As Disney World comes back, Florida posts another daily leap in COVID-19 cases

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Florida confirmed its place as an emerging epicenter of the COVID pandemic in the United States on Friday by reporting its second sharpest daily rise in cases, while Walt Disney Co. prepared to reopen its flagship theme park in Orlando to the chagrin of some employees.

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FILE PHOTO: Crowds walk along Main Street toward Cinderella Castle and Tomorrowland at Disney's Magic Kingdom on the final day before closing in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus disease , in an aerial view in Orlando, Florida, U.S. March 15, 2020. Picture taken March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Gregg Newton

Around 19,000 people, including workers, signed a petition asking Disney to delay the reopening and the actors’ union that represents 750 Walt Disney World performers has filed a grievance alleging retaliation against its members over the union’s demand that they be tested for the coronavirus. Florida is one of the few states that does not disclose the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. But more than four dozen Florida hospitals reported their intensive care units reached capacity earlier this week.

President Donald Trump, a Republican, traveled to Florida on Friday for a full schedule of visits including an event at the U.S. military’s Southern Command and an election campaign fundraiser at a private home in Hillsboro Beach. He accuses Democrats of exploiting the pandemic for political purposes by refusing to reopen schools and businesses, even as health experts caution against the perils of easing restrictions too quickly.

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Sweden tried an extreme version of the Florida Method (don't shut anything down; just power thru an epidemic) and they have high disease/death counts and their economy got wrecked anyway. It's not a road out.

FL also skews the case numbers with people that once had the virus and now just test for antibodies as well as anyone showing flu-like symptoms. All in an election year, hmm....

How long before a “Karen” shows up?

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DisneyParks you can’t seriously be considering allowing families onto your properties in FL right now surely?!!!!! 😧

Disney: If you’re living in fantasyland about COVID-19 not being a big deal, come to Fantasyland...😳

Gonna be one of the unhappiest places on Earth.

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