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Disney World Reopened Today in Florida, Joining Sea World and Universal (cnn.com) 104

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"Cinderella Castle has sat silent for 116 days..." reported CNN Business. But no more — at least, not at Disney World, which today began its grand reopening: "It's three times the size of Disneyland in terms of revenue," Michael Nathanson, a media analyst and founding partner at MoffettNathanson, told CNN Business. Nathanson estimates that Disney World alone generated $11.2 billion, or about 16% of the company's total revenue in 2019 and added that it's a massive driver of growth for the company. "It's probably their most important single asset," Nathanson said...

The Florida Department of Health reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the state's total to more than 220,000. [Roughly 1% of the state's entire population.] The significant uptick in cases over the last couple of weeks has led to petitions from employees asking to delay the reopening and the head of the union representing Disney World's service workers to warn that Disney "has to get it right" in terms of the reopening... When reached for comment, a Disney spokesperson pointed out a blog post by Dr. Pamela Hymel, the chief medical officer for Disney Parks. In the post, Hymel wrote that Disney remains "deeply committed" to focusing on the well-being of guests and employees...

Disney World is not the only theme park open in Florida. Other popular theme parks like Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando have already had guests. And Disney has opened some of its other theme parks overseas including Shanghai Disneyland, which returned on May 11. Disneyland, Disney's resort in California, was set to reopen this month, but was postponed. [It did, however, re-open the neighboring "Downtown Disney" business district.] But Disney World is different. It's not just the most popular theme park in America; it's the most popular theme park in the world, which can set the tone for the entire tourism industry, according to Robert Niles, editor of ThemeParkInsider.com. "This is the future of the travel industry at this point," Niles said.

"It's just wreckage throughout the entire industry at this stage... So somebody's got to figure out a way to make this work if this industry is going to survive, and Disney's got more resources than anyone else. This is an obvious leadership opportunity for Disney."
CNN reports that Disney World is allowing fewer people in the park, spacing them out in lines, requiring everyone to wear a mask — and taking everyone's temperature when they arrive at the park.

This week the "Disney Parks jobs" Twitter feed also shared a slick ad titled "Welcome Home" — but they've apparently since removed the tweet after facing criticism online.

"Some people on Twitter found the ad more eerie than welcoming," reports Newsweek, noting that the ad "ends with a stormtrooper from Star Wars putting his own spin on the greeting. 'Welcome, citizens,' he says."
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  • I understand they're adding a new "delousing shower" ride just after you enter the park. Should help keep the Covid infection rates down.

  • Causality (Score:3)

    by moxrespawn ( 6714000 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @12:23AM (#60288292)

    "Some people on Twitter found the ad more eerie than welcoming,"

    You expected otherwise having Mickey Mouse as your aspiration?

    • Actually now that Disney owns star wars they can use storm troopers to keep peace in the park.

      Who will deliver blind obedience to their emperor Mickey(who happens to be a wizard)

  • Their business model is literally about packing as many people into the park as possible and forcing them to wait in close quarters for hours at a time.

    • Their business model is literally about packing as many people into the park as possible and forcing them to wait in close quarters for hours at a time.

      Yes , and that gets them enormous piles of cash. In the "new normal" they are just hoping for giant piles of cash.

    • Re:Brilliant (Score:5, Insightful)

      by AleRunner ( 4556245 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @03:37AM (#60288664)

      Their business model is literally about packing as many people into the park as possible and forcing them to wait in close quarters for hours at a time.

      And bringing them back and forward from all sorts of places all around the USA and the rest of the world normally. Hopefully only the USA at this time but it's still crazy. I expect that there won't be that many infections in the park (outside and wearing masks) but there can be plenty of infections in the airports people travel through and hotels that people stay in surrounding the parks. The US is showing decisive growth in hospitalizations [covidtracking.com]. It's maybe not quite as bad as the graph shows since it seems Florida started reporting again in the last few days, but the trend before is clear. This shows that the growth in infections is real and will lead to a large number of deaths in the next few weeks.

