Anyone concerned about the Coronavirus in WDW ?

[Angeliki19]

I have a trip to WDW in May and the ONLY reason I am concerned is that my DD has asthma and has been hospitalized several times due to pneumonia.... respiratory illnesses are not her friend. I am keeping a close eye on things and in general, my feeling is that while this is scary because it's unknown and most likely we will all come in contact, for most people it will not be an issue. However, for those of us with loved ones who have health conditions, it's kind of scary. I am not thinking about canceling yet, but definitely have to keep an eye on things. Nothing is more important than my child's health.

 

[Farro]

I have a trip to WDW in May and the ONLY reason I am concerned is that my DD has asthma and has been hospitalized several times due to pneumonia.... respiratory illnesses are not her friend. I am keeping a close eye on things and in general, my feeling is that while this is scary because it's unknown and most likely we will all come in contact, for most people it will not be an issue. However, for those of us with loved ones who have health conditions, it's kind of scary. I am not thinking about canceling yet, but definitely have to keep an eye on things. Nothing is more important than my child's health.

Yes, that's the part that is scary. I have elderly parents and my sister has lupus. I worry about them and this.

The other scary thing is the reaction of the public. If they start to panic, they can make things SO MUCH WORSE. I wish the media would stick to facts rather than click-bait headlines.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

If you aren’t being fit-tested they aren’t going to work right...

This is why there is a shortage of them for healthcare workers

Mother-in-law I guess last night just bought us all (7 total) masks from a company she saw on FB (I'm assuming it was from a Sponsored link ad)....

Given that normal masks don't fit on my face well at all I'm gong to guess it's going to be absolutely useless for me.

We didn't ask nor does my husband and I think we actually need the masks but my mother-in-law is the kind of person who would one-click things or go based off of a video. Basing off of just a teensy tiny really easy google search the company she bought from is brand new (their website is from 2020), they have terrible awful reviews of being a scam (orders made, but not delivered and not cancelled so people can't get their money back), the language syntax on the page makes me highly suspect that they are actually located in LA. Their masks specifically mention Coronavirus. And I wouldn't trust them at all that their masks are actually N95. I hate that companies (and the people behind the companies) are taking advantage of people.

 

[agame2323]

For the first time I'm considering moving our trip back. We scheduled end of May but if this continues to spread I'm putting Disney on hold. The fact that the virus is already here is what concerns me.

 

[RamblingMad]

For the first time I'm considering moving our trip back. We scheduled end of May but if this continues to spread I'm putting Disney on hold. The fact that the virus is already here is what concerns me.

Here's how it kills you:

 

[skyblue17]

While I am not trying to tell you to not be concerned, vomiting is not a symptom of Coronavirus. It is much more possible that this person had some stomach bug and it was peaking while on the flight. Heck, I am embarrassed to admin have serious motion sickness and have vomited on a plane (contained, but vomited).

I recently was part of a trip where a relatively significant percentage of our group (a very large group) got hit with symptoms of food poisoning/a stomach bug (we are not sure which) on the departure day and there was definitely some stomach distress in transit. Lots of reasons why someone might be puking on a plane!

 

[quandrea]

While I am not trying to tell you to not be concerned, vomiting is not a symptom of Coronavirus. It is much more possible that this person had some stomach bug and it was peaking while on the flight. Heck, I am embarrassed to admin have serious motion sickness and have vomited on a plane (contained, but vomited).

In addition, certain segments of the Asian population wear masks while traveling long before this recent outbreak. I have plenty of pictures of them in backgrounds in my European travels.

Try to stay calm. To this point, this is not striking random, healthy people dead. Not saying it isn't concerning, just I think we need to remain calm.

Completely agree. I’m a fairly rational person with a healthcare background. The irrational side likes to rear its head now and then.

 

[RangerPooh]

Both DH and I work for a university and yesterday he was called to a last minute meeting on the topic of Coronavirus and how to handle students about to embark upon international travel and what the university will do in the event that it reaches a pandemic. For him and the team working on this it's about the 'what if' planning in the event that something happens locally. Plus with students traveling internationally guidelines on what is and isn't considered safe need to be reviewed in greater detail.

This lead me to wonder what how much thought the local schools have put into this. Closing school for a week isn't a big deal, but anything longer would be. The middle school and high school kids can function on their digital technology provided by the school, but it's the younger ones who risk falling behind.

It's easy to blow things out of proportion as either "the sky is falling" or "it's no big deal", but me I'm all about trying to be realistic. So the realist in me is wanting to look at what precautions are needed.

