News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
[dead]
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by SomeoneFromCA on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:33PM (#24633275)
This horse is beaten to death. 1.7% among 60+ (not 1.17 among 70% like you wrote) fatality rate is extremely high. Any attempts to isolate younger population from older did work, whoever tried - the virus would eventually find it way into older population. Besides these number are not right. NYC data suggests 2-3 times higher numbers.
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by slaw on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:12PM (#24633643)
When you are 66 year old man, your odds to die within a year is 1.7%

Source: https://www.finder.com/life-insurance/odds-of-dying

Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by SomeoneFromCA on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:49PM (#24633991)
And? What does it have to do with Covid?
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by slaw on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:54PM (#24634026)
1.7% fatality rate is not extremely high for 60+ year old people. When you are old, you are more likely to die from flu, covid or anything.
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by SomeoneFromCA on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:04PM (#24634097)
Really? There is 100% probability of eventually dying for people of 0+ age. We probably should stop worrying about diseases at all. 1.7% is a very high fatality rate for everyone, old or not. And this is without having the hospitals overflowed.
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by mediaguilt on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:51PM (#24633447)
These are in the hospital. What’s the IFR ounce the hospital is saturated and won’t help you survive? Probably much higher than 3%.
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by hindsightbias on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:34PM (#24633850)
I’m fine with Disney reopening as long as they add an attraction for those turned away from the ER. Perhaps the Bedknobs and Broomsticks ride can be adapted to a hospital bed and an IV pole.
Re:Disney to layoff 28,000 employees as coronavirus slams it... by f69281c on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @06:27PM (#24633782)
>Disney would open if the government would let them.

They did reopen; I remember a video from what feels like months ago (but these days that could have been last week) where managers were telling employees "welcome home" (gross).

The article says they're getting slammed by low attendance rates, which makes sense because a lot of people either don't want to go to a theme park right now or don't have the money to.