      • News from usa in the same week being about cases spiking up and opening up more at the same time to combat what is effectively just boredom seem really crazy. are people in USA really so content with having enough food, so sure of their life that they can't be bored for a few months? because it sure looks like that.

        Youtubers complaining about the lockdown while going on about their lives totally normally just looks odd, while they go shopping, get fast food etc without going through any screening at all or

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by jfrorie ( 975669 )
      Actually, you can reserve your place in line now and spend those two hours buying shit. A crafty one that mouse is...

  • Disney doesn't have to get it right (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:24AM (#60288402) Homepage

    They just have to hang a big sign in front of the park that says by walking through those RFID readers with the mouse ears on them, you accept any and all risks associated with possible Covid-19 transmission inside the park. Welcome to the Covid-19 hunger games, may the odds be ever in your favor.

    As much as I dislike Disney corporation for what they've done to copyright law and how they've basically become the Borg of the entertainment industry, the theme parks will always have a special place in my heart (mostly due to childhood nostalgia and the food... if you haven't had a Dole Whip, you haven't lived). That being said, I'm still not setting foot inside any theme park until there's a vaccine. The rest of y'all can have fun in the petri dish.

    • Re:Disney doesn't have to get it right (Score:4, Funny)

      by Ryzilynt ( 3492885 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:54AM (#60288474)

      ...That being said, I'm still not setting foot inside any theme park until there's a vaccine...

      I'm a vaccine guy, please don't misinterpret this - A rushed vaccine that passes genetic instruction via RNA? Do I have to put a tinfoil hat on now?

      • A rushed vaccine that passes genetic instruction via RNA?

        Hint: There are a lot of different technologies [sciencemag.org], not all of them require DNA/RNA being interpreted by you cells' nuclei if you're not that comfortable with that kind of technologies.

      • I wouldn't worry about it too much. Antibody testing is showing antibodies are lasting propertional to how badly you were infected. Asymptomatic carriers are only showing a couple of months of immunity or less.

        You can't build long term vaccines if they don't stay immune. Think flu vaccine. Where multiple shots annually may be required

    • Re:Disney doesn't have to get it right (Score:4, Insightful)

      by NormalVisual ( 565491 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @05:14AM (#60288880)

      As much as I dislike Disney corporation for what they've done to copyright law and how they've basically become the Borg of the entertainment industry

      My own beef with them is that the cost of admission to the Florida parks has outstripped inflation by almost 200% over the last 20 years. Annual passes have gone up almost 400% over inflation in the same time period with no additional parks having been built since then. I used to work there and really enjoyed going, but it's been years since I've been (even though I live in Central Florida) because I'm just not willing to pay the prices they're asking.

      • Re:Disney doesn't have to get it right (Score:5, Informative)

        by sid crimson ( 46823 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:20AM (#60289480)

        My own beef with them is that the cost of admission to the Florida parks has outstripped inflation by almost 200% over the last 20 years. Annual passes have gone up almost 400% over inflation in the same time period with no additional parks having been built since then. I used to work there and really enjoyed going, but it's been years since I've been (even though I live in Central Florida) because I'm just not willing to pay the prices they're asking.

        I live near Disneyland, CA. whose ticket prices have also gone way up. I also happen to have a couple Imagineer friends... one shared that the ticket price is (of course) a supply and demand issue, but that there is genuine discomfort felt in the company when it comes to raising ticket prices... however it's necessary for crowd control. I read somewhere that Walt's intentions included making the parks as accessible as possible, and one of the recent efforts to that end was creating the monthly payment option for Annual Passes. This led to huge crowds because Disneyland tends to be a "locals park" and not the worldwide destination that DisneyWorld is. Hence, prices rise to keep park attendance reasonable. Another of Walt's original wishes: that the parks remain fun for all (and what amusement park is fun when it's packed?).

