. Nearly 114,000 new cases were reported in the last two weeks, according to the Florida Department of Health. Not to mention, dozens of hospitals in the state have run out of space in their intensive care units., with cases now exceeding three million in the U.S.," said Dr. Ravina Kullar, a Los Angeles-based infectious disease specialist, epidemiologist and spokeswoman for the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
"We are in the middle of pandemic, we need to think about what is important to open and what is not important to open," Dr. Carlos Del Rio, an Atlanta-based infectious diseases specialist, said. "I think the world survives just fine without Disney."Even with growing public concern, Disney has expressed confidence in its plans and safety measures. The companyand Epcot and Hollywood Studios on July 15.
Crowds walk through Disney Springs shopping and dining complex at Walt Disney World on July 8, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The theme park is scheduled to reopen on Saturday despite a surge in new Covid-19 infections throughout Florida, including the central part of the state where Orlando is located.Disney and its Chief Medical Officer Dr. Pamela Hymel coordinated with a number of local government and health authorities during the four month period that its U.S.
It's theme parks will also have limited capacity to start and Disney is requiring guests purchase their tickets ahead of time through an online reservation system. This will ensure that the company can control the number of visitors its parks get each day."Disney frankly can't not do this," Bill Coan, president and CEO of ITEC Entertainment, said. "The start and stop is really complicated for them to have to bring back so many thousand employees.
Happiest place on Earth for Corona
Good luck. Still will be losing money with such limited numbers. Seems risky to open just to lose money.
Stay in your house with your fear forever. The test will live our lives. Over 99.8 percent survival rate. Of those hospitalized it's 1 percent who die.
Is Vegas taking any bets on how long D’World stays open Will D’World release any data on number of visitors and where from?
Profits is more important then keeping people alive.
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Time to get life going again. This is a crummy situation but life must go on.
Have you heard their new thing...they have replaced the FastPass with the new FastPassedAway promotion. Buy one get one free.
Kullar said theme parks will be a 'breeding ground' for Covid-19 transmission and should remain closed until there is a decrease in cases. But not protest marches?
It’s outside event mostly like the protestors who you said didn’t spread Covid. So your news agency picks & chooses who spreads it & who doesn’t?
Florida gonna Florida.
Most irresponsible decision they could possibly make. If you really wanted to get a lid on this you wouldn’t enable the fools that live in this state to continue being ridiculous. All you’re doing is placing these overworked and understaffed workers at risk.
Finance matter upmost I guess
disney is one of the most liberal companies in the US if not the most! I guess they're doing their part to spread the virus to further shutdown the country!
Dumbfucks
I can’t to see the new “hall of communist and dictators “ . I hear animatronics are amazing 👏
its a FEAST for covid-19. Make sure you don't wear masks, we don't want COVID to work harder than it needs to!
Shut them down!
I’ll be there. I’ll send pictures.
is this madness, Disney opens with Covid spike. distrubuted crazyness!
As fatality rate continues to fall
I was was looking at booking 9nights Orlando, 3Tampa & 5 Naples for May 2021. Was amazed by integrity of Travel firm who was packaging holiday and they advised not to book and wait till 2022.
Perfect. Is there a better place to sacrifice people to the market gods?
TheHappiestPlaceOnEarth for coronavirus
Yes; they planned it that way. Your headline is so leading and disingenuous
It's time to....
What could go wrong?
Geniuses abound at Disney. Florida is one of THE critical hotspots in the country, so this is THE worst time to do this. At least wait until the state can wrap its arms around this for a while. The indifference is chilling
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Over 11k new cases today
I’m sure the low wage janitors and workers in the kitchen will follow all cleaning protocols and keep everything spotless for the rich folks.
The show must go on!
Cesspool
Hey Nero, hold my fiddle.....
That's a joke right?
When you have to say you're confident, you're not confident.
They can't be serious ....
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