A) the Government response to the Coronavirus .. and what Misinformation means in our Society today,,, geez - who want to hear about this ,,,
Way Back in Late February,,,
- Trump said the current number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is “going very substantially down, not up.” But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said to expect more cases and has warned that it is highly unlikely that the virus will not spread to some degree within the U.S. The first case of community spread may have already occurred.
How has this worked out so far... Cases down or UP ??
- The president said that the U.S. is “rapidly developing a vaccine” for COVID-19 and “will essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner.” That’s misleading. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said a vaccine at best won’t be ready for “a year to a year-and-a-half” and won’t be available for the current epidemic. ummmm do I need to explain ?
- Trump’s acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, falsely claimed this week that the influenza fatality rate was “right around 2% as well.” It’s not
- In making a comparison to a past outbreak, the president correctly noted that Ebola is far more deadly than the novel coronavirus. But he neglected to mention that Ebola can only be transmitted via bodily fluid exchange and it's Significantly harder to catch.
- Trump made some confusing remarks that wrongly suggested the flu fatality rate is “much higher” than the rate for COVID-19, the new coronavirus disease. The flu fatality rate is about 0.1%, while the fatality rate for COVID-19 has been about 2-3%.
Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, also got the facts wrong on this in a Feb. 25 Senate hearing. Wolf said the COVID-19 fatality rate was “under 2%” or “between 1.5 and 2%,” and then falsely said the influenza rate was “right around 2% as well.” I personally have been in several conversations this week where it was stated that lots more people die of the Flu - and while that is true - you cannot talk about that in absolute numbers - you MUST use percentage of those affected. in which even the best estimates state taht Coronavirus is 20 x higher....
All right - we need not go on,,,, although he suggests that keeping a Cruise ship off shore - with US citizens on it that may be infected was what he wanted to do because it would keep the numbers lower.....Jesus,... and there is a video circulating of a News person interviewing Mrs Mary Q Public that says she does not believe the Virus is real and that the Deaths are a Democratic hoax, I bet she ain't washing her hands ...
And - there is always the OLE Standby - Blame Obama - even if it's an outright LIE !
THE LIE !! Trump, March 4: I just want to add, if I might — and to go a little bit further — the Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing. And we undid that decision a few days ago so that the testing can take place in a much more accurate and rapid fashion. That was a decision we disagreed with. I don’t think we would have made it, but for some reason it was made. But we’ve undone that decision.
THE TRUTH ...It’s not true,” said Rachel Sachs, a Washington University in St. Louis law professor, The Obama administration did attempt to impose a risk-based system of regulation on laboratory developed tests, or LDTs, and introduced draft guidance in 2014. But that guidance was never finalized, and was withdrawn after Trump won the election in 2016. “It never went into effect,” Citing the withdrawn guidance document, Jeffrey Gibbs of the firm Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, who is an expert on FDA law, also told us that the president’s claim was “not accurate.”
When we need to let the Science talk ,,, and let the Facts matter - we have a president we cannot trust to tell the truth - about anything,,, and especially if he thinks it will hurt his chances at re- election.
Ok - Now - let's talk something important !! (ha) Disney's Rise of the Resistance. and debacle taht is Getting a Boarding Group so that you can experience that attraction. Disney at WDW and Disneyland have opened an extremely popular attraction called Rise of the Resistance- Disney World built an entire Star Wars land with a Life Size Millennium Falcon - that area encompasses about 20% of Disney Hollywood Studios. There is Galaxy Edge - where you can pilot the Falcon, and There’s a full array of food and beverages at five quick-service dining spots, including a Milk Stand serving the blue milk Luke Skywalker drank in Star Wars: Episode IV–A New Hope. However, the largest spot for dining within both lands is Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo, which serves dishes like the Yobshrimp Noodle Salad (marinated noodle salad with chilled shrimp) and the Smoked Kaadu Ribs (smoked country sticky pork ribs with blueberry corn muffin and cabbage slaw). and - yes - Ok now there is Rise of the resistance = the most technologically advanced attraction ever ! Disney decided that they were not going to build an area that could be used for a Que to the Ride. similar to what they have done at every other attraction. Compare that to say - Flights of Passage in Animal Kingdom. Where there is an extended Preshow area where you wind thru the Avatar based attraction ,,,, and there is an area that winds out of Avatar land toward Africa ,,, that can handle about 2 1/2 hours worth of guests that were unlucky enough to not get a fast pass,,, or just wanted to wait to see the attraction - we Did both.. Now - let me try to describe what Rise of the Resistance does -
Boarding groups are how you are scheduled to ride the ride - this is done via the My Disney Experiance (MDE) App on your phone .
