Relaxation of Social Distancing Continues to Slip Later into June for Florida According to IHME Model

    With a recent update to the IHME model, the target date to relax social distancing has slipped from June 16th to June 21st. This is the second time that the target date to relax social distancing has slipped in the past week.

    The first date that we tracked for a relaxation of social distancing was June 1st. An increase in deaths as tracked by the model shows that Florida had a peak 5 days ago, which pushes out the date that the model suggests social distancing can be relaxed.

    According to the Healthdata.org, a relaxation of social distancing is defined as follows:

    This refers to the timeframe when it may be possible to relax social distancing with containment strategies that include:

    • Testing
    • Contact tracing
    • Isolation
    • Limiting gathering size

    The beginning of this timeframe is determined by our estimate of when COVID-19 infections drop below 1 per 1 million people in a given location, and is also influenced by each location’s available public health funding to implement new containment strategies.

    Disney recently removed theme park hours through May 16th, and is still accepting reservations beginning June 1st.

    The Florida governor continues to ask for guidance from the Reopen Florida economy via meetings. For some of the key takeaways from theme parks from those meetings, check out our earlier post.

    As always, keep checking back with us here at BlogMickey.com for the latest Disney Parks news and photos. We’ll continue to bring you news and photos, where possible, through the Disney Parks closure due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and will resume our normal coverage once the parks reopen to guests on July 11th!

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