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

BanditLuke

YFlyer wrote: »

He threw in the get out of there card that the situation could change. Extremely lax.

The HSE have been wheeling him out for the last few days all over the place telling us everything is hunky dory and of course Tubs was never going to ask the hard questions of him.

megabomberman

YFlyer wrote: »

He threw in the get out of there card that the situation could change. Extremely lax.

He's a disgrace, the bureaucracy of 'follow the HSE's advice, which is entirely based on the WHO's inadequate advice' is craven. The virus is spiralling into failed states all around the world, time to get real.

ChikiChiki

Between Bush fires in Oz, locusts in Africa and the spread of a vicious virus (any idiot who laughs off a 2% mortality rate is just that, an idiot) there is kind of a surreal feeling about this 2020 and that we are in real bother.

Going to be a testing few months ahead compounded by the economic backlash.

Titclamp

It be gas if using sanitizer is a sure bet of attracting the coronavirus

YFlyer

froog wrote: »

"Do we all feel better now?!"

*silence*

Was looking at Doctor Frankenstein monster.

Westernyelp

BanditLuke wrote: »

Oh no really. I'll stop posting so. Gosh the embarrassment :rolleyes:

The professor seemed like he would laugh and smile at a funeral for christ sake

He is a Professor of Immunology and you are some random fear monger on the internet. I know who I place more faith in.

wakka12

https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/region-metropolitana/2020/02/28/mujer-da-positivo-en-examen-rapido-del-coronavirus-fue-trasladada-al-hospital-el-carmen.shtml
First presumptive positive case in Chile.
Seriously this is getting weird, about 20 different countries have reported first case in the last 3 days, and usually it's just the one. Before that it was mostly just clusters forming for weeks prior. Why would so many have their first all at such a similar period ?

tillyfilly

Use soap, its winning!

fritzelly

Another country

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1233532707403182083

Titclamp

Any science how this particular virus works?

What's new about it?

Ikozma

I know a few people who are stockpiling food, absolute nutters in this country, they are gonna feel like such idiots in a few mths time

eeepaulo

ZX7R wrote: »

Had to go shopping with the miss today went to lidl ,long ques at two open tills,i hat shopping,
so turned around to the wife and asked loudly how she was feeling after our holiday in Italy with that i started to cough uncontrollably loud,the Que disappeared ha

Is that new wearable tech from apple?

megabomberman

Ikozma wrote: »

I know a few people who are stockpiling food, absolute nutters in this country, they are gonna feel like such idiots in a few mths time

I'm sure the HSE will mirror the Chinese government's response and deliver three square meals a day in the back window to you when you are put in quarantine

Titclamp

Ikozma wrote: »

I know a few people who are stockpiling food, absolute nutters in this country, they are gonna feel like such idiots in a few mths time

Would you blame them with all the hysterics online? Most people are controlled by the madness of the media more than ever. Its not their fault, the audience stays the same, the vehicle to bombard the masses is more intensified than ever.

ChikiChiki

Ikozma wrote: »

I know a few people who are stockpiling food, absolute nutters in this country, they are gonna feel like such idiots in a few mths time

There's stockpiling and making provisions for an extra few weeks.

Provisions for an extra 2 weeks is absolutely sensible considering the HSE directive on self imposed quarantine.

Stockpiling for months is stupid.

BanditLuke

That interview was frankly ridiculous. 6 Trillion wiped off the markets, the virus spreading to more countries every day including now Mexico City and Lagos, governments around the world warning people to prepare for the worst and yet the good old back slapping Irish establishment rounding the wagons and sending out one of their puppets on RTE for some good old PR.

That interview reminded me of the day before the bank bailout when the government goons stood on the steps of Leinster House and told us everything was alright. The Irish never change

Le Bruise

ZX7R wrote: »

Had to go shopping with the miss today went to lidl ,long ques at two open tills,i hat shopping,
so turned around to the wife and asked loudly how she was feeling after our holiday in Italy with that i started to cough uncontrollably loud,the Que disappeared ha

You were shopping for hats? Not sure Lidl is the best bet for your millinery requirements

owlbethere

A recommendation to people is:

If you've been to one of the countries that has coronavirus recently, or if you've been in contact with someone who has/had coronavirus, and if you display flu like symptoms, you self isolate yourself and phone your GP or a hotline from the HSE.

What the holy fcuk.

I understand these instructions but it doesn't make sense or sit right with me. In that someone can contract the virus and walk around without showing any symptoms spreading the virus. This is where the hand hygiene comes in to limit your chance of picking up the virus from surfaces and contracting the virus. It still doesn't make sense. As conditions stand today, if I feel sick soon and feel flu like symptoms, and I haven't been abroad but how do I know if I have been in contact with someone with the virus or not? This bit doesn't make sense.

kenmc

scotchy wrote: »

Ryan and Luke with an over enthusiastic handshake at the end.

