Anyone concerned about the Coronavirus in WDW ?

[Silvermist999]

DH is now concerned about the Corona Virus in WDW ?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...afafc0-5429-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html
Should we still go to WDW in November 2020 ?

We will be cancelling our trip to WDW in mid-March. It wasn’t an easy decision for us, my husband wanted to cancel as soon as news broke out in mid January, but I wasn’t ready just yet. We will reschedule for the summer, hopeful things will be completely fine by then. I think that you should be ok since your trip is so far away. If things don’t improve or actually worsen in the coming months, then I think there will be more issues to consider than going on a vacation.

 

[Jax1023]

Yes I’m concerned, we leave at the end of this week, and we will still go, but I am supposed to meet my parents there for a few days over Easter and I’m more concerned about that trip. as of today there were only 2 cases actually
aquired in the US, and they were close contacts of people who got it in China. this can certainly change rapidly as seen in Italy this week. I think hopes of containment are basically over. I really hope that this dies down with warm weather as has been speculated, but that’s certainly not a guarantee,

to say the flu is more deadly is patently false. It’s certainly more prevelant, and the total number of people who have died from the flu is higher, but the mortality rate of seasonal flu is on average 0.1% and this virus currently has a mortality rate around 2%. some of that may be due to the health system at the epicenter being overwhelmed, but if you think our health system can handle 10s of thousands of people requiring critical care at once, you are wrong.

 

[skyblue17]

We will be cancelling our trip to WDW in mid-March. It wasn’t an easy decision for us, my husband wanted to cancel as soon as news broke out in mid January, but I wasn’t ready just yet. We will reschedule for the summer, hopeful things will be completely fine by then. I think that you should be ok since your trip is so far away. If things don’t improve or actually worsen in the coming months, then I think there will be more issues to consider than going on a vacation.

I'm genuinely curious what made you feel more ready now? And what makes you think the summer will be a better time to go?

 

[Disneypro1]

Yes I’m concerned, we leave at the end of this week, and we will still go, but I am supposed to meet my parents there for a few days over Easter and I’m more concerned about that trip. as of today there were only 2 cases actually
aquired in the US, and they were close contacts of people who got it in China. this can certainly change rapidly as seen in Italy this week. I think hopes of containment are basically over. I really hope that this dies down with warm weather as has been speculated, but that’s certainly not a guarantee,

to say the flu is more deadly is patently false. It’s certainly more prevelant, and the total number of people who have died from the flu is higher, but the mortality rate of seasonal flu is on average 0.1% and this virus currently has a mortality rate around 2%. some of that may be due to the health system at the epicenter being overwhelmed, but if you think our health system can handle 10s of thousands of people requiring critical care at once, you are wrong.

But we are handling 100,000 at once critical care of flu patients nation wide. Young, elderly and immune suppressed illness all are considered critical. Sorry. The Coronavirus is nothing compared to the death rate of the flu. If it kills it kills. And the flu will kill many many more. Not just this year. But any year. The %rate is irrelevant. If something kills more total. Than. It’s worse. Car accidents is worse than the flu even. But we all drive. Heck even the flu made SARS look like a common cold.

 

[Hutt]

Not worried but I will walk past the China showcase without entering this trip.

That’s racist.

 

[Disneypro1]

That’s racist.

Oh please. You weren’t even in the ballpark... it’s called. A joke. Life goes on.
Would you have been ok if he said the Italian pavilion.
It’s where the illness started. China. Get a grip.

 

[fla4fun]

I am not going until May, so I am adopting a wait and see attitude. I am booked as a room only, so the cancellation policy is pretty flexible if things get bad. I would think things should be winding down a lot by my trip and surely by the time the OP goes in November It should be better.

 

[Jax1023]

But we are handling 100,000 at once critical care of flu patients nation wide. Young, elderly and immune suppressed illness all are considered critical. Sorry. The Coronavirus is nothing compared to the death rate of the flu. If it kills it kills. And the flu will kill many many more. Not just this year. But any year. The %rate is irrelevant. If something kills more total. Than. It’s worse. Car accidents is worse than the flu even. But we all drive. Heck even the flu made SARS look like a common cold.

Apparently you do not understand statistics very well. yes the overlap number of flu deaths is many many times higher. SARS appears to be less transmissible than either this virus or the common cold, although it was significantly less deadly. If you and 10 of your family and friends got sars, once would die. For the flu, if 1000 of your family and friends got the flu, 1 would die.

I’m not saying the flu is anything to ignore. And yes in this country and this very moment, its here and it’s real and it’s killing people. But the other virus has the potential to kill 200x as many people.

 

[Disneypro1]

Apparently you do not understand statistics very well. yes the overlap number of flu deaths is many many times higher. SARS appears to be less transmissible than either this virus or the common cold, although it was significantly less deadly. If you and 10 of your family and friends got sars, once would die. For the flu, if 1000 of your family and friends got the flu, 1 would die.

