Yes, but then you still have to touch the baggies to get your stuff out.
Or you could disinfect the surface of the baggies. Better that than disinfecting every item in your bag.
That's the logic behind it. Less individual things for the bag checker to touch and easier to disinfect after bag check.
My rationale thus far has been that we can get it just as easily at home, but is taking on extra unnecessary risk really worth it?
For us, with cases near us, we have a greater chance of getting it here than WDW
currently. But I do expect that to change. Our thoughts have gone from assessing the risk in traveling to a place with no known cases to: will our area be quarantined at some point? and what happens if one of us gets sick in Florida and needs medical attention? That's an automatic quarantine, they're not going to let you leave to go home. And everyone with you will have to quarantine also, as they are most likely carriers. Not trying to freak anyone out here, but that's exactly what is happening not far from me and what has become standard protocol. I'm wondering if that happens where we would stay? We can't stay in a $300 per night resort for three weeks!
Is anyone worried about DW going into lockdown mode and quarantining? Of course no one wants to go on vacation and then be on lock-down and stuck in your room with no where tog o, but wondering what the likelihood is of that even happening would be?
I'm more concerned with what I posted above. Getting stuck down there under quarantine. If they went into creating a "containment area" like in NY, I believe they would give some advance warning, like they did there with a little time before they actually implemented it. That's the "get out of Dodge" time period.
You are at WDW and start showing symptoms, you go to the hospital or emergency care where they will test you. Until testing you won't be allowed to leave the hospital/emergency room, they're not going to discharge you and send you back to your hotel
At least that's how I understand it
That's exactly what happened to one of the cases here. He was from out of state (NY I believe), got sick here and has been quarantined here. He was not allowed to return to his home. I don't believe he's severe enough to be hospitalized, but I don't know where he is quarantined. (this is the case farthest from us) Who pays for a lengthy hotel stay in a situation like that?
Not everyone who is confirmed is hospitalized. They are sent home to quarantine, along with everyone in their family. In the case of getting sick in another state, like Florida, and they can't send you back to the resort, I wonder if they would keep you in the hospital there. But that would take beds from others who might actually need it.
Not trying to veer off topic. Just trying to compare/relate what is happening here with quarantine and how it *could* translate to a quarantine in Orlando. This being so close has opened my eyes to the fact that it's not just about how to stay safe in the parks, but also what could happen with other elements of your trip.
I feel like those of you with trips starting this week or next have a shot. I'm getting less and less optimistic about our trip in mid-May.
I think you guys are going to be right behind us. We have had only one "presumptive positive" case in the county, not necessarily related to the school system, and yet they still shut down. Fairfax announced it's Monday closure earlier this week, right? And we were going to have next Friday off (the 20th) - that was just announced I think yesterday. This decision happened very quickly so, clearly, things are escalating very quickly.