        • however it's necessary for crowd control

          For sure, and this is part of the reason why summer ticket pricing is higher than off-season, why holiday pricing is higher still, and why most annual pass offerings have blackout dates. Every Christmas I worked, I got guests remarking "We didn't think anyone would be here!". Yeah, right...

          However, on those busy holidays, Disney is quite content to let the parks get packed to ridiculous levels - to the point that during the first mass exit at the end of the day aft

        • Crowd control can be done by limiting the amount of people they let in at a time.. there is no need to play with the prices.

          • Re: (Score:2)

            by jeremyp ( 130771 )

            Putting prices up is a ay of limiting the amount of people in the park at one time.

            It hs the advantage over many of the alternatives of creating more margin per person and therefore offsetting som of the lost revenue from not having as many people in.

          • Since they're introducing a reservation system for park entrance as a result of COVID, your suggestion may be realized. Although I anticipate ticket prices will also fluctuate based upon the season.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by irving47 ( 73147 )

        in 1985, my family got the annual passes for MK/"DW" and Epcot.... To make it "worth" the passes, we only needed to go to one park or the other 6 times. Now, you only have to go 4-5 depending on if you get the park-hopping option on a regular ticket... And yeah, it's been 35 years, but there are also twice as many parks. 3x if you count Typhoon and Blizzard

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by antdude ( 79039 )

      I am not going to any crowded places when I can even my appointments like dentists, haircuts, restaurants, etc. I am too vulnerable with my health issues.

      • A third of the deaths in florida are now under 65.

        Some of the younger deaths are particularly grisly.

        Once hospitals are overwhelmed the odds people age 18 to 45 of dying, rise from 1 in 500 to 1 in 125.

        Personally- I wouldn't take a 1 in 500 chance of dying to begin with.
        But taking a 1 in 125 risk of dying seems crazy. Especially when you are say 29, have a good future ahead of you and literally all you need to do is be careful for about 24 months.

        At the minimum, bunker down 6 weeks until the hospitals are

    • I saw a video of someone who went to the season pass-holder preview for the Magic Kingdom, AKA the soft open. I'm not sure what they are limiting the maximum park attendance to, but it was *really* empty. As in, almost no wait for any ride empty. The queues were plexi-glassed off. The restaraunts had, maybe, 1/3 of the tables they usually had, and were spaced well apart. They didn't have regular parades, but every half hour or so an unannounced float would cruise through. No fireworks. The stages shows had

      • Initial reports from the general opening seem to simply be more of the same...crowds very very limited.

        I wasn't there, so i'm only going based on what I saw reported and videos/live streams, etc. Only time I would say I saw a crowd was on the very first day at the Magic Kingdom there was a lone of folks outside the park to talk to Guest Relations. Most likely those are folks whose park reservations were messed up in some way. The only reason there were "crowds" is that Disney didn't have the social dista

  • Who approved this RISKY decision? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Canberra1 ( 3475749 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @01:39AM (#60288438)
    Everywhere else in the world, if R>1 large venues are shut. No pictures, no pubs, and no stadiums / entertainment venues. OK, some profit driven exceptions where money talks - usually where graft exists. If you look at the value of Disneyworld, they are not the least bit in financial trouble. Who was the epidemiologist who signed off on this? Name names. If Florida Health dept approved with epidemiologist input then those who signed the dotted line need to be dismissed - yesterday. I understand there are some gated communities in Florida. Well the servants of those elites in the risk group, or their parents get to play the game of covid lottery - there will be direct deaths- but hey, they are only boomers or older. I doubt the park will display its latest achievement - A five gravecross rating awarded by the Florida Funeral Home Association.
    • Probably no one approved the decision. However, the highest levels of government certainly did not disapprove the decision, as long as it improves (short-term) the economy.