I’m not saying the flu is anything to ignore. And yes in this country and this very moment, its here and it’s real and it’s killing people. But the other virus has the potential to kill 200x as many people.

I understand your point. But the reality is. Anyone of us is way more likely to get the flu than Corona. By far. It should be more worrisome to one to be concerned with something that is in every community nationwide. Not just a dozen people nationwide.
Either way. A death rate of what 2%? I’ll take my chances.

 

[Hutt]

Oh please. You weren’t even in the ballpark... it’s called. A joke. Life goes on.
Would you have been ok if he said the Italian pavilion.
It’s where the illness started. China. Get a grip.

Anti-Chinese racism has been rampant since the virus outbreak. Stupid people boycotting Chinese businesses and restaurants. Asian-appearing kids getting bullied in school. And yes, exceedingly stupid people avoiding the pavilion in Epcot. It’s not a joke. It’s blatant, damaging, dumb as nails racism.

 

[Jax1023]

I understand your point. But the reality is. Anyone of us is way more likely to get the flu than Corona. By far. It should be more worrisome to one to be concerned with something that is in every community nationwide. Not just a dozen people nationwide.

I agree, people don’t take the flu seriously. And yes, today I’m more likely to get the flu. I work in healthcare, and it has been a very very bad flu season. And that’s taking into account some people having flu shots conferring some immunity, people having previously had the flu and having some levels of existing antibodies.

if this virus becomes widespread, and at this point that remains an if, no one has any baseline immunity and there’s no vaccine or approved medications like tamiflu or known treatment protocols. That’s why the possibilities it presents are frightening. And yes they are still possibilitie.

but I do consider wdw to be a fairly high risk place- international visitors, people in close proximity, lots of people touching the same things over and over all day like ride vehicles.

 

[Disneypro1]

I agree, people don’t take the flu seriously. And yes, today I’m more likely to get the flu. I work in healthcare, and it has been a very very bad flu season. And that’s taking into account some people having flu shots conferring some immunity, people having previously had the flu and having some levels of existing antibodies.

if this virus becomes widespread, and at this point that remains an if, no one has any baseline immunity and there’s no vaccine or approved medications like tamiflu or known treatment protocols. That’s why the possibilities it presents are frightening. And yes they are still possibilitie.

but I do consider wdw to be a fairly high risk place- international visitors, people in close proximity, lots of people touching the same things over and over all day like ride vehicles.

Understood. I’m a firefighter / medic. So I try to stay sanitised. Lol

 

[focusondisney]

Not worried at the moment. We’re going in April & September. As of now, no plans to cancel. I work in a large teaching hospital. We get many recent immigrants from Asia/ far east. We never know when they arrived in the US or where their visitors have been. I half expect we’ll find out some visitor developed it one day.

 

[lifesavacation]

I think by November there will be a vaccine.

 

[Silvermist999]

I'm genuinely curious what made you feel more ready now? And what makes you think the summer will be a better time to go?

Obviously no one knows whether this will all be better in the summer, we just are being hopeful, plus trying to take advantage of the summer discount offer that ends next week. My kids are still in school, so limits when we can take our family vacations. But if things don’t improve by summer, we will reschedule once again.

 

[caroline5177]

No plans to cancel my April or November trip. I work in healthcare (not that it makes me all knowing!) and would be more worried about Mumps, Measles and Flu at this point. Yes, there are certain populations (immunocompromised, elderly and infants) that may rethink a trip, or any travel for that matter.
In regards to an immunization... that takes many months, even years.

 

[aristocatz]

DH is now concerned about the Corona Virus in WDW ?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/heal...afafc0-5429-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html
Should we still go to WDW in November 2020 ?

I'm wondering if WDW will end up taking any precautions, due to the fact that it's such an international hub for travel & people are often in such close quarters. Free hand sanitizer stations, signs to remind people to wash their hands, extra disposable toilet seat covers, etc...

 

[tcufrog]

I think by November there will be a vaccine.

I hope you're right but everything I've read from reputable sources says that your optimism is extremely unwarranted.

 

[Chuck S]

I think by November there will be a vaccine.

That would be nice, but so far, I'm hearing at least 18 months minimum for a vaccine. And it would have to go through human trials and so forth. So far, the coronavirus, though highly contagious, is about as dangerous as the annual influenza, so it would not affect my Disney plans. But I would be more vigilant about hand washing, taking some hand sanitizers and wipes, and making sure I use them before meals, and a few times throughout the day. Since the common cold is also a form of coronavirus, it would be nice to have a vaccine that would work for all of them.

 

[Chuck S]

I'm wondering if WDW will end up taking any precautions, due to the fact that it's such an international hub for travel & people are often in such close quarters. Free hand sanitizer stations, signs to remind people to wash their hands, extra disposable toilet seat covers, etc...

That will probably happen, for sure. I remember that they had mosquito repellant dispensers during the worst of the Zika virus.