Anyone concerned about the Coronavirus in WDW ?

[DisneyKhormid]

It’s the 10% that won’t be mild that’s the problem. That’s a lot of people.

No doubt and those people should take extra precautions. We shouldn't be shutting everything down because high risk people cant not go to a concert, theme park, movie theater or somewhere else they have a higher chance to get the virus. If you are at risk protect yourself, enough with locking everyone else out of living their lives.

 

[RamblingMad]

I hear you! I'm not really sure what to do. DH and I are traveling later (in April over Easter Week) to Myrtle Beach for our break. We are going to play that one by ear. At this point, unless a travel ban is initiated, the college kids are driving to Daytona as planned on Friday. Hopefully they are going early enough in the outbreak to not be impacted. I've seen on her college's parents' FB page that some kids are going home to the West Coast, so that is a little worrisome. Time will tell. All we can do is keep washing our hands with hot soapy water, prepare so we can self quarantine, stay home when we're sick, and be careful about coughing and sneezing.

Gotta love that the US response is to wash your hands more.

 

[RamblingMad]

No doubt and those people should take extra precautions. We shouldn't be shutting everything down because high risk people cant not go to a concert, theme park, movie theater or somewhere else they have a higher chance to get the virus. If you are at risk protect yourself, enough with locking everyone else out of living their lives.

And that’s the problem. We want our freedom over the health of our peers.

 

[DisneyKhormid]

Waiting in line at the grocery store is just as much a risk or a target store. So are we going to shut those down to?

 

[Searc]

It’s the 10% that won’t be mild that’s the problem. That’s a lot of people.

But people are assuming 100% of the population will get the virus. That isn't anywhere close to reality.

 

[Brianstl]

It’s the 10% that won’t be mild that’s the problem. That’s a lot of people.

That is what many people don't seem to understand. That number has the potential to overwhelm the healthcare system in this country and every other country. It is not the number that die because of the virus. It will be the number of people that die of other things because they can't get proper care because the healthcare system is overloaded.

 

[DisneyKhormid]

And that’s the problem. We want our freedom over the health of our peers.

So let me get this straight I'm supposed to lose my job because someone else might get sick so my company should shutdown to do what prevent spread that's happening no matter what?

 

[DisneyKhormid]

So let's take the supposed 62,000 people that work at disney world. What happens when let's say 40,000 hourly employees dont get paid cause Disney closes for a month and dont work the hours that allow them healthcare. How are they supposed to survive normal life without income let alone not having healthcare when they have a heart attack, cancer, RSV, or any other countless health concern?

 

[Brianstl]

Waiting in line at the grocery store is just as much a risk or a target store. So are we going to shut those down to?

Actually it isn't anywhere close to the same risk. The Magic Kingdom averages 57,000 visitors a day from all over the country and the world. Your local Target on a good day will get a couple thousand shoppers almost exclusively from the area you live in.

 

[Searc]

Actually it isn't anywhere close to the same risk. The Magic Kingdom averages 57,000 visitors a day from all over the country and the world. Your local Target on a good day will get a couple thousand shoppers almost exclusively from the area you live in.

I don't ever assume the people that live around me live in a bubble. Many of them are very well-traveled.

 

[pezgirlroy]

I think the other thing that concerns me is the hysteria that is starting to happen. Yes this is a serious virus. Yes we need to take it seriously. But....I have a 3 year old and a 9 year old. They are in daycare/school. In the winter, the 3 year old basically has a cold all winter long. All the kids do. So she has a cold right now with a runny nose and cough. The 9 year old now has it. I may be getting it too. They both know how to properly wash their hands and cover their cough. We were out the other day and when my youngest coughed you would have thought that she was trying to kill everyone. Yes, there is a concern here but honestly we have gotten to keep a level head. I also have my fingers crossed that my disney cruise will still be a go in April

 

[Brianstl]

I don't ever assume the people that live around me live in a bubble. Many of them are very well-traveled.

Even when you calculate for that, your risk at the local Target store is still magnitudes times smaller than at a place like the Magic Kingdom.

Look, I would still go to the Magic Kingdom today. Me and my family are heathy and don't have preexisting conditions that place us at a greater risk to this virus. That said, it is just flat out crazy to act like the risk of catching anything at your local Target store is comparable to the risk of contracting something at a Disney park.

 

[wilbret]

I don't ever assume the people that live around me live in a bubble. Many of them are very well-traveled.

Yeah... I live in an Atlanta suburb, full of business people that use the busiest airport on the planet on a weekly basis. In one month, I might be in 6+ states.
I'm in airports, restaurants, gas stations, manufacturing facilities, stores, offices, rental cars, trains, etc. If a school has 1200 kids in it, let's say it's 900 families, and most likely those people work at 500+ different locations. At thos 500+ locations, there are visitors from other states and countries. The employees travel, eat, get gas, shop, etc. It's so easy to think of scenarios where this spreads, no matter the type of group. My company is at trade shows CONSTANTLY. I was just at one for a week, and we had 10s of thousands of people visit our booth. Our booth was staffed by people from all over the country and world! So were other booths!

I saw a postal worker tested positive. Let's say this person was at a counter, or a letter carrier. This virus supposedly has the ability to live for 9 days on a surface. Whaaaat?

I don't shake hands anymore. I have been drilling it into my kids to quit touching everything when out, and also to wash their hands correctly... etc..

Good luck, everyone. LOL. That being said, I'm traveling tomorrow, and the week after, and the week after. I've got 2 trips to Disney booked this year. I'm not planning on being dead. Hopefully.

 

[RamblingMad]

So let's take the supposed 62,000 people that work at disney world. What happens when let's say 40,000 hourly employees dont get paid cause Disney closes for a month and dont work the hours that allow them healthcare. How are they supposed to survive normal life without income let alone not having healthcare when they have a heart attack, cancer, RSV, or any other countless health concern?

This is what happens when you don’t have government healthcare. You depend on your employer. Disney already shut down their parks in Asia. Why wouldn’t they do the same here?

 

[Hikergirl]

Gotta love that the US response is to wash your hands more.

Well according to the experts that aren't part of the gov't that is pretty good advice

 

[Hikergirl]

This is what happens when you don’t have government healthcare. You depend on your employer. Disney already shut down their parks in Asia. Why wouldn’t they do the same here?

Well when you have gov't running things they let infected people out of isolation.

 

[wilbret]

Well when you have gov't running things they let infected people out of isolation.

And the govt has proven time and time again to be the most efficient... lol... can't even finish the sentence. I don't want gubment taking care of me.

 

[Searc]

This is what happens when you don’t have government healthcare. You depend on your employer. Disney already shut down their parks in Asia. Why wouldn’t they do the same here?

Because Disney has little say in what happens in those Asian countries. They don't own or run the parks.

 

[meggers628]

The vast assumption is that we are significantly under estimating the amount of current or past cases, which means the percentage of serious or critical cases is probably much lower than currently reported.

Everyone should practice standard precautions, high risk individuals should maybe take more serious precautions. But shutting down large portions of our economy and schools, for what, months? That is just unrealistic and will cause other similarly dangerous problems.

 

[pezgirlroy]

The vast assumption is that we are significantly under estimating the amount of current or past cases, which means the percentage of serious or critical cases is probably much lower than currently reported.

Everyone should practice standard precautions, high risk individuals should maybe take more serious precautions. But shutting down large portions of our economy and schools, for what, months? That is just unrealistic and will cause other similarly dangerous problems.

Yep. I have been thinking about this. If it was first detected in China in December there is no way in my mind that it hasn't already been here in this country for a while now. I am definitely more worried about the long term financial impact of this.