1st - All boarding groups and most/all Backup groups are distributed when the Park opens at what was 7am ,,, now i believe they have moved that to 8am - Park opening time. and those Groups are distributed in a about 2 minutes !
SO - a few Caveats - all the people that you want to be in your Boarding must be checked into the Park before you can get in the QUE for a Boarding Group. - we will call it Que - although it is really just a lottery / Crap shoot.
Imagine this - that you get your Family up early in the Morning - get early transport over to the Studios - they let people into the "front" of the Park starting about 6:30 - 7AM - no there are no other rides open till the 8am Park open time, no food carts , no coffee, no restaurants. the Front of the Park is the Area from the Turnstiles / Security Check down Hollywood Blvd and the Left down towards Star Wars land. The Area becomes packed with people hoping to get a Boarding Group.
- you check in that everyone is in the Park. you add those people to your Group, and you wait will 8am.. at time your fast fingers (and Thousands of others) work thru a few screens and you wait a few minutes to see of you get a Bounce back that shows you that it was successful !! And it shows you what Group you got and what time you need to go to the Attraction to Ride - there is a one hour post the Time window - so this says return by 10:13 - you have till 11:13 to get there....
Now - you can get a group and time that is anytime across the Day - from 8am till park closing - 8PM /maybe later - 10pm... OR you could get a back up group .. NO commitment that you will get to ride,, and if you don;t they will not get you in tomorrow or the next day if you are in aBack up group or worse yet - all are assigned and you get NOTHING !!
NOW what !?!?!? You can then - experience other attractions in the Park - go to another park if you have a hopper pass.. IF not you are stuck in that park... and what then - you get everyone up early again tomorrow and the next day and the next day for another CHANCE at getting a Boarding group... This MUST change - and i am not the 1st to think so ,,,,
I have read several alternatives.... I think this is really quite simple - say at 5PM the evening before the QUE to get a Boarding Group opens. it stays open for - let's say 1 - 2 hours. so you get all your family/Friends into your Group - if you want to ride and Apply for Boarding Group. At that time whenever - say 7pm- Disney folks run the Program that selects the Groups. You are then notified by 8PM the night before as to what time you need to be there to ride, and what Back up groups (dependent on the up time of the ride - just like now) will be assigned later the next day - Back up groups are NOT committed by Disney - and You can Opt out of the Back up group. NOW - to protect the process, IF you ARE assigned a Boarding Group and associated Reporting time, and you do not show up - and any person in the Boarding group that is a no show is Blocked from the Process for - pick a time 48 , 72 hours, so 2 or 3 days ! And if you get boarding group and you show up and ride - you are not eligible to enter the Que again for the same amount of time - in this way everyone gets chance to ride - and others can't ride several times while others are blocked out...
Moving the Process to the Night before - let's you plan IF you are going to the Studios or NOT and at what time - no sense going at 8am if you have a boarding group at 5pm (unless you wish to) - especially important if you DO NOT have a park hopper pass - aka you burn a days ticket on a 2nd or 3rd day in the Studios - where you just visited the Day before. and If you are assigned a Boarding group - you know you will get to experience the attraction. From Disney Side - it should even out the Crowds across the 4 Parks, let them assign Transportation resources better, and have an appropriate number of Cast Members & Security to deal with the incoming guests, and not subject guests to the Crush of Humanity that must be occurring now in the mornings.
Disney has to do something !! There are several you tube videos out there and Web Pages describing ways to increase your chance of successfully getting a Boarding group .... but it remains not a 1st come / 1st Served and not even a Hey I will wait in line for 2-3 hours to ride - its a Lottery - Crap shoot and that should not be.....
and to tie these two subjects together - you might not want to be in that crowd with NON hand Washers !!!
And if you always wanted to be a Night SWEAT !!!
OR Maybe wanted to be a RECORD COMPANY
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