Coronavirus Part II - Its arrived - We're Doomed!!! See OP for Mod warnings

Rob A. Bank

Deleted User wrote: »

I’m the way that a nasty cold can do. You think you’re over the worst, then get a second kick of it. Possibly coronavirus infections in general have this behaviour pattern in some cases.

No one really knows.

The world has had only 7 weeks of experience with this new bug... so much unknown which will only become known with the passage of time.

I’m in Dundrum SC at the moment, in a café. Normally it would be fairly packed now, the coffee shop is near empty. Sign of things to come.

NIMAN

SeaBreezes wrote: »

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First collapse in a shopping centre in Italy.
Just like those early twitter videos from China.

:-)

I am not a virus denier, but I take a lot of videos that I see on the internet with a massive pinch of salt.

Did you see the one where Chinese officials were walking around shooting people too?:rolleyes:

If this is like the flu, people shouldn't be collapsing and wriggling around. Thats why those videos to me are fake.

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/QuickTake/status/1232965154880577536

lawred2

NIMAN wrote: »

I am not a virus denier, but I take a lot of videos that I see on the internet with a massive pinch of salt.

Did you see the one where Chinese officials were walking around shooting people too?:rolleyes:

If this is like the flu, people shouldn't be collapsing and wriggling around. Thats why those videos to me are fake.

fear the zombie hordes

billybonkers

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I’m in Dundrum SC at the moment, in a café. Normally it would be fairly packed now, the coffee shop is near empty. Sign of things to come.

Sign of the middle of the week really, dundrum is never that busy during the week at this time

bb12

YFlyer wrote: »

Any research saying 57% alcohol is ineffective while 60% is?

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Coronavirus_Survival_On_Surfaces.pdf?token=AWx7kHo2MXQpD3C5u3w2AQywKj9ZDsWPn06eKqNn7Ge_lWmLzoFnLUEP8zVqE_-2Dg95t4uwp5xYyYnqIMzSqHX2gNIQ-ccm0kByDvdG9TcZGJQzBjPLA7p6LH5ssJBMJJbHfiW8tcba8ufuYYyDpwP80OCMkdikRFtyhaM6_vJiyIEE0vTGW0EILIOcu53V6u8

lawred2

Deleted User wrote: »

I’m in Dundrum SC at the moment, in a café. Normally it would be fairly packed now, the coffee shop is near empty. Sign of things to come.

no it wouldn't.

it's Thursday morning before 11am

IQO

Deleted User wrote: »

The LUAS will be at the forefront of this. I think if people live within possible walking distance of work (maybe up to 4 kilometres) they should consider commuting on foot to lower the density of commuters on board the trams. That’s what I would do if I were not retired. We will see more people take to the bike and of course the car too.

Was thinking about this yesterday: I took the green LUAS earlier this week and one of their 'revenue officers' were checking the validity of everyone's leap card/luas ticket. In order to do so, they took every passengers leap card in their hands, checked validity on their device and handed it back to each passenger. This probably goes on all day with ±150 passengers or more in each tram. First superspreader in Ireland may as well be a LUAS revenue officer.


I sent a quick heads up to LUAS about this and now got this reply

Thank you for your email and raising your concern with us. I have passed this onto the relevant department for future consideration.


Thank you for getting in contact.


If there is anything further we can help you with, please do not hesitate to contact us.

billybonkers

billybonkers wrote: »

Sign of the middle of the week really, dundrum is never that busy during the week at this time

It sure is, especially in a Thursday, I’m a regular here.

BanditLuke

laurah591 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1232970211797716992

What a nightmare - Virus wanted to see the match too

Do we expect the rest of the league games to go behind closed doors?

Incredible matches where played last night in full stadia in the champions league. So irresponsible

amadangomor

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Attend your local accident and emergency dept,social welfare office or homeless services to see the well oiled machine clown shoes is overseeing

Surely it has been the same for decades and beyond that far worse. The metric of a health service that I'm interested is the general health level of the public and we are one of the best in the World. On homelessness there are 90 rough sleepers in Dublin FFS. Funnily enough we've gone from the poorest country in Europe on Independence to one of the most prosperous.

schmoo2k

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://twitter.com/QuickTake/status/1232965154880577536

If that happens here in conjunction with cheap package holidays...

Doctors room ghost

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It sure is, especially in a Thursday, I’m a regular here.

They are saving their coffee money for bets in cheltenham.theyre at home drinking mugs of aldi tea and rummaging through the racing post looking to pick a winner.

Beasty, Niamh, all mods....

What are your thoughts on making a stickied thread with a video of how to wash your hands properly and coughing/sneezing?

Bear in mind announcement headers don’t show up on touch site.

JDD

lawred2 wrote: »

sure look - this is going down the route of telling everyone to stay indoors - don't leave the house ever

Ach sure I know. But there's no point in telling people "ah, you'll know it if you get it, so make sure you stay at home for two weeks when you get proper flu symptoms", if in fact a huge proportion of people will just have a mild cold.

