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NIMAN

How did the world beat SARS?

And will we be able to beat this one the same way?

gozunda

fr336 wrote: »

Hopefuly the surge in Italy is as much to do with the amount of testing they're doing as anything. The downside to that is if other places did the same, they'd probably have similar numbers. So on the one hand, it's probably everywhere. On the other we're still here.

We'll be grand so. We're not doing any testing so won't have any cases. Job done and ye can all go home now. Panic over :pac:

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1232800316720021505

Nijmegen

NIMAN wrote: »

How did the world beat SARS?

And will we be able to beat this one the same way?

This appears to be an order of magnitude larger in terms of its spread, either because it is genuinely more infectious and / or it got a head start. We’re going to contain till we can cure I’d say.

solidasarock

Every morning/afternoon I get on a packed dublin bus I feel like those fella's in Chernobyl who had to go into the flooded underground tunnels to turn off the valves

CinemaGuy45

tillyfilly wrote: »

it supposedly kills the second time around more often

I know what you mean but there is funny way of reading this also.:D

BanditLuke

Honestly all joking aside I've followed this story very closely since it broke and even though I'm prepared for it as much as possible I'm genuinely worried for what this will do to our country IF it is aggressive as in Wuhan. People simply haven't researched the sheer effort China has put into stopping this it really has been a war time level of dedication to stopping it.

I sincerely hope I am wrong and I'll gladly have the p1ss ripped out of me.

tillyfilly

BanditLuke wrote: »

Honestly all joking aside I've followed this story very closely since it broke and even though I'm prepared for it as much as possible I'm genuinely worried for what this will do to our country IF it is aggressive as in Wuhan. People simply haven't researched the sheer effort China has put into stopping this it really has been a war time level of dedication to stopping it.

I sincerely hope I am wrong and I'll gladly have the p1ss ripped out of me.

is the virus not still spreading in China?

whisky_galore

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

So everybody’s goes skiing in Northen Italy in February ???

The kids with the climate change placards all jet off to hit the slopes it seems!
Climate emergency must be over so.

Mr.Nice Guy

NIMAN wrote: »

Might be a stupid question, but if you get this virus and come out the other side of it , can you just catch it again or will you be more immune to it?

It's a good question and I saw it asked on one of the BBC's pages. The answer they gave was:

Nobody knows for sure. Initially you would expect the body to remember how to fight the virus, but this "memory" can wane, and it is uncertain how long any protection might last.

CinemaGuy45

tillyfilly wrote: »

is the virus not still spreading in China?

Looks like it is really slowing down there.

They will be on lockdown for another month or so just to really stop it.

Also their economy is fuc**d.

NIMAN

But the news is pessimistic.

Let's be honest, it sounds so contagious that once it gets a foothold in a country, we'd all need to stop going to work, school, the supermarket, the football stadium, the cinema, the nightclubs etc.

That ain't going to happen, the world has to go on, and so it's going to spread, spread, spread.

dogbert27

tillyfilly wrote: »

it supposedly kills the second time around more often

Is this a joke?!

Del Griffith

https://twitter.com/AlanClerkin/status/1232785496784482304?s=19

Sigma101

NIMAN wrote: »

Might be a stupid question, but if you get this virus and come out the other side of it , can you just catch it again or will you be more immune to it?

At the moment, the view is that it's unlikely that people will develop immunity after recovering. It appears now that Covid-19 will be around for a long time - like the seasonal flu.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/covid-vaccine/607000/

The emerging consensus among epidemiologists is that the most likely outcome of this outbreak is a new seasonal disease—a fifth “endemic” coronavirus. With the other four, people are not known to develop long-lasting immunity. If this one follows suit, and if the disease continues to be as severe as it is now, “cold and flu season” could become “cold and flu and COVID-19 season.”

What Username Guidelines

Duke of Url wrote: »

I think no matter what advice the HSE or the Gubberment give. People with symptoms will still go off to work, pub and shops out of ignorance.

Of course they will.

I did pretty heavy isolation protocol for 9 months after my daughter had a bone marrow transplant. Extreme stuff like washing all clothes and bed clothes at 90C every day, milton-ing the whole gaff twice a day and practically bathing in hand sanitizer. You work your ass off to do every little thing and then you’ve got some eejit strolling through the oncology ward in our lady’s hacking his guts up. “Eh, I don’t think you should be here” gets a reply of “it’s ok, I’m not contagious”.

