Asia Disney Parks closed due to Coronavirus (SHDL, HKDL, TDL)

Wow! I'm certainly missing something here, or something they are not saying. But there has been only 18 deaths caused by this virus on a population of 1.4 billion. And the world is going Global Emergency! Why? 🤔
 
Wow! I'm certainly missing something here, or something they are not saying. But there has been only 18 deaths caused by this virus on a population of 1.4 billion. And the world is going Global Emergency! Why? 🤔
This kind of story appears every few years, give the DOOOOOOM crowd a kick in the butt to buy a bunch of prep stuff.

Its just to spur sales of masks and disinfectants.
Plus they all wanna be first to report it .
 
Wow! I'm certainly missing something here, or something they are not saying. But there has been only 18 deaths caused by this virus on a population of 1.4 billion. And the world is going Global Emergency! Why? 🤔

This article claims "A new coronavirus which broke out in Wuhan, central China, late last year has killed 25 people and infected more than 800."
 


I missed that I remained at yesterday's numbers. Still though 25 people in 1.4 Billion it's not that many.

No it's not, but I guess they want to get ahead of it. Plus even though Disney will lose a ton of revenue it's good PR for them (oh crap, there's my cynical side again) since it will show that they have more concern for citizens' public health and they are doing their part to try to prevent further infection.

[eta] Plus, I think they are just following suit since a ton of other stuff has closed in response to this. I didn't want to leave it on the cynical note because I think it IS the right thing to do right now.
 


I think:scratchin everyone should CANCEL their trips to Disney World ::MickeyMo::MinnieMoalso, you don't want to take the chance on getting infected!!!!!🤧🤒 Preferably from about February oh say February 7 to 19th or so. My family will volunteer to report back if we get infected 😷🤕with the beer🍺 virus during that time, My wife will stick strictly with wine🍷 and I will probably have some also but add in a whiskey or margarita 🍹here and there. We will do our best to stay away from "Corona" but if we must we will add in some lime or a lemon🍋 for acidity to help. If everyone stays away during that time it would really help us as we would not be standing👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 in lines for as long and in such close proximity to possible carriers🧟‍♂️ of the virus. Thank you for your help.:jumping1:;);););)
 
I missed that I remained at yesterday's numbers. Still though 25 people in 1.4 Billion it's not that many.

One is too many when you are talking about a new virus that we have no way to fight, no immunity to, and in a country with that many people. This is how pandemics start. You have to do everything possible to contain it so it doesn't get out of control. In the space of a few days, we already have 3 cases in the US (maybe the one in TX hasn't been confirmed yet, thoiugh). It happens fast due to air travel. A place like a theme park is a perfect way to spread a virus to thousands of people in one day.

Also, this virus has JUST emerged, and already killed 25 with only 915 confirmed cases. That is a very high rate of death, comparable to some of the worst viral pandemics in history. It's irrelevant how many people live in China. The troubling number is how many deaths out of how many confirmed cases.
 
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This article claims "A new coronavirus which broke out in Wuhan, central China, late last year has killed 25 people and infected more than 800."
They've now shut down multiple major cities and there are reports that people are being turned away from hospitals. There is no way this outbreak is currently limited to 800 people..

For reference the city of Wuhan alone is 50 percent larger than New York City.
 
I think:scratchin everyone should CANCEL their trips to Disney World ::MickeyMo::MinnieMoalso, you don't want to take the chance on getting infected!!!!!🤧🤒 Preferably from about February oh say February 7 to 19th or so. My family will volunteer to report back if we get infected 😷🤕with the beer🍺 virus during that time, My wife will stick strictly with wine🍷 and I will probably have some also but add in a whiskey or margarita 🍹here and there. We will do our best to stay away from "Corona" but if we must we will add in some lime or a lemon🍋 for acidity to help. If everyone stays away during that time it would really help us as we would not be standing👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 in lines for as long and in such close proximity to possible carriers🧟‍♂️ of the virus. Thank you for your help.:jumping1:;);););)
It's funny you should say this because i have a trip from 2/8 - 2/15 with my wife and a 4 y.o. and an 11 month old and we are concerned at this point. I wouldn't want my kids to catch this bug it appears to have somewhere between a 2.5 and 5 percent fatality rate right now, and that's if you believe the numbers coming out of China.
 
They've now shut down multiple major cities and there are reports that people are being turned away from hospitals. There is no way this outbreak is currently limited to 800 people..

For reference the city of Wuhan alone is 50 percent larger than New York City.
That's what I was thinking! Maybe they are not saying the real number to not freak people out?! Cuz 800 people wouldn't trigger all that action me thinks🤔
 
That's what I was thinking! Maybe they are not saying the real number to not freak people out?! Cuz 800 people wouldn't trigger all that action me thinks🤔
It's the social media reports of hospitals being full and people being turned away. There's just no way in a country that size with hospitals that size that this is happening with only 800 sick people.
 
Wow! I'm certainly missing something here, or something they are not saying. But there has been only 18 deaths caused by this virus on a population of 1.4 billion. And the world is going Global Emergency! Why? 🤔
Considering we are talking about China where the government controls the flow of information and the response they have put in place, I suspect the number of infected and dead are much higher than reported.

The quarantines they have put in place are going to be worthless, much of the Chinese New Year travel had occurred before it was put in place. Given the incubation period of two weeks, it is safe to say this virus has spread across much of China at this point. That is why they are eliminating public gatherings across the country. It is a desperate attempt to limit the number infected nationwide.
 
It’s still early, the WHO hasn’t declared it a global emergency yet. It’s precautionary here in America as those who are suspected to have the virus have not been confirmed. Obviously, the issue is more dire in China as whole cities are being placed on lockdown. One can hope this doesn’t spread here. We lived near Dallas when the Ebola outbreak happened and that was scary.
 
Wow! I'm certainly missing something here, or something they are not saying. But there has been only 18 deaths caused by this virus on a population of 1.4 billion. And the world is going Global Emergency! Why? 🤔

Because there is no cure and a virus like this could spread and contaminate several countries in literally a few months. Not to mention, this is not something they just found out about and went public with it. This is something they've known about and waited to see if it was isolated or they could cure it before they start a global panic. The fact they have went public and risk a global panic means this is extremely serious and they worried if they dont limit exposure, we could be faced with an epidemic. They dont release this info to get people to go out and buy "prep stuff". Not to mention, their not releasing all the facts nor will they to help keep from having a global panic. They are already screening the airports and I wouldn't be surprised to start seeing travel to and from completely shutdown until they figure out how to treat this.
 
It’s still early, the WHO hasn’t declared it a global emergency yet. It’s precautionary here in America as those who are suspected to have the virus have not been confirmed. Obviously, the issue is more dire in China as whole cities are being placed on lockdown. One can hope this doesn’t spread here. We lived near Dallas when the Ebola outbreak happened and that was scary.
There are two confirmed cases in the US right now and a third that they are almost certain of awaiting lab results.
 
There are two confirmed cases in the US right now and a third that they are almost certain of awaiting lab results.
Yep forgot to include that, those people are quarantined. I think there is another 20 something awaiting results across the country.
 

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