      • Re:Who approved this RISKY decision? (Score:5, Insightful)

        by thegarbz ( 1787294 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @04:20AM (#60288736)

        Probably no one approved the decision.

        This. The USA has taken an incredibly lax approach to shutting the economy compared to the rest of the world, and The Mouse doesn't care if it kills customers or employees, there's plenty of Americans out there so a few more thousand deaths won't affect their bottom line.

        I'm honestly surprised Disneyworld was closed at all given the complete lack of enforcement mechanisms most of these lockdowns have come with. There have been endless stories of places opening and just not giving a shit including bars and restaurants and with precisely nada punishment as a result.

    • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

      by gtall ( 79522 )

      Florida used to have a qualified epidemiologist, but they fired her on the grounds that she was of the opinion that Florida was courting disaster by reopening. That conflicted with their alleged governor who firmly assured residents that there was no threat, it is merely the Left Wing hating America. So Florida opened and now they are zesting to new heights in SARS-CoV-2 infections.

      In a twist of fate, the Republican Party got fundamentally fed up with N. Carolina and all their virus restrictions, they deman

      • Re:Who approved this RISKY decision? (Score:4, Informative)

        by Fippy Darkpaw ( 1269608 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:18AM (#60289468)

        FYI folks the above is commonly shared fake news.

        - she has a journalism degree, not an epidemiologist, not even involved in collating data
        - she was fired for stalking charges and posting revenge porn

        https://www.news4jax.com/news/... [news4jax.com]

        • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

          by Anonymous Coward

          Charged but not convicted.

          Quoth the article,

          In an email sent to researchers Friday, Jones announced that she was was reassigned from her duties overseeing the dashboard that provides daily snapshots of Florida’s COVID-19 infections, testing and deaths.

          “As a word of caution, I would not expect the new team to continue the same level of accessibility and transparency that I made central to the process during the first two months,” Jones wrote, according to Florida Today.

          The Florida Department of Health said Tuesday that Jones had "exhibited a repeated course of insubordination" during her tenure there, making "unilateral decisions to modify the Department's COVID-19 dashboard without input or approval from the epidemiological team or her supervisors."

          That could mean a lot of different things.

        • - she has a journalism degree, not an epidemiologist, not even involved in collating data

          True enough. Her job was to manage presentation of the collated data. Though I'll mention that she doesn't sound like a noob to me.

          Jones graduated cum laude from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University with dual degrees in Earth Science and Journalism in 2012. She received a dual master's degree in geography and mass communication at Louisiana State University in 2014.[2]

          Jones was also a graduate student in the Department

    • I hear it's the same guy who approved a bunch of huge BLM protests.

    • some profit driven exceptions where money talks

      You've just described the entirety of the United States.

    • When you see a spike in deaths, then you can say I told you so, until then, let statistics - not the media hysteria - drive the decisions of others. Nobody was here complaining when literally thousands were packing in the streets protesting without masks and burning down their cities. Protestors: magically protected from COVID; young parents with young children whose groups have a death rate lower than the flu: evil superspreaders of the zombie virus

    • Who approved this RISKY decision?

      Opening theme parks is the OPPOSITE of risky. In fact it is risk mitigation.

      Why? Because the theme parks take in tons of people, but also carefully control distancing and mask use - including masks over the nose, and the quality of masks (no gaiters).

      People in the theme parks are forced to actually follow guidelines by an army of employees constantly monitoring for violations, and removing people from the park who do not comply... if you read the reports Disney is being v

    • It's comming from the party (Score:5, Insightful)

      by rsilvergun ( 571051 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:56AM (#60289612)
      I know we don't like partisanship around here, but this is coming entirely from the Republican Party apparatus.

      The reason is they're caught between a rock and a hard place. If they don't open up the economy collapses and they'll be a bloodbath at the polls.

      But if they keep things closed they'll have to keep giving out stimulus and that extra $600/mo to keep the economy going.

