GRAND OPENING - GRAND CLOSING (Florida)

[Heigh-Ho]

They also make up a lot of our workforce. They have been out in this from the beginning.

Absolutely! I almost made that point too. Many of them work retail, fast food, restaurant and the like.

 

[Searc]

Parties, and really any gatherings where people are close together. Saw that there was an outbreak among students who had taken the ACT. And read that the Marlin's MLB team has to cancel games because they have an outbreak. 12 players and 2 coaches have now tested positive. Good luck getting through the season....they're less than a week in.

The Marlins are stuck in Philly for now. lol They're passing it on to each other throughout the league and soon they won't be able to play games because too many players will be sick.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Hong Kong just shut down all dining and instituted a nationwide mask mandate, even outdoors.

They've had less than 3,000 cases and 19 deaths.

 

[wombat_5606]

I looked for the post, but I can't find it. I read it here, heard it from my mom when I talked to her, AND they said it on the Today show this morning (although they said Florida overtook NY as the #2 with CA as #1). I went back to Worldometers and the "standings" haven't changed. Are people looking at different numbers somewhere?

I read an article last night that mentioned it too. What I'm thinking is that some site is using slightly different numbers than Worldometers. I went and looked at the Johns Hopkins Dashboard and didn't see that those numbers either. I looked at the CovidTrackingProject, too and the numbers didn't work.

One of the problems with the numbers is that the states are changing how they report numbers. Florida is definitely one of those states. Maybe that is where the discrepancy comes from.

Those states aren't very far off from each other, but I'm confused as to where the support for that statement comes from. If I see something that explains it, I'll try to come back and post.

 

[wombat_5606]

I looked for the post, but I can't find it. I read it here, heard it from my mom when I talked to her, AND they said it on the Today show this morning (although they said Florida overtook NY as the #2 with CA as #1). I went back to Worldometers and the "standings" haven't changed. Are people looking at different numbers somewhere?

Sam, I did go back to where I thought I read the post from last night. It was on Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...virus-cases-blows-past-new-york-idUSKCN24R0IH

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

One in 50 Florida residents have tested positive for COVID-19 as death toll nears 6,000

 

[dvcgirl67]

The Marlins are stuck in Philly for now. lol They're passing it on to each other throughout the league and soon they won't be able to play games because too many players will be sick.

And they're traveling around the country. It's all good....no worries.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

The Yankees are probably feeling very lucky they didn't play the Phillies yet.

 

[dvcgirl67]

One in 50 Florida residents have tested positive for COVID-19 as death toll nears 6,000

A bunch of them play for the Marlins apparently. Seems like you have to quarantine the players and avoid almost all contact with the outside world to keep playing. The NBA has done that and seem to be moving forward pretty well. That was the original idea for MLB...to house them all in quarantine in Arizona and use a bunch of local stadiums in the phoenix metro area to play games. But, the players didn't want to do that. So they're flying around the country and staying in hotels...etc. Makes them too vulnerable. Now the MLB is holding an emergency meeting where they will discuss how screwed they are. Can't wait to see how the NFL goes...should be great.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

A bunch of them play for the Marlins apparently. Seems like you have to quarantine the players and avoid almost all contact with the outside world to keep playing. The NBA has done that and seem to be moving forward pretty well. That was the original idea for MLB...to house them all in quarantine in Arizona and use a bunch of local stadiums in the phoenix metro area to play games. But, the players didn't want to do that. So they're flying around the country and staying in hotels...etc. Makes them too vulnerable. Now the MLB is holding an emergency meeting where they will discuss how screwed they are. Can't wait to see how the NFL goes...should be great.

I assume the Marlins were tested in Philadelphia, not Florida.

 

[dvcgirl67]

The Yankees are probably feeling very lucky they didn't play the Phillies yet.

I'll be surprised if the MLB finishes the season. And as for the NFL, a lot of those guys are overweight. And even if you consider them fit, well, I guess we'll see how that goes. I can think of a bunch of NFL coaches who are obese.

