It is absolutely NOT wrong information to state that the theme parks will close if the pandemic alert level goes to 6 and there is a confirmed case in Orange or Osceola County.
Here's the PDF link to the plan itself:
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/rw_Bulletins/flpanfluv104final.pdf
The relevant portion is on page 15 of the document/page 20 of the PDF file, Table 9: Interventions By Pandemic Sub-Phase. I can't get the table to properly copy here, but it's right there in black and white on the pandemic plan.
The length of closing, according to the plan, is however long the pandemic lasts. Once we reach phase 6D, recovery, then the parks will reopen.
I don't believe that the plan was created by people without an understanding of the pandemic threat levels. The fact is that the pandemic threat level does not generally affect us, on a personal level, since the flu virus is already here. However, it does affect the reactions of authorities on the state and local levels, whose job it is to contain the spread to the extent possible. Therefore, with a level 6 pandemic, it falls to those authorities to institute measures that the public does not necessarily like, including social distancing measures.
I'm sorry if you feel that sharing legitimate information is inciting a panic. I think that if it was me, planning a long-awaited and expensive vacation in another state, I would want to be informed of the possibility that my trip may be involuntarily canceled. Maybe that just makes me a fear monger or something
Now, I'm not in ANY way saying that this is GOING to happen. All I am doing is giving the information that according to the official plan, confirmed by news media in the local area, it is a possibility.