      Mind you, this isn't about principles or anything. They gave out trillions to their buddies. The list of Paycheck Protection Program recipients got put out and it's a who's who of well connected businessmen and their multi billion dollar "small" businesses.

      They've said out loud what they're worried about: to keep the economy going they've had to give folks more money than their shit jobs can pay.

      And they've had no problem paying that. Inflation hasn't been an issue. That's because inflation's only a problem when you run out of capacity in your economy.

      And our economy has and always had plenty of capacity.

      That's what the GOP is afraid of. They're afraid of people realizing that there's plenty of food, shelter & medicine to go around. That there's no reason for 70% to live paycheck to paycheck.

      If you're reading this then odds are good you or someone you know lives like that. And that you've never paid it any mind. If you're unemployed and suddenly getting enough money to make ends meet, well it kinda makes the puritanical ideal that everything wrong in your life is your own personal moral failing look like bullshit.

      The GOP have been gaslighting the bottom 70% of Americans for decades now, and we're in danger of figuring that out. That cannot be allowed to happen. We have to go back to normal. Where we're all in a constant state of mild terror at the thought of homelessness and starvation in the wealthiest country on earth in the year of our Lord 2020.
  • It will good for the furries and princess fetish people

  • USA vs the World (Score:5, Informative)

    by thegarbz ( 1787294 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @04:15AM (#60288730)

    World: Cases spike, bite the bullet and shutdown the economy, flatten the curve, slowly re-open the economy.
    USA: Cases stagnant, shutdown the economy sorta but not really and people ignore it anyway because freedoms, curve doesn't really flatten, cases spike, re-open the economy.

    If you just gave someone data with no context you'd be forgiven for thinking it looks like these decisions are made specifically to kill as many Americans and spread the virus as rapidly as possible.

    • Re: (Score:3, Interesting)

      by Solandri ( 704621 )

      and spread the virus as rapidly as possible.

      Unless there's a successful vaccine (a big if, considering the number of diseases for which we still have no vaccine), all countries are going to have to end this by getting approx 70% of their population infected. That's the real goal here, not reducing cases or deaths per day. Flatting the curve beyond the point where your hospitals are overwhelmed just increases the amount of time before you reach that goal.

      It's like making a cross-country trip while try

      • That's the real goal here, not reducing cases or deaths per day. Flatting the curve beyond the point where your hospitals are overwhelmed just increases the amount of time before you reach that goal.

        The fact that you don't realise that these two parts are directly related to each other, despite everything going on all the science, all the etymology, all the really dumbed down graphs so even 2 year olds can understand what's going on, really speaks volumes.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by tragedy ( 27079 )

        Flattening the curve and drawing this out has the effect of keeping the hospitals from being overwhelmed and more people dying. It also gives the healthcare system more time to get good at treating the disease. That second part especially is self-evidently working. Dexamethasone treatment puts a huge dent in the death rate. If the cases were allowed to pile up all at once before that was discovered, the overall death rate would be much worse. If a vaccine becomes available, that will be yet another benefit.

        • What has drawn this out is people haven't been following the rules. If everyone followed the toughest lockout rules for the first three or four weeks it would have greatly reduced the number of people infected in society. It has nothing to do with flattening the curve.

          To see how it works look at New Zealand. They were even able to declare themselves virus free until some people came back with COVID-19. People followed the rules because they realized they have a responsibility to society instead of being sel

          • Citizenship has both rights and responsibilities...

            qft

          • Re: (Score:2)

            by tragedy ( 27079 )

            I was responding to someone who was claiming that there was no point in reducing spread of the virus at all, except to keep the levels just under the point where the hospitals are overwhelmed. I was pointing out that they have a (literally) fatally flawed viewpoint.

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by amorsen ( 7485 )

        Unless there's a successful vaccine (a big if, considering the number of diseases for which we still have no vaccine), all countries are going to have to end this by getting approx 70% of their population infected.

