As of now we are still not cancelling our end of April cruise on the Fantasy. We will continue to monitor but as of now still going (same for a cruise in August).
We sail the 21st and plan to leave it until last minute. We have two days at WDW first, so I suppose if the cruise is cancelled (highly unlikely!) we'd try to stay there longer and make the best of it (without ADRs and FPs, but hey). But at this point - it's too late to cancel without penalty (without a reason), and also too late to choose a different vacation (and we have relatives meeting us for different portions, so it's not just us).Agh. We are end of March. In 3 weeks. We are a 50/50. I believe we have an insurance that allows some option to reschedule within a year. (Though I think we only get 75% of what we paid on it-- that's a %25 penalty.) This landscape is changing so quickly... I think we'll wait until the last minute to do so, since we're so close, unless of anyone can think of a reason to do it earlier than last minute?? (But with just an oceanview and no veranda, I can't imagine it'll be much fun if we all get stuck in quarantine. Eek.)
Let’s say we are underreported and there are cases. We are not experiencing a particularly deadly flu season and no reports of pneumonia deaths being unusually high. So if it is in the wild here in US, it’s not causing any problems different than our usual cold and flu season. In which case, what is there to worry about?The US is definitely under-reporting. We aren't testing anyone and then saying we have no cases. Korea has tested over 30,000 people. The USA has tested fewer than 500. The response we've chosen in the USA is bury our heads and try to prop up the stock market.
Let’s say we are underreported and there are cases. We are not experiencing a particularly deadly flu season and no reports of pneumonia deaths being unusually high. So if it is in the wild here in US, it’s not causing any problems different that our usual cold and flu season. In which case, what is there to worry about?
Let’s say we are underreported and there are cases. We are not experiencing a particularly deadly flu season and no reports of pneumonia deaths being unusually high. So if it is in the wild here in US, it’s not causing any problems different than our usual cold and flu season. In which case, what is there to worry about?
How many times does a fatal case of flu make the news in any case?
My biggest concern ATM is the study from 2 days ago which pointed to changes in the lung tissue of many COVID-19 cases, including those that were asymptomatic. I'm too young to lose some lung functionality, whats scarier is I may not even know its happened until some point down the line where I develop a complication. There are things about this disease that are different from other things we have dealt with in the past. I feel its better to confront head on and to know what we are actually dealing with rather than stick our heads in the sand. This way, if we find out relaibly that having COVID-19 make you more vulnerable to something else we know to be on the lookout.Let’s say we are underreported and there are cases. We are not experiencing a particularly deadly flu season and no reports of pneumonia deaths being unusually high. So if it is in the wild here in US, it’s not causing any problems different than our usual cold and flu season. In which case, what is there to worry about?
Not cancelling our 3 night cruise in May. I am presuming if it gets bad, Disney will cancel them when necessary. The last thing they want are their ships in quarantine.
Part of me wishes I'd catch it now, then recover & get it over with!
NOT the way this is working. You can get it multiple times.Part of me wishes I'd catch it now, then recover & get it over with!
NOT the way this is working. You can get it multiple times.
We sail the 21st and plan to leave it until last minute. We have two days at WDW first, so I suppose if the cruise is cancelled (highly unlikely!) we'd try to stay there longer and make the best of it (without ADRs and FPs, but hey). But at this point - it's too late to cancel without penalty (without a reason), and also too late to choose a different vacation (and we have relatives meeting us for different portions, so it's not just us).
As someone said, 8 days on the Fantasy with no ports could still be fun, it's just the small risk of being stuck in our stateroom with small kids that scares me. However, given the way that worked out before, I suspect they'd find a different way to quarantine us should that be necessary (i.e. bring us back to the US)
Wow - that is crazy. I'd have to presume, each time would be milder? As your immune system builds up anti-bodies?
I’ve taken care of a lot patients with ARDS this Winter that were negative for the flu. Maybe they had Corona maybe I’ve had it. Everyone in my family including me has had a few mild cold/flu like illness this Winter. Since we’re not testing who knows.This is unfortunately true. They haven't been testing. Sounds like the horse has been out of the barn for some time. That's that. You can't say we don't have the virus here if you haven't been testing for it. I found this just a few minutes ago, from NPR...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has apparently resolved a problem that has hindered testing for the new coronavirus, NPR has learned.
There has been a bottleneck in testing for the coronavirus because of problems with the test kits the CDC has distributed to labs around the United States