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There's always hope that rte can save another half million 😂

freshpopcorn

Ikozma wrote: »

I know a few people who are stockpiling food, absolute nutters in this country, they are gonna feel like such idiots in a few mths time

I was in the supermarkets last night and tonight and there was no empty shelves, loads of pasta, etc. The only time I saw a real panic was during the Beast from the East. The only thing that was sold out was hand gel!

killbillvol2

Titclamp wrote: »

It be gas if using sanitizer is a sure bet of attracting the coronavirus

It'd be very Darwinian if being hysterical or stupid increased the risks. This thread would thin out pretty quickly.

Jinglejangle69

BanditLuke wrote: »

That interview was frankly ridiculous. 6 Trillion wiped off the markets, the virus spreading to more countries every day including now Mexico City and Lagos, governments around the world warning people to prepare for the worst and yet the good old back slapping Irish establishment rounding the wagons and sending out one of their puppets on RTE for some good old PR.

That interview reminded me of the day before the bank bailout when the government goons stood on the steps of Leinster House and told us everything was alright. The Irish never change

Iraqi defence minister stuff the day before America rolled into Baghdad.

cnocbui

fritzelly wrote: »

Another country

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1233532707403182083

Bit of a stretch calling a casino a country.

Laurali

owlbethere wrote: »

A recommendation to people is:

If you've been to one of the countries that has coronavirus recently, or if you've been in contact with someone who has/had coronavirus, and if you display flu like symptoms, you self isolate yourself and phone your GP or a hotline from the HSE.

What the holy fcuk.

I understand these instructions but it doesn't make sense or sit right with me. In that someone can contract the virus and walk around without showing any symptoms spreading the virus. This is where the hand hygiene comes in to limit your chance of picking up the virus from surfaces and contracting the virus. It still doesn't make sense. As conditions stand today, if I feel sick within the soon and feel flu like symptoms, and I haven't been abroad but how do I know if I have been in contact with someone with the virus or not? This bit doesn't make sense.

what does this even mean. I'm in north California where there are identified cases, but i'm hardly putting myself into quarantine when I get back next week. that sounds mental.

Lord Trollington

BanditLuke wrote: »

That interview was frankly ridiculous. 6 Trillion wiped off the markets, the virus spreading to more countries every day including now Mexico City and Lagos, governments around the world warning people to prepare for the worst and yet the good old back slapping Irish establishment rounding the wagons and sending out one of their puppets on RTE for some good old PR.

That interview reminded me of the day before the bank bailout when the government goons stood on the steps of Leinster House and told us everything was alright. The Irish never change

Again what did you want him to say ?

Ikozma

megabomberman wrote: »

I'm sure the HSE will mirror the Chinese government's response and deliver three square meals a day in the back window to you when you are put in quarantine

I'll just order takeaway, they can ring the bell, leave it at the front door and run

owlbethere

BanditLuke wrote: »

That interview was frankly ridiculous. 6 Trillion wiped off the markets, the virus spreading to more countries every day including now Mexico City and Lagos, governments around the world warning people to prepare for the worst and yet the good old back slapping Irish establishment rounding the wagons and sending out one of their puppets on RTE for some good old PR.

That interview reminded me of the day before the bank bailout when the government goons stood on the steps of Leinster House and told us everything was alright. The Irish never change

Is that the late late interview?

Ridiculous interview. There's talk of good hand hygiene practices and that's all well and good but the virus can enter through the eyes and I suppose through cuts on skin. If someone is walking in the early days of contracting the coronavirus, and not displaying symptoms, being careless coughing and sneezing, other people can still catch it. Hand hygiene will help but its not the full answer. Are we all supposed to walk around with goggles?

kenmc

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I was in the supermarkets last night and tonight and there was no empty shelves, loads of pasta, etc. The only time I saw a real panic was during the Beast from the East. The only thing that was sold out was hand gel!

Same. Hand sanitizer sold out of Lidl rathfarnham and nutgrove.
Now that I think of it, neither Lidl nor Aldi had hummus for about a 6 or 8 week stretch back at the end of last year. I can't believe I missed the early indicator 🤔

tillyfilly

Lord Trollington wrote: »

Again what did you want him to say ?

the WHO will commandeer the island soon

BanditLuke

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Iraqi defence minister stuff the day before America rolled into Baghdad.

I think more people believed comical Ali :pac: