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

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    #5102
    Abba987
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Abba987


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    Panic is happening before any cases are announced I dread to think what will happen when there is one. We sell face masks, decent ones and really cheap ones. Normally we sell 100- 500 a week.
    This week we have sold 50,000 and only because we only had that many. Could have sold 5 times that.

    Because of a more serious infection or because of social media?


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    #5103
    SafeSurfer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,427 ✭✭✭SafeSurfer


    What I find most concerning about this virus is the reported 14% reinfection rate among those who have survived initial infection.
    A 14% re infection rate a mere couple of months into the outbreak has to be a concern.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



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    #5104
    Mr.Nice Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 45,594 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Nice Guy


    Useful interview here with Professor David Heymann, who led the WHO's response to Sars, and who is advising on the Coronavirus. Begins about 5 minutes in:

    https://www.chathamhouse.org/file/how-concerning-new-coronavirus-outbreak?CMP=share_btn_tw


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    #5105
    Kaisr Sose
    Registered Users Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    laurah591 wrote: »
    Another significant drop in that serious/critical number. Hats off to China if they are reporting accurately.... which I hope they are

    It came from an official Chinese Government news briefing, it must be true


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    #5106
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    What I find most concerning about this virus is the reported 14% reinfection rate among those who have survived initial infection.
    A 14% re infection rate a mere couple of months into the outbreak has to be a concern.

    Still a bit of an unknown - was the virus still present but dormant, undetectable, reinfected (worst case scenario as it means antibodies are next to useless if only lasting a few weeks or so, was a report about that a month ago from China being the case)...


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    #5107
    Die Hard 2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Die Hard 2019


    Abba987 wrote: »
    Because of a more serious infection or because of social media?

    We sell to trade so I assume these will be resold to worried end users.

    It's really freaky to watch the sales breakdown speed across the island, starts at the border and works it's way around but I instigated a per customer rule so we had a bit for each customer instead of letting people profiteer.

    I don't think the masks are needed but I have 90 of the high end ones in the car because if the wife freaks out that enough for our family unit for a month.


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    #5108
    CFlat
    Registered Users Posts: 2,802 ✭✭✭CFlat


    laurah591 wrote: »
    Another significant drop in that serious/critical number. Hats off to China if they are reporting accurately.... which I hope they are

    That's the problem though, you couldn't trust them to lie straight in bed.


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    #5109
    Die Hard 2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Die Hard 2019


    SafeSurfer wrote: »
    What I find most concerning about this virus is the reported 14% reinfection rate among those who have survived initial infection.
    A 14% re infection rate a mere couple of months into the outbreak has to be a concern.

    This is my real fear. Highly mutatable virus that keeps giving me man flu.


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    #5110
    Dpg21
    Registered Users Posts: 77 ✭✭Dpg21


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Close family laughed when i started buying supplies 4 weeks ago, now I'm being asked what i bought and how long they should be planning for....

    Exactly the same as me, after handing in my notice for the job in Asia I decided to stock up a bit each week, all my family having a laugh at me asking when I’m going to start building my bunker.. now in the last few days the tune has completely changed and they are saying how did I see that coming .... just makes me want to scream..everyone seems very Shortsighted when it comes to this virus


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    #5111
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    Panic is happening before any cases are announced I dread to think what will happen when there is one. We sell face masks, decent ones and really cheap ones. Normally we sell 100- 500 a week.
    This week we have sold 50,000 and only because we only had that many. Could have sold 5 times that.

    You know what they say... its an ill wind blows no good...


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    #5112
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    CFlat wrote: »
    That's the problem though, you couldn't trust them to lie straight in bed.

    Numbers are probably correct - province is in lockdown - and I was never one to believe their numbers but if no one is leaving their community except every couple of days for food then you are stopping the spread
    When they lessen the lockdown is when the SHTF may happen again


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    #5113
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    This is my real fear. Highly mutatable virus that keeps giving me man flu.

    That's only as serious as the other half lets you get away with


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    #5114
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    First case in Nigeria now reported


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    #5115
    Die Hard 2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Die Hard 2019


    Cupatae wrote: »
    You know what they say... its an ill wind blows no good...

    While I like the sentiment China is intrinsic to our and everyone else's supply chain these days.


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    #5116
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    While I like the sentiment China is intrinsic to our and everyone else's supply chain these days.

    Moving away from China now to cheaper countries


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    #5117
    Die Hard 2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Die Hard 2019


    fritzelly wrote: »
    First case in Nigeria now reported

    I got that email as well if I send them my details they will send me a million dollars to give them back half when they get here.


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    #5118
    Die Hard 2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Die Hard 2019


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Moving away from China now to cheaper countries

    India is a joke. And most others don't have the capacity.