 

[cakebaker]

Pediatric cases have increased 34%, 23% increase in hospitalizations and school isn't even open yet There were cases today, but fewer tests as well. They've apparently figured out the less testing, lest positives solution.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Arizona reports 1,813 new cases of COVID-19 today. Not sure what the hey ho is going on there.

 

[cakebaker]

Disney has pushed back dates on opening some resorts.

• October 4: Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort (was Aug. 12)
• November 1: Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (was Aug. 12)
• Open Date Removed: Disney’s Beach Club Resort & Disney’s Boardwalk Resort (both were Oct. 1)

I'm not sure why Disney didn't anticipate that opening during a raging pandemic might cause people to think twice about coming.

 

[hertamaniac]

Yankees vs. Phillies = Postponed today.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Thread from a woman in her early 30s - you don't want this thing.

I just crossed the 4 month mark of being sick w' COVID19. I am young, & I was healthy. Dying is not the only thing to worry about. I still have a near-daily fever, loss of cognitive function, essential tremors, GI issues, severe headaches, heartrate of 150+, viral arthritis, heart palpitations, muscle aches, a feeling like my body has forgotten to breathe. Over the past 124 days I've lost all feeling in my arms & hands, had extreme back/kidney/rib pain, phantom smells (like someone BBQing bad meat), tinnitus, difficulty understanding text/reading, difficulty following conversations, sensitivity to noise & light, nonstop bruising. *Thinking* can cause headaches now. I'm not alone in the cognitive issues; it's as common a symptom as cough. No one knows when #longcovid patients aren't contagious; many are alone for months.

 

[RamblingMad]

They believe they are all entitled to do whatever they want as well.

It’s the American way. I almost feel like it’s cultural.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Disney has pushed back dates on opening some resorts.

• October 4: Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort (was Aug. 12)
• November 1: Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (was Aug. 12)
• Open Date Removed: Disney’s Beach Club Resort & Disney’s Boardwalk Resort (both were Oct. 1)

I'm not sure why Disney didn't anticipate that opening during a raging pandemic might cause people to think twice about coming.

Yeah, I think there’s a raging pandemic happening there. So probably a good call.

 

[DLgal]

Florida's testing is such a disaster, honestly. It's no wonder the virus is running rampant.

My parents are in their early 70s. They live in a retirement community near Kissimmee. My dad got tested 14 days ago. He STILL has not received his test results.

Here is his timeline of "illness":

July 8: symptoms began. Fever, chills, lethargy, headache, body aches

July 11: last day of symptoms

July 13: COVID test done

July 14: he had to take my mom to the hospital for an angiogram (mom had been tested a week prior to the procedure, but BEFORE my dad started showing symptoms....got her negative result AT the procedure). My dad stayed in the car.

July 16: my dad went in for a scheduled CT. He had called the center the day he took the Covid test to ask if he should reschedule. They told him "as long as you aren't having symptoms the day of, you are good to come in." (Excuse me, but WHAT???)

July 22: new onset wheeezing

July 27: still no test results

In the meantime, my parents have been out to eat breakfast at a restaurant (the morning of my moms procedure), he had been out shopping at Costco and Publix WITH SYMPTOMS (don't even get me started on that...I yelled at him for being so irresponsible, but he is VERY stubborn), and who knows where else he went without telling me.

This is a major problem that test results are taking so long to come back. Florida is FULL of stubborn elderly people who just WILL NOT stay home if they feel sick. When I expressed outrage at the fact that my parents went out to eat when they both should have been staying home, they said "well, what are we supposed to do, just stay in the house forever?" Ugh.

And WHY are medical offices allowing probable positive people (and those who live in their houses) in for non emergent medical procedures? What the heck?

So, the lesson here is, Florida is the worst.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

July 16: my dad went in for a scheduled CT. He had called the center the day he took the Covid test to ask if he should reschedule. They told him "as long as you aren't having symptoms the day of, you are good to come in." (Excuse me, but WHAT???)

This is horrifying.