So many will show up at work because “they’re not that bad” or they somehow can diagnosis themselves as “not contagious” or it’s “just a mild dose”.

CinemaGuy45

dogbert27 wrote: »

Is this a joke?!

I think it's just awkward phrasing.

The 2nd bout is worse than the first.

mirrorwall14

Del Griffith wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AlanClerkin/status/1232785496784482304?s=19

Its bright in that video. When was it taken? Surely we'd have heard if there was a case in the clayton by now

I remember the days when if you hadn't checked the thread in a couple of hours it only took you minutes to catch up. Now it takes a good hour and lots of skimming.

I saw people in the old thread claiming it spread so fast in China because they spit a lot.
I see people now saying it's spreading so fast in Italy because they kiss a lot.
Presumably if it takes off in the US it'll be because they high-five a lot.

What will they say we do in Ireland to increase spread?

EDit

Del Griffith wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AlanClerkin/status/1232785496784482304?s=19

Is it not dark in Dublin yet?

DrumSteve

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I remember the days when if you hadn't checked the thread in a couple of hours it only took you minutes to catch up. Now it takes a good hour and lots of skimming.

I saw people in the old thread claiming it spread so fast in China because they spit a lot.
I see people now saying it's spreading so fast in Italy because they kiss a lot.
Presumably if it takes off in the US it'll be because they high-five a lot.

What will they say we do in Ireland to increase spread?

Spit while talking?

CinemaGuy45

Deleted User wrote: »

I remember the days when if you hadn't checked the thread in a couple of hours it only took you minutes to catch up. Now it takes a good hour and lots of skimming.

I saw people in the old thread claiming it spread so fast in China because they spit a lot.
I see people now saying it's spreading so fast in Italy because they kiss a lot.
Presumably if it takes off in the US it'll be because they high-five a lot.

What will they say we do in Ireland to increase spread?

Spew hot air.

Sierra Oscar

EDit wrote: »

Is it not dark in Dublin yet?

The video is from earlier this afternoon.

I've heard a rumor circulating that a number of people are in isolation and being tested in St Vincent's Hospital, but it hasn't been reported anywhere in the media whatsoever so I am assuming it's false.

froog

trump press conference in 20 minutes. should be interesting, he couldn't even spell coronavirus in a tweet earlier.

dogbert27

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

I think it's just awkward phrasing.

The 2nd bout is worse than the first.

Where are the reports of people being infected twice?

DominoDub

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3458504,-6.2364024,3a,90y,191.15h,78.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgNMSg13r5GMLHtXBOKgmoA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
59 Sir John Rogerson's Quay not Pearse Street

https://twitter.com/AlanClerkin/stat...784482304?s=19

skimpydoo

Del Griffith wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AlanClerkin/status/1232785496784482304?s=19

If that's true, Sheeeeeet. Around 5 minutes walk from my gaff.

froog

BanditLuke wrote: »

Honestly all joking aside I've followed this story very closely since it broke and even though I'm prepared for it as much as possible I'm genuinely worried for what this will do to our country IF it is aggressive as in Wuhan. People simply haven't researched the sheer effort China has put into stopping this it really has been a war time level of dedication to stopping it.

I sincerely hope I am wrong and I'll gladly have the p1ss ripped out of me.

yes i worry about this as well. china is an authoritarian machine with incredible resources. i can't think of many other countries that could do what they did.

YFlyer

Souness and Virgin Media reporter shakes hands. Coronavirus impact

CinemaGuy45

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The video is from earlier this afternoon.

I've heard a rumor circulating that a number of people are in isolation and being tested in St Vincent's Hospital, but it hasn't been reported anywhere in the media whatsoever so I am assuming it's false.

There was a major 5 hour riot at the Red Cow complex on New Years that the media decided was not PC to cover so this would not surprise me.


Our media does lie and hide things however that does not mean they are hiding something.

Ohmeha

That video is definitely not the entrances to the Clayton or the Maldron around Dublin 2 unless it was back entrance

sparkle109

Del Griffith wrote: »

https://twitter.com/AlanClerkin/status/1232785496784482304?s=19

I live next door to here, and it’s now the Maldron hotel, this video is definitely not from Pearse street

joe_99

Our low density housing and dispersed population will prove beneficial I reckon. The Chinese cities are very densely populated.

saabsaab

dogbert27 wrote: »

Is this a joke?!