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    #5119
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    Dpg21 wrote: »
    Exactly the same as me, after handing in my notice for the job in Asia I decided to stock up a bit each week, all my family having a laugh at me asking when I’m going to start building my bunker.. now in the last few days the tune has completely changed and they are saying how did I see that coming .... just makes me want to scream..everyone seems very Shortsighted when it comes to this virus

    It's mad anyone can be called dramatic after what happened in China, let alone the fact that it has gone global. But 80% are mild cases most people don't die from the flu so...


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    #5120
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    India is a joke. And most others don't have the capacity.

    Other countries like Vietnam etc


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    #5121
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    It's mad anyone can be called dramatic after what happened in China, let alone the fact that it has gone global. But 80% are mild cases most people don't die from the flu so...

    Some people love to get hyped up over this stuff tho... we barely have a case reported here.


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    #5122
    Die Hard 2019
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭Die Hard 2019


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Other countries like Vietnam etc
    They are all swamped now


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    #5123
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users Posts: 4,880 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    Charles Babbage wrote: »
    from wikipedia

    Unlike most strains of influenza, H1N1 (Swine flu) does not disproportionately infect adults older than 60 years; this was an unusual and characteristic feature of the H1N1 pandemic.


    The present pox is more typical of flu in this respect. If your girlfriend in her early 20s gets this one then when she goes to the hospital it will already be full.
    Everyone was telling porkies.


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    #5124
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,510 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Some people love to get hyped up over this stuff tho... we barely have a case reported here.

    Most countries can barely cope with flu every year - 10-15% cases from the covid would cripple most health systems. Why they are trying to delay it's spread til the flu season is over


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    #5125
    Abba987
    Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭Abba987


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    We sell to trade so I assume these will be resold to worried end users.

    It's really freaky to watch the sales breakdown speed across the island, starts at the border and works it's way around but I instigated a per customer rule so we had a bit for each customer instead of letting people profiteer.

    I don't think the masks are needed but I have 90 of the high end ones in the car because if the wife freaks out that enough for our family unit for a month.

    Understandable. Everyone must look after their own first.


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    #5126
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 20,054 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Die Hard 2019 wrote: »
    Panic is happening before any cases are announced I dread to think what will happen when there is one. We sell face masks, decent ones and really cheap ones. Normally we sell 100- 500 a week.
    This week we have sold 50,000 and only because we only had that many. Could have sold 5 times that.

    Expect a flood of PMs.


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    #5127
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,033 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »
    Useful interview here with Professor David Heymann, who led the WHO's response to Sars, and who is advising on the Coronavirus. Begins about 5 minutes in:

    https://www.chathamhouse.org/file/how-concerning-new-coronavirus-outbreak?CMP=share_btn_tw
    Why can't they make these videos speedupable?:(


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    #5128
    Goldengirl
    Registered Users Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭Goldengirl


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    When she arrived to Dublin Airport it would be unlikely she would go to Dublin City centre to pick up the train. More likely she travelled by car or else the Air Coach service to Belfast.

    Miriam mentioned Aircoach on PrimeTime to Tony Holohan, and it seemed deliberate.


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    #5129
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/id-prefer-anyone-coughing-would-withdraw-coronavirus-fears-prompts-judge-to-ask-that-ill-people-leave-court-room-38997115.html?fbclid=IwAR2cjiEMXSO7eAV-6CwvgX41O6d5EFxPKQVscenZoezDTZkGS0oT1XUw6XA

    Whats next lol


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    #5130
    darjeeling
    Registered Users Posts: 962 ✭✭✭darjeeling


    fritzelly wrote: »
    First case in Nigeria now reported

    Italian man returned Tuesday from Milan, according to Wash Post reporting of Nigerian health min statement. (pay link)

    And stats from Italy look nasty. 650 cases to date, of which 17 now dead and 56 currently in intensive care. (link)


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    #5131
    cnocbui
    Registered Users Posts: 20,054 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Cupatae wrote: »
    Some people love to get hyped up over this stuff tho... we barely have a case reported here.

    Some people get concerned because with a 14 day incubation period and infectious while asymptomatic, means when you do get a confirmed case, you have to be thinking back two weeks and where they have been and what they have been doing. Concerned people think ahead. The Germans have reportedly thrown in the towel on trying to trace infected people's movements and contacts.

    I did the shopping on Tuesday and used hand gel after coming out of each store, was careful not to touch my face, and when i got home I wiped down everything I had bought with a detergent heavy sponge and then I microwaved the sponged and washed my hands again, for the nth time. I am assuming there are probably people in Ireland right now who have it and don't know it and some of them might have touched something I have to touch.


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