 

[lorilori]

I'm about to cancel our trip scheduled in two weeks which is supposed to be the do-over from our mid-December trip where two of the four of us got violently ill. It started four days after we got there. Being that ill in a hotel room was absolutely horrible and the travel disruption part of it was really difficult and expensive, something we'd never thought about before that trip. Trying to add hotel nights onsite ANYWHERE because we were too sick to leave. Dealing with changing flights. Praying to God the other two of us didn't get sick while confined to one room with one bathroom. No, I don't want to risk even the slightest possibility of going through that again.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Both DH and I work for a university and yesterday he was called to a last minute meeting on the topic of Coronavirus and how to handle students about to embark upon international travel and what the university will do in the event that it reaches a pandemic. For him and the team working on this it's about the 'what if' planning in the event that something happens locally. Plus with students traveling internationally guidelines on what is and isn't considered safe need to be reviewed in greater detail.

This lead me to wonder what how much thought the local schools have put into this. Closing school for a week isn't a big deal, but anything longer would be. The middle school and high school kids can function on their digital technology provided by the school, but it's the younger ones who risk falling behind.

It's easy to blow things out of proportion as either "the sky is falling" or "it's no big deal", but me I'm all about trying to be realistic. So the realist in me is wanting to look at what precautions are needed.

I'm guessing they would just extend the school year to make up the days.

We have a state law that requires a set number of days OR hours based on age. I suppose they could grant an exception. I'm not sure what happens when school buildings are destroyed due to tornadoes or other storms though as I know that's happened before.

 

[DLgal]

I'm guessing they would just extend the school year to make up the days.

We have a state law that requires a set number of days OR hours based on age. I suppose they could grant an exception. I'm not sure what happens when school buildings are destroyed due to tornadoes or other storms though as I know that's happened before.

Yeah, I think if a school district is forced to suspend school for 2 weeks, the state government would likely grant an exemption rather than require the days be made up. It happens in districts prone to severe weather all the time.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Yeah, I think if a school district is forced to suspend school for 2 weeks, the state government would likely grant an exemption rather than require the days be made up. It happens in districts prone to severe weather all the time.

Yeah that would seem like a good thing to do too given the whole circumstance.

I'm wondering if in our area it could depend on the timing.

When the state law was adjusted and they added in the option to do just a specified number of hours it really helped. A school district can opt to adhere to that and so rather than have to extend they'll tack on minutes or hours to days (which is usually more common for snow days) in order to maintain the required amount of hours (which varies based on age/school level).

BUT that's a lot easier when there's enough school year left to do that. If say Coronavirus hit our area hard towards April or May and it forced closures for long enough I'm thinking an exemption would be more likely. But if it happened now unless they expected a closure for the rest of the school year (which ends around Memorial Day) they might just extend the school year or see if there's enough time during the days to tack on hours to make up. Or if it happened say in the fall for next school year I could see extending the school year or adding on hours to the day X time period versus an exemption.

They build in snow days around here and Professional Days and whatnot and I've seen them also do things like shorten Spring or Winter break so I think there's some leeway here into an extension of the school year but a prolonged closure is different than closures sprinkled here and there.

It's def. interesting to think about. I mean we've had measles and flu closures for schools throughout the country but because this whole thing is new school districts and the states may not have been able to have enough time to think about it..and at least right now there's not a high level of concern on the school level at least it seems that way.

 

[DLgal]

Yeah that would seem like a good thing to do too given the whole circumstance.

I'm wondering if in our area it could depend on the timing.

When the state law was adjusted and they added in the option to do just a specified number of hours it really helped. A school district can opt to adhere to that and so rather than have to extend they'll tack on minutes or hours to days (which is usually more common for snow days) in order to maintain the required amount of hours (which varies based on age/school level).

BUT that's a lot easier when there's enough school year left to do that. If say Coronavirus hit our area hard towards April or May and it forced closures for long enough I'm thinking an exemption would be more likely. But if it happened now unless they expected a closure for the rest of the school year (which ends around Memorial Day) they might just extend the school year or see if there's enough time during the days to tack on hours to make up. Or if it happened say in the fall for next school year I could see extending the school year or adding on hours to the day X time period versus an exemption.

They build in snow days around here and Professional Days and whatnot and I've seen them also do things like shorten Spring or Winter break so I think there's some leeway here into an extension of the school year but a prolonged closure is different than closures sprinkled here and there.

