bjcolglazier

If this proves accurate we are in much better shape than we think. And it means the park opens sooner than later. Potentially. I know most people here are smarter than Stanford University, but...maybe give it some thought. https://ktla.com/news/california/stanford-antibody-study-estimates-covid-19-infected-at-least-50-times-more-people-than-testing-identified-in-santa-clara-county/

The posts above and general gut feeling have me convinced that as soon as the temperatures in the midwest are running +70-degrees on a daily basis, a VERY large number of people are going to say, "Awe, the hell with this." (staying home). That may or may not be a bad thing---time will tell. But I don't think governor's are going to have much choice for much longer but to tell the people the potential dangers, and let the chips fall.

I'm dying...lololol!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52283658 Leave it up to Germany to solve a problem!

I hear coaster-drool is a thing...lol! Not that I have any first-hand experience.

Yeah, I've done way too much reading on this lately myself. Even a "micro-droplet" that hits the ground fast in summer heat & humidity is probably not a problem. But if you put your hand on a big loogie someone spit on the handrail you're in trouble. Same if someone coughs right in your face.

There's clearly only one way to find out how Covid-19 reacts to heat...

This is what sucks about our current world. A simple google search of "coronavirus heat and humidity" pulls up articles that quote professors saying summer heat and humidity will slow the spread, and also big headlines that no, it will not. There's also "it might" and "don't count on it". What a mess. I guess we just don't know, but traditional logic based on science suggests heat and humidity will help. Uh...but it might not. I guess?

We're gonna be seeing some odd tan lines this summer...

It does continue to spread in equatorial countries. However, not nearly as fast as it has spread in the northern hemisphere during the colder months. Summer will help. I don't know that it will help enough to open the park, but it will most certainly help.

Not cancelled. I think this years award was already handed out to some guy who drank fish-tank cleaner. Or something like that, idk.

When you lockdown society, there is going to be far less medical emergencies---in the short-term. And that's what is happening. Far less car crashes, basically zero baseball/softball injuries, way less work accidents, and on and on and on.

Looking at the lines of cars at the food banks in major cities has made me re-evaluate the word "essential" on all sorts of levels. I can't imagine...

I anticipate many governor's cautiously opening up more places May 1st, but with social distancing policies mandatory. If Walmart & Kroger can be open with social distancing policies, why can't Kohls or Macy's or Best Buy?

The stay-at-home orders in particular plus store actions probably blow this science out of the water.

Yeah, I don't live in a major city but big college town. Vast majority of the students are gone, and medium/small-ish town otherwise, things are relatively quiet. I'm only going to the grocery when I have to both because of the virus, and because it's just eerie. The struggle is real when you realize you walked 15 feet past an item you need, but there's people already occupying that spot trying to "distance" themselves from yourself. Ugh.

There's a scientific argument that only allowing people to go to the grocery is actually the fastest way to herd immunity. It's not mainstream, but something to think about. It's basically, "Don't leave home. But if you do---everyone go "here".

I am only guessing here, but I'd bet there are a lot of days in a typical year they lose money---would've been better off closing. Mostly because of weather which cannot be predicted, but is just part of their equation. Limiting crowds will cost them money. But closing altogether to save a dollar today could lose them even more money looking forward when people lose confidence in their posted hours.

While very informative, your post ignores not only the customer and the competition, but also the future. If other large entertainment venues are allowed to open and do open and are accepting American dollars, Kings Island would be foolish not to do the same. People will throw both their current and future dollars elsewhere determined by what is open "now", whenever "now" is. The park also knows this.

Yeah it happens. I'm reading articles now about ventilators doing lung damage. Crazy times.

How many people over 50 do you know that are fat? https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/obesity-is-major-covid-19-risk-factor-and-u-s-is-particularly-vulnerable/article_6bb1b39f-062a-5739-aff4-c47ea22b4cb1.html

You're just making this part up. There's per-xactly zero evidence of permanent lung damage to the younger crowd. There IS evidence of lung damage for those hard-hit, but again these are not the under-50's for the most part.

Yeah, but look at that Ohio graphic though! It is an everyone problem, but the data is important to our decisions going forward.

Correct. 81% of hospitalizations from coronavirus are over 50 years old. https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/dashboards/key-metrics-mortality/

Super-spreaders. I have no data, but has to be. ;-)