Sadly no. There were reports that can happen but no one is certain.

dominatinMC

froog wrote: »

trump press conference in 20 minutes. should be interesting, he couldn't even spell coronavirus in a tweet earlier.

It's our own government, and their inaction, that I'm concerned about. Trump, for all his flaws, will likely be a lot more decisive and proactive than any member of our own government.

Phil.x

My breastbone is starting to ache.

BorneTobyWilde

St Patrick's Gay Parade will be in doubt too

Nijmegen

joe_99 wrote: »

Our low density housing and dispersed population will prove beneficial I reckon. The Chinese cities are very densely populated.

And the little Italian villages?

skimpydoo

Ohmeha wrote: »

That video is definitely not the entrances to the Clayton or the Maldron around Dublin 2 unless it was back entrance

It's an office block. I only live 5 minutes walk from there. Why did the person who tweeted give the wrong info?

DominoDub

skimpydoo wrote: »

If that's true, Sheeeeeet. Around 5 minutes walk from my gaff.

The video is from outside 59 Sir John Rogerson's Quay - so maybe closer to you

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3458504,-6.2364024,3a,90y,191.15h,78.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgNMSg13r5GMLHtXBOKgmoA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

CinemaGuy45

skimpydoo wrote: »

It's an office block. I only live 5 minutes walk from there. Why did the person who tweeted give the wrong info?

Thats a hat trick from Twitter today.:rolleyes:

joe_99

Nijmegen wrote: »

And the little Italian villages?

Where do you think an out break would worse affect? 39 storey tower block or one off housing in rural Ireland. I know where I'd rather be.

Hector Savage

Good news folks - Antarctica has zero cases

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-brazil-confirms-first-covid-19-case-in-south-america-11943575

Loafing Oaf

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

St Patrick's Gay Parade will be in doubt too

But the regular straight one will be going ahead?

skimpydoo

DominoDub wrote: »

The video is from outside 59 Sir John Rogerson's Quay - so maybe closer to you

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3458504,-6.2364024,3a,90y,191.15h,78.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgNMSg13r5GMLHtXBOKgmoA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

About the same distance and as someone with a compromised immune system, I am getting worried.

Fr_Dougal

Hector Savage wrote: »

Good news folks - Antarctica has zero cases

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-brazil-confirms-first-covid-19-case-in-south-america-11943575

Still not a pandemic though...it now identifies as as “owie” according to the WHO.

Drumpot

BanditLuke wrote: »

Honestly all joking aside I've followed this story very closely since it broke and even though I'm prepared for it as much as possible I'm genuinely worried for what this will do to our country IF it is aggressive as in Wuhan. People simply haven't researched the sheer effort China has put into stopping this it really has been a war time level of dedication to stopping it.

I sincerely hope I am wrong and I'll gladly have the p1ss ripped out of me.

Totally agree.

I feel quite forlorn as for a long time friends and family have kind of scoffed at anything I said, I kind of miss it now, if really is making it more real for me. I was only thinking last night that I have never wanted to be so wrong about (it coming and spreading in Ireland) something in all my life.

I’ve been following this for weeks and it’s been very surreal getting to a point where it’s actually going to start showing up here. I’ve been phoning some family tonight to get them to start getting in some supplies and surprising one or two. I’m passed worrying about upsetting people.

People who are still thinking this is not coming will panic badly when they see the stores empty. It’s sad because better communication and preparation could of helped an awful lot. I really don’t know who is making the calls on how the authority’s want to manage people’s reaction but it’s been an unmitigated disgrace, that’s the most polite I can be on that.

I think the next few months are going to be a new experience for us all. Most of us will be fine and will carry on. But for a few weeks I think it’s going to feel scary because this is not something most of us have every experienced.

DominoDub

I live and work in the Docklands area so I know it will be a hot zone with so many multinational companies

skimpydoo

Not sure if this has already been posted but it proves the Chinese figures are wrong.

https://m.theepochtimes.com/leaked-documents-reveal-chinas-shandong-province-faked-coronavirus-infection-data-real-numbers-up-to-52-times-higher_3251354.html/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Underground

Starting to wonder am I being an idiot forcing myself on to the sardine tin that is the morning luas five days a week...