        Denmark's lockdown is now light enough that it can be sustained indefinitely. It is a minor inconvenience. Yet it is effective enough that COVID-19 deaths are fewer than deaths in traffic. No one has demonstrated that it is possible to gain herd immunity from COVID-19. That is just as theoretical as the vaccine.

  • Yeah, let's leave it up to business executives to decide on public health & well-being. That's always worked out well in the past, hasn't it? I mean, they keep losing $billions in order to keep people safe, won't they?

  • You Republican bastards (Score:5, Insightful)

    by AndyKron ( 937105 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @05:19AM (#60288904)
    There's nothing like opening when we haven't even reached the peak of the pandemic yet. What happened to the lock down? Where did $2.5 TRILLION dollars go? If you're a Republican please run in front of a speeding truck now you bastard.

    • Stupid shit I have been hearing from Reps. (Score:5, Insightful)

      by I'mjusthere ( 6916492 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:50AM (#60289228)
      Here are some of the ridiculous bullshit I have been hearing from Republicans.

      No one is dying from COVID-19. They are just blaming all deaths on COVID-19. People who die from cancer - COVID. It is totally political.

      Do NOT ever get the vaccine! They use aborted babies from Planned Parenthood to make the vaccine and Bill Gates is developing one - he is into population reduction.

      Prayer cures Covid.

      I am not wearing a mask because when the good Lord wants to take me, He is gonna do it no matter what.

      It is all about taking away our FREEDOMS! (In the meantime, they exercise their first and second amendment rights by protesting and waiving their guns around menacingly.)

      It is impossible to come together when a large portion of our society would rather believe conspiracy theories and lies they see on their social media accounts and will not do any fact checking and brush off fact checkers as leftist, liberal, or some other label they heard. A segment of our population who rather believe things that fit their ideology than the facts.

      And because a large portion of our society is unwilling to vote unless they feel inspired, these kooks have taken over our government. And as a result, we have a corrupt President that is a proven liar, scam artist, fraud, criminal, and traitor to this country. A President that is using his office to enrich himself.

      And there are plenty of people who do not give a damn - even though it is hurting them - all because of their delusional ideology.

      • Re:Stupid shit I have been hearing from Reps. (Score:5, Insightful)

        by PsychoSlashDot ( 207849 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @08:13AM (#60289278)

        Here are some of the ridiculous bullshit I have been hearing from Republicans.

        No one is dying from COVID-19. They are just blaming all deaths on COVID-19. People who die from cancer - COVID. It is totally political.

        Correct. Colon cancer victims going on respirator and blood oxygenators then dying is 100% attributable to having tumors in their asses.

        Do NOT ever get the vaccine! They use aborted babies from Planned Parenthood to make the vaccine and Bill Gates is developing one - he is into population reduction.

        Correct. Aborted babies are known to be the best source for DNA samples of SARS-CoV-2 so that segments can be isolated into vaccine form for our immune systems to learn safely.

        Prayer cures Covid.

        Correct. The only reason there is no statistical difference in observed calamity among the praying community versus non-praying is because - obviously - too many praying sinners simply don't pray enough.

        I am not wearing a mask because when the good Lord wants to take me, He is gonna do it no matter what.

        Correct. Faithful should also feel free to skydive without parachutes because it is impossible to predict God's whims and avoid incurring his fatal wrath.

        It is all about taking away our FREEDOMS! (In the meantime, they exercise their first and second amendment rights by protesting and waiving their guns around menacingly.)

        Correct. The elite, business-owning rich people no longer wish to accrue more wealth by having the masses consume, consume, consume. It is preferred that the public stay home whenever possible and concentrate their spending on essentials instead of non-essentials. Further, the government would prefer that people wear masks to thwart the facial-recognition surveillance equipment they have spent a lot of taxpayer dollars on. The government and corporations benefit greatly from the public not using their services and hiding while they do so.