It's def. interesting to think about. I mean we've had measles and flu closures for schools throughout the country but because this whole thing is new school districts and the states may not have been able to have enough time to think about it..and at least right now there's not a high level of concern on the school level at least it seems that way.

It's clearly an unprecedented situation, but at the end of the day, kids missing a couple weeks of school isn't that big of a deal. Exemptions will easily be granted.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It's clearly an unprecedented situation, but at the end of the day, kids missing a couple weeks of school isn't that big of a deal. Exemptions will easily be granted.

Well I think that could be a big deal depending on your age.

A 3rd grader may not see a big issue especially if the school could send things for parents to try to work with their young ones on but a senior in high school who is doing things for college or high school graduation it could be different. I'm not saying they wouldn't work to come up with solutions but realistically there are still obligations one may need to complete even with a closure of a school that can't be wiped away by an exemption or unique factors (like me for instance who was a dual high school and college student at the Community College for French courses for junior and senior years).

In any case probably too early to contemplate all the what ifs but it wasn't something I had thought about until the poster mentioned it

 

[DLgal]

Well I think that could be a big deal depending on your age.

A 3rd grader may not see a big issue especially if the school could send things for parents to try to work with their young ones on but a senior in high school who is doing things for college or high school graduation it could be different. I'm not saying they wouldn't work to come up with solutions but realistically there are still obligations one may need to complete even with a closure of a school that can't be wiped away by an exemption or unique factors (like me for instance who was a dual high school and college student at the Community College for French courses for junior and senior years).

In any case probably too early to contemplate all the what ifs but it wasn't something I had thought about until the poster mentioned it

It's no worse than summer vacation, in terms of losing skills. As for seniors, again, they will make allowances. It's not like kids would be choosing to skip school. NO ONE would be in school. Everything would come to a screeching halt. Testing, finals, projects, etc.

Frankly, the school day is a LOT of wasted time anyway. There's some fat that can be trimmed if they need to really buckle down and cram in missed time.

 

[wvjules]

It's only a small number but it's starting....

A small number of Disney workers have been told to stay home over coronavirus fears after they recently returned from a trip to Italy.

A spokesperson from Walt Disney World told WESH 2 News that a small number of individuals who work at Disney, but are not all Disney employees, have been asked to stay home due to coronavirus concerns.

https://www.wesh.com/article/disney...home-coronavirus-concerns-italy-trip/31113644

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It's no worse than summer vacation, in terms of losing skills. As for seniors, again, they will make allowances. It's not like kids would be choosing to skip school. NO ONE would be in school. Everything would come to a screeching halt. Testing, finals, projects, etc.

Frankly, the school day is a LOT of wasted time anyway. There's some fat that can be trimmed if they need to really buckle down and cram in missed time.

Maybe we're thinking about different situations then and I'm not saying you're wrong I guess I was just thinking about it differently. If it were bad enough that the metro of over 2 million people came to a standstill then yes I think school is the least of one's concerns on both sides of the state line (each state has different laws pertaining to school days).

But if one area of just my one county (of which there are 14 counties) in the metro is hit where this school and that school has a high population of people infected near and around you're not going to have no one in school, you'll just have those specific schools closed down and those people told to stay home and don't go out (I believe that's the going advice and tool being used). I think that would make more of a case to make adjustments here and there vs erasing because there's ways of taking testing and arranging for finals, etc and again timing of the year I think would have a large impact at least here.

Presently some schools just opt to close because they have too low of attendance due to an illness to get Federal funding.

To shut down my entire school district that has nearly 30,000 kids (and they are just 1 of the big 3 in just my county) would mean it's catastrophic. I guess I wasn't thinking quite at that level...yet at least. But again we're thinking hypotheticals here anyways so maybe there's not too much point in discussing it all too too much yet.

 

[xipotec]

How much do you worry about the flu on your trips?

whatever that amount is , worry less.
For now.

 

[Hikergirl]

Yes, that's the part that is scary. I have elderly parents and my sister has lupus. I worry about them and this.

The other scary thing is the reaction of the public. If they start to panic, they can make things SO MUCH WORSE. I wish the media would stick to facts rather than click-bait headlines.

Exactly, some of us are concerned with others who may be at risk of being in that 2%.
I don't want to catch it and I certainly don't want to carry it to the people I care about who are in a high risk group.

 

[Disneypro1]

Remember. The 2% mortality rate is in China. Not great healthcare there. That number will be much less,,especially once you factor in the west. Flu death rate is also higher in China North Korea etc.
This will pass.