Look I could sit here and talk about that all day. But, on a deeper level, he created downstream issues that don't get enough press.
I'm a fan of Disney world. I enjoy going there as a way to escape reality for a few hours. It's "the bubble" and it's easy to put your troubles behind you.
When the virus first arrived, we knew it would affect travel and the theme parks. But the question was how much. They did what was reasonable, but looked for guidance from the state (or states, because Disneyland should be mentioned too) and from the federal government.
The feds could have, and *should* have been trying to understand the way this was spreading, using whatever tools other countries were using and building on that. The feds should have stepped out in front to try and actually deal with the pandemic threat rather than throwing up their hands, and passing along responsibility.
Supposing they had started screening at airports, cruise terminals, and directing states for how to test at large gatherings.
Disney surely would have followed and maybe we would have a better ideas for what to do - and, more importantly, maybe we would have innovated and found more efficient means to quickly test in gathering spots.
So disney world closed and it wasn't clear if this was going to be for a week or a month.
It's been 2. And the feds still don't have a plan. There's no thought for how to proceed and keep people safe. It's more of a "hey just reopen. What's the worst that can happen?"
And so private organizations, foundations, and companies are going to need to step into this void and try and lead and innovate in some way.
How can disney world reopen and keep guests safe? Short answer: right now they can't. So we have to wait until they figure it out, or maybe until another one of those organizations steps up and innovates. Or until a new president steps in, in January, and we get some actual leadership and direction.
Someone "admonished me" on Twitter for being more political and less about the escape of Disney.
I don't see how at this point you can separate the two. Politics (and abject stupidity) has led us here. Disneys magic is lost for now among a sea of jobless claims and a string of deaths that have nothing to do with them directly. Even if they found a way to open, who knows how many travel there? And what would the experience be like? And would those people follow the rules?
But because there's no real path for them to reopen safely, no guidance on what to do, this is ultimately on the feds and their inaction.
So, yeah, I can't talk about Disney without talking about politics. Sorry random stupid person (psych! I’m not sorry)