        It is impossible to come together when a large portion of our society would rather believe conspiracy theories and lies they see on their social media accounts and will not do any fact checking and brush off fact checkers as leftist, liberal, or some other label they heard. A segment of our population who rather believe things that fit their ideology than the facts.

        And because a large portion of our society is unwilling to vote unless they feel inspired, these kooks have taken over our government. And as a result, we have a corrupt President that is a proven liar, scam artist, fraud, criminal, and traitor to this country. A President that is using his office to enrich himself.

        And there are plenty of people who do not give a damn - even though it is hurting them - all because of their delusional ideology.

        People believe what they want to believe. Pandemic is scary. Responsible life in a pandemic is inconvenient. People do not like being afraid or inconvenienced. Lies exist to account for the discrepancy between what is fact and what a person wishes was fact. Thus people lie to themselves in order to ease that dissonance.

        The only way to deal with this is powerful, powerful indisputable fact in overwhelming quantity. Keep fighting the good fight.

      • Here are some of the ridiculous bullshit I have been hearing from Republicans.

        No one is dying from COVID-19. They are just blaming all deaths on COVID-19. People who die from cancer - COVID. It is totally political.

        Do NOT ever get the vaccine! They use aborted babies from Planned Parenthood to make the vaccine and Bill Gates is developing one - he is into population reduction.

        Prayer cures Covid.

        I am not wearing a mask because when the good Lord wants to take me, He is gonna do it no matter what.

        It is all about taking away our FREEDOMS! (In the meantime, they exercise their first and second amendment rights by protesting and waiving their guns around menacingly.)

        It is impossible to come together when a large portion of our society would rather believe conspiracy theories and lies they see on their social media accounts and will not do any fact checking and brush off fact checkers as leftist, liberal, or some other label they heard. A segment of our population who rather believe things that fit their ideology than the facts.

        And because a large portion of our society is unwilling to vote unless they feel inspired, these kooks have taken over our government. And as a result, we have a corrupt President that is a proven liar, scam artist, fraud, criminal, and traitor to this country. A President that is using his office to enrich himself.

        And there are plenty of people who do not give a damn - even though it is hurting them - all because of their delusional ideology.

        upvote this post...

    • The peak is well beyond us, deaths have dropped to less than 200 per day. There was a time NYS announced 2000 per day.

  • I guess some have decided to accelerate the process.

  • How to waste the lockdown because Di$ney (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12, 2020 @06:42AM (#60289080)
    All the economic hardship from the lockdowns was in vain because Disney needs the money. If I were a small business owner in the US, I'd be furious. If the growth continues as it has in the past three weeks, there will be a million new cases per week by the end of the month..

    • It was wasted a long time ago when meat packers were forced to work while the companies were given a pass on liability and when all of the states opened up too early. And don't forget having MLB teams going around the country playing a game. Just because there's no fans it doesn't mean the players and support people can't pass it on to people in the airports, the bus drivers, the people at hotels, etc who will then spread it in the cities. Also, like the players are going to stay in the "bubble" the whole t

  • Yay, everyone who had COVID-19 and lived can go.

  • Disney:Covid Machine (Score:3)

    by BrendaEM ( 871664 ) on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:16AM (#60289900) Homepage
    Put people and money in one side, extract the money from the people, compress the people, and send them on their way. It's okay, someone else will buy the dead, and find foster parents for the kids. "You have grandparents? Kool! Almost no one has grandparents, these days."
  • I wonder if you can get your own personalised body bag with your favourite cartoon character on it.
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  • Free Covid with every admission!
  • It just feels so weird hearing this news as US is the number one country with cases and they're still rising everyday.....meanwhile disney world is open again?
  • I'm not even letting people in my Roller Coaster Tycoon amusement park yet. Besides Covid I haven't completed my Fiery Ride to Hell ride yet. Soon as those 2 things are done it's on.

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