK, EPCOT, and HS... Oh wait.

(Completely playing devil's advocate as I absolutely agree with you ;))
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PhotoDave219

PhotoDave219

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raymusiccity said:
I don't think you'll find anyone from Dallas or Cleveland who'll think this Ebola scare is 'silly'...:eek:
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No I really don't either… However for the rest of us who are not traveling and not coming into physical contact with ebola patients, Or those of us who don't touch other people… It's not exactly silly but just a small thought in the back of the head.

But between the NBC news crew that violated their self Corentine… These nurses treating the patient in Dallas without proper precautions, and then traveling afterwords? It's kind a messed up.

They need to get a handle on this before it turns into a panic. This has the potential to be pretty bad for the tourism and travel industries.
 
Nubs70

Nubs70

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PhotoDave219 said:
Tangent.... I need @ParentsOf4 's thoughts here.....

Does this Ebola scare (which is silly, we all agree on that) risk a significant impact on the tourism market?

Meaning, if we get a few Ebola patients showing up on airplanes, could this risk a post-9/11 slowdown for Orlando tourism? Or is that reaching too much?
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Not to panic. Just critical thinking.

This could risk post 9/11 type slowdown. The comments from CDC insisting that it's no big deal are concerning.

  1. The first patient would not have been found by the recent improved airport screenings.
  2. In the case of the first nurse, CDC states "They did not know how she got infected" then in the next sentence stated "Nurse violated protocol resulted in infection"
  3. 2nd infected nurse flies from Dallas to Cleveland and back.
  4. CDC claims any hospital can care for Ebola infections. Absolutely not true. My DW is a RN at a national top 20 hospital and the hospital is in no way equipped to care for 1 Ebola type patient.
Based on the entirely reactive nature of the CDC, this event does capture a degree of my concern.
 
CDavid

CDavid

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Mike S said:
Big update about the future of DLP on Disney and More. Big plans for WDS that could include Avatar Land depending on how it does in AK. http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2014/10/all-about-disneyland-paris-future.html?m=1
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I think many or most of us would be glad to send them our Avatar land, especially if we can have something more interesting and thematically appropriate in its place. If only...

raymusiccity said:
I don't think you'll find anyone from Dallas or Cleveland who'll think this Ebola scare is 'silly'...:eek:
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I think someone said this before, but it bears repeating. There are (so far) only a handful of Ebola cases or potential exposures. At the same time, thousands will die this year from the flu, a disease for which there is a vaccine available.
 
Mike S

Mike S

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CDavid said:
I think many or most of us would be glad to send them our Avatar land, especially if we can have something more interesting and thematically appropriate in its place. If only...



I think someone said this before, but it bears repeating. There are (so far) only a handful of Ebola cases or potential exposures. At the same time, thousands will die this year from the flu, a disease for which there is a vaccine available.
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I think Avatar could turn out really well but it depends on execution. If the land is pretty but the rides lacking and possibly a staggered opening it'll be just like New Fantasyland. My main hope is for the boat ride, Soarin 2.0 doesn't sound very appealing.
 
lazyboy97o

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CDavid said:
I think someone said this before, but it bears repeating. There are (so far) only a handful of Ebola cases or potential exposures. At the same time, thousands will die this year from the flu, a disease for which there is a vaccine available.
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Healthy adults are typically able to deal with the flu and when they start dying it does become news, see the H1N1 concerns a few years ago or the 1918 epidemic. Concern for Ebola is compounded by a lack of understanding. West Africa's infrastructure did not suddenly crumble in the last year and yet for reasons not totally understood something happened that has caused a rather small disease with very small casualties to surge. Decades of deaths being more than doubled in a year is not at all usual for prior outbreaks,
 
ford91exploder

ford91exploder

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lazyboy97o said:
Healthy adults are typically able to deal with the flu and when they start dying it does become news, see the H1N1 concerns a few years ago or the 1918 epidemic. Concern for Ebola is compounded by a lack of understanding. West Africa's infrastructure did not suddenly crumble in the last year and yet for reasons not totally understood something happened that has caused a rather small disease with very small casualties to surge. Decades of deaths being more than doubled in a year is not at all usual for prior outbreaks,
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What's interesting is that this strain of Ebola instead of having the usual 90+% lethality and swift onset (2-3 days) which is why prior outbreaks died out, has instead a 50-60% lethality and slow onset up to 21 days, If one breaks out the tinfoil hats it almost seems someone was playing with a bio-weapon which got out of control.
 
Nubs70

Nubs70

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CDavid said:
I think many or most of us would be glad to send them our Avatar land, especially if we can have something more interesting and thematically appropriate in its place. If only...



I think someone said this before, but it bears repeating. There are (so far) only a handful of Ebola cases or potential exposures. At the same time, thousands will die this year from the flu, a disease for which there is a vaccine available.
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Difference with flu is that most fatalities with flu are associated with the young, elderly or those with an additional underlying condition. Ebola is equal opportunity.
 
Cosmic Commando

Cosmic Commando

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WDW1974 said:
I have a few bottles of the shiraz. No chardonnay as I generally am not a fan. ... No cookie butter. Never had that. I wanted some frozen items and will be going back for that. I don't shop at Whole Food because I'm just not THAT wealthy. Publix is fine for a regional grocery chain (they are good for at least one sub a week from their deli too!)

But Trader Joe's isn't a place that I will do regular shopping at either. They are a niche operator. A place to go once in a while and get some items that you can't get elsewhere. But I wouldn't go there weekly. But to watch some folks grabbing stuff (again, the store opened Friday), you'd think either they were starving or this was the best food on the planet. I don't get that mentality at all. But I also am not a big fan of Dole Whips and Butterbeer and I also think that while In 'N' Out Burger is good, it is highly overrated too ... so, yeah, I'm a wee bit hard to please.
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It's a nice store, and they have some wonderful specialty items... but if you don't carry Coca-Cola or Cinnamon Toast Crunch, you're not a real grocery store.
 
Nubs70

Nubs70

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lazyboy97o said:
Healthy adults are typically able to deal with the flu and when they start dying it does become news, see the H1N1 concerns a few years ago or the 1918 epidemic. Concern for Ebola is compounded by a lack of understanding. West Africa's infrastructure did not suddenly crumble in the last year and yet for reasons not totally understood something happened that has caused a rather small disease with very small casualties to surge. Decades of deaths being more than doubled in a year is not at all usual for prior outbreaks,
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In the case of H1N1, CDC and HHS were all over the place with warning, cough into elbow crotch, etc. Now the same departments are all "It's no problem".
 
TeriofTerror

TeriofTerror

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PhotoDave219 said:
No I really don't either… However for the rest of us who are not traveling and not coming into physical contact with ebola patients, Or those of us who don't touch other people… It's not exactly silly but just a small thought in the back of the head.

But between the NBC news crew that violated their self Corentine… These nurses treating the patient in Dallas without proper precautions, and then traveling afterwords? It's kind a messed up.

They need to get a handle on this before it turns into a panic. This has the potential to be pretty bad for the tourism and travel industries.
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I'm from the Cleveland area, and I'm heading to Florida Friday. Be afraid; be very afraid. ;)
Don't worry; I'm currently unafflicted by any communicable diseases and am sincerely hoping to keep it that way.
 

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