If it is the fact that most people will just get a mild cold, or no symptoms, it might make everyone pay closer attention to the prevention advice. A bit of Dettol spray around the house and washing your hands a few times with an actual scrub under the nails, and maybe avoiding eating a pack of crisps on public transport will be half the battle at preventing the spread. That's why I'm in favour of widespread testing, to get to the bottom of that "do you get a mild cold" issue.

And jaysus, it might actually stop the spread of the actual flu and winter vomiting bug. We'll all be fit as fiddles come summer. Poor oul Danone and their L-casei yogurts will get a right hammering.

odyssey06

amadangomor wrote: »

Surely it has been the same for decades and beyond that far worse. The metric of a health service that I'm interested is the general health level of the public and we are one of the best in the World.

Stop.
That's not the metric for judging a health service. You judge patient outcomes.

IQO

IQO wrote: »

Was thinking about this yesterday: I took the green LUAS earlier this week and one of their 'revenue officers' were checking the validity of everyone's leap card/luas ticket. In order to do so, they took every passengers leap card in their hands, checked validity on their device and handed it back to each passenger. This probably goes on all day with ±150 passengers or more in each tram. First superspreader in Ireland may as well be a LUAS revenue officer.

I sent a quick heads up to LUAS about this and now got this reply

All suggestions to alter various practices like this are practical and helpful. I’m on my own mini-mission (which got me into trouble on this thread ) to encourage use of card tapping where at all possible. I was saying to the ladies in the coffee shop that as they work front line it might be good to encourage a quick tap of the card in payment, especially where food is being handled too.

laurah591

bb12 wrote: »

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Coronavirus_Survival_On_Surfaces.pdf?token=AWx7kHo2MXQpD3C5u3w2AQywKj9ZDsWPn06eKqNn7Ge_lWmLzoFnLUEP8zVqE_-2Dg95t4uwp5xYyYnqIMzSqHX2gNIQ-ccm0kByDvdG9TcZGJQzBjPLA7p6LH5ssJBMJJbHfiW8tcba8ufuYYyDpwP80OCMkdikRFtyhaM6_vJiyIEE0vTGW0EILIOcu53V6u8

Many thanks for sharing - so it looks like over 60-70% alcohol for surface disinfection and at least 80% for hands ... i didn't know this - thanks for sharing

BanditLuke

Deleted User wrote: »

The LUAS will be at the forefront of this. I think if people live within possible walking distance of work (maybe up to 4 kilometres) they should consider commuting on foot to lower the density of commuters on board the trams. That’s what I would do if I were not retired. We will see more people take to the bike and of course the car too.

In Dublin yes but nationwide it's going to be buses and trains. They shut all public transport in Wuhan right off and yet we've learnt zero lessons here.

@JDD

@JDD,

Weeks ago in the first thread I said the the health service should have had public service announcements years ago at the beginning of each flu season.

The cost of an ad campaign would undoubtedly have been lower than the cost on the health system in the last few years.

CFlat

NIMAN wrote: »

I am not a virus denier, but I take a lot of videos that I see on the internet with a massive pinch of salt.

Did you see the one where Chinese officials were walking around shooting people too?:rolleyes:

If this is like the flu, people shouldn't be collapsing and wriggling around. Thats why those videos to me are fake.

Absolutely. May well be an epileptic seizure. I was in a room once when someone got one and it's a very scary sight if you're not use to it.

BTW posters trying to make political gain on this thread are well out of order.

the butcher

Spain confirms 2 new coronavirus cases in Madrid; preliminary information indicates both cases don't have travel history.

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1232985810846339073

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1232964880371789826

BanditLuke

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

@JDD,

Weeks ago in the first thread I said the the health service should have had public service announcements years ago at the beginning of each flu season.

The cost of an ad campaign would undoubtedly have been lower than the cost on the health system in the last few years.

Again that would mean the HSE being proactive. Never going to happen.

OneEightSeven

laurah591 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1232970211797716992

What a nightmare - Virus wanted to see the match too

Do we expect the rest of the league games to go behind closed doors?

Juventus played in Lyon last night. 3000 fans traveled. Should be a city to keep an eye on. The reverse fixture is on the 17th of March in Turin. That will probably be played behind closed doors.

Inter Milan are playing at home behind closed doors tonight.

BanditLuke

CFlat wrote: »

Absolutely. May well be an epileptic seizure. I was in a room once when someone got one and it's a very scary sight if you're not use to it.

BTW posters trying to make political gain on this thread are well out of order.

Absolutely. This isn't about politics it's far more important than that. Now is the time for political opponents to come together in order to put the health of the nation first and foremost.

Gael23

An animal with an infectious disease would likely be destroyed in order to prevent spread

zell12

DailyMail informs:
https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2020/02/26/8487172742628031079/636x382_MP4_8487172742628031079.mp4