This was in yesterday evening’s briefing from my county (emphasis mine):
"A conference call with officials from the Texas Department of State Health Services
(DSHS) was held on July 30, 2020. During the conference call, officials clarified the State’s
new protocol for counting COVID-19 fatalities and provided explanations for the discrepancies between county and state fatality totals.
COVID-19 fatality totals that DSHS lists on its website are strictly derived from death
records filed with the state. These records include locally certified and non-certified reports. The death certificate data DSHS is using for fatality counts will apparently be made available to local governments shortly, but no specific date has been provided.
Continued discrepancies in data are expected because some death certificates list an incorrect county of residence for the deceased. As a result, some deaths are counted in the incorrect county. DSHS fatality totals reflect death certificate data, even if that data is incorrect. As death certificates are amended, DSHS county fatality counts may be altered. DSHS data does not distinguish between confirmed and probable COVID-19 deaths. Hunt County will continue to conduct its own investigations into fatalities and will only report fatalities which are confirmed to be Hunt County residents with an official cause of death listed as COVID-19. "
I’m very thankful for the transparency from my county. Seems like they are trying to be as accurate as possible. They also make it a point to let us know when a previously reported case was found to belong to a different county and they remove it from our count. I’m not sure that’s happening every where on all levels.
Here now, it feels as safe as possible during a pandemic. My only concern so far is HS, not because it feels unsafe, per se, but there are really a lot of people here, more than I would think there should be. Also, we are spoiled and used to multiple days of FPP, last trip we had club level FPP so being here having to wait in lines isn’t really our thing.
It’s funny you say that, because I have been working on my TP’s, and even with lower crowd levels, I feel like we can’t accomplish as much without FPP’s. We are used to getting that next FPP throughout the day, and we really don’t wait in many S/B lines at all!
Yes I think the lack of FPP when you are used to having 3 or 6 pre planned makes it feel busier than it truly is. For people who don’t know how to maximize FPP usage, these lines probably feel very short. I don’t feel like we are very efficient today.
Check out some of the other threads here at this forum. There are at two trip reports from people just back. @jeremy_dmiller is the only one I can think of right now. Good info for you as he has 2 kids.
Just gt back from a trip last week with a 7 and 9 yr old. Personally, I can’t tell you what to do, it is a very personal decision. However, I can share with you my thoughts. We came from Ohio, flew, and I don’t regret it for a minute. Once in a life time trip to experience the parks like that. Yubstated masks are not a problem, so your good there. As far as your kids not keeping distance, I think your good. My son is clueless usually, but adapted quickly and the lines kinda became a game with him. From one spot to the next… WDW really does a nice job mapping it out and making it simple.
We have not had a more relaxing or leisurely trip to Disney than last week. My opinion is go for it, but only if you can accept the risk your taking and not worry all week about it.
I’ve seen this going around but didn’t look at it until now. It is exactly what distance learning looked like for my older kids! Exactly! The same computer program with the same assignment structure and deadlines at 10 pm etc. They also both say in their rooms most of the day doing school b/c I’m downstairs with the youngest working with her by myself. The older kids don’t want to be around the lounder younger one while doing their work.
I appreciate the shout-out! While I do feel very confident in what I said - I’m just a fan like everyone else, so I don’t have true “insider” info. I’ve just consumed so much theme park related content over the years, especially about FPP, that this is a general consensus from a lot of sources.
WOW… this video was very powerful, so emotional!!! This is exactly how my DD11 & I feel. As of now my kids will be going back, I hope are numbers don’t go up too much.
Friends of ours moved from New York to Oregon seven years ago. Today the dad and the 16-year-old daughter are here for a visit. They said their flight yesterday from Oregon to North Carolina was at 100% capacity. From North Carolina to New York was more like 50%. They had to complete paperwork when they got off the plane in New York and the dad had to put an app on his phone. He now is going phoneless while here…
I don’t know about there, bute when people cross our border and are required to quarantine, there were people also phoning the phone for just that reason. If the phone wasn’t being answered, they got in trouble. Make sure he has a good excuse for not answering his phone.
As of now my kids will be going back, I hope are numbers don’t go up too much.