Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) *Read warnings in OP*

drunkmonkey

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I'm going for double digit increase in cases this evening - be surprised if it did not follow the trend of other countries.

Supposedly up to 400 tested in Cork alone yesterday, between Cork, Limerick and Dublin we could hit triple digits soon enough.

clever user name

JDD wrote: »

Okay, so two things.

I was thinking this morning that my whole family had this woejus cough over Christmas/start of January. Loads of people in work had it too. Two colleagues were told they had viral bronchitis, and had to take three weeks off work, or the doctor warned them it could turn into pneumonia. Having had it, it was really difficult to shake, and I deffo got a temperature on and off for a few days. My husband had to go and steroids.

Is there any chance that could have been the coronavirus? I'm guessing, unless we had a spike in pneumonia deaths, it couldn't possibly have been?

I had viral bronchitis in the week leading up to Chinese year, when this all started. I still went to work (40 people) and had a new year party at home (20 different people), and didn't make anyone else sick. It settled down just as the **** hit the fan in China. So I'd be inclined to say you didn't have it, but who knows. Seems a lot of people were sick in December/January.

I live in China and I smoke, plus the pollution is woeful in January, so I'm putting it down to that. If it had of happened a week later I'd have been straight to the hospital.

UsBus

bunderoon wrote: »

Dont know if it has been mentioned yet, but one suspected case in company in galway and all staff directed to be sent home.
Also one in ClareGalway.
My company now taking action. Work from home for 2 weeks by the looks of it...

Word now going around, 3 suspected cases/possible contact with cases in my company in Galway, people involved sent home. Business as usual, just meetings cancelled...

Away With The Fairies

bodhrandude wrote: »

People slow the fcuk down with the posts, why is people typing so fastly.

It's a viral thread.

facehugger99

droidman123 wrote: »

Watch "contagious" instead,its harrowing how close to whats happening now the movie is

It's not close to what happening now and therefore not in the least harrowing.

Otherwise great post.

banie01

Deep_learning wrote: »

The majority of 3rd level colleges have an Easter break. All the IoTs, UCC, TU Dublin, etc. take two weeks. Some such as UL, NUIG etc. take one week.

I'm in UL, there's a reading week in week 12.
So no lectures but near constant on campus study, library and group meetings.

RandomName2

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

It's a viral thread.

Fcking hell, half a million views in little over 24 hours

cameramonkey

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/13-new-covid-19-cases-in-spore-including-9-linked-to-safra-jurong-dinner-and-an-sia


13 new cases,
130 cases total,
82 recovered,
9 ICU
0 deaths,

Kermit.de.frog

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

I'm going for double digit increase in cases this evening - be surprised if it did not follow the trend of other countries.

Is there a graph for countries showing increases on a day one, day two, etc, timeline rather than with dates? So all countries start with day one for their first confirmed case and then we can see how their cases increased alongside each other?

I hope I explained what I’m looking for okay.

Urquell

To those talking about Galway companies...are ye in IT ?

blanch152

gozunda wrote: »

The Irish hospital system will be rendered unusable if this continues.

Lack of infection control and protocols means that it will be in increasingly difficult for people to access critical care and other hospital services.

Depending on the same system which results in significant queues in A&E and lack of resources is a disaster in the making.

It is too easy to blame the HSE, the hospitals and the government.

People have been told to take their own responsibility. If you have symptoms, call the helpline, get the doctors to come to you. If, as now seems to have happened, you turn up at A&E or the hospital with symptoms and put everyone around you into self-isolation, that isn't on the HSE, or Simon Harris, that is on the Irish culture of doing what you think is best rather than listening to the expert advice.

PaybackPayroll

Whenever I read this thread, I keep feeling I've got symptoms of Covid19!
Crazy the way my brain works.

cloudatlas

The guardian seems to be obsessed with reporting on what is happening in other countries rather than the U.K.

BarryD2

seamus wrote: »

So if this had been around before now, one of those lab tests would have picked it up already.

But did they know and recognise the signature of this new virus then? You hear of people being tested for this, that & the other. And only months, years later - actually being correctly diagnosed as the original tests didn't cover that possibility.

YFlyer

namloc1980 wrote: »

Trinity opening as normal tomorrow. The building where the infected person was is going to get partially cleaned.

By the regular campus cleaners?

joe40

Daz_ wrote: »

Might watch World War z this evening to ramp up the tension

Watch "Contagion" Matt Damon and Kate winslett. Good movie and topical. I even learned what an Ro number is

(Obviously much more serious than covid outbreak)

ThePopehimself

Canonfan View Post
Sorry no link but it is 100% confirmed because I have a lot of Chinese friends and this is shared by WECHAT( Chinese chatting software).

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The Popehimself
Thank you for getting back.

Would you happen to have any details? Has it been confirmed, even in the chat, that there is a suspected case/ is there someone with symptoms/ are people being tested? How many businesses are closed?

Is Golden beach supermarket closed at Number 137?

Any update appreciated.

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No Need. I just confirmed it myself. No customers allowed. Several Closed.

Are you getting that it is a confirmed case? (That is what I am getting)

If so, that is the city centre.

iamwhoiam

Is there a dedicated helpline for anyone worried about symptoms ?

otnomart

blanch152 wrote: »

Does Italy have a superior health system?

I wouldn't be certain of that.

Italy has a National Healthcare Service and GP visits are free.


Ratings can be calculated in different ways and that is not really the point here.


What counts in the coronavirus crisis however is beds in intensive care.
study from 2012: The variability of critical care bed numbers in Europe

https://link.springer.com/article/10...134-012-2627-8

RandomName2

blanch152 wrote: »

It is too easy to blame the HSE, the hospitals and the government.

People have been told to take their own responsibility. If you have symptoms, call the helpline, get the doctors to come to you. If, as now seems to have happened, you turn up at A&E or the hospital with symptoms and put everyone around you into self-isolation, that isn't on the HSE, or Simon Harris, that is on the Irish culture of doing what you think is best rather than listening to the expert advice.

This is the prisoner's dilemmea, but with 4 million prisoners.

It doesn't matter if you and everyone in your office take precautions if Mike comes back from his skiing holiday and decides to struggle though the worsening dose of flu he seemed to picked up from somewhere.

cameramonkey

Was talking to a Chinese chef in Dublin today. he says lots of the Asian restaurants in Parnell Street are going to close for the next few days , they are scared about the influx of Italians and are taking no risks.

blanch152

JDD wrote: »

What I want to focus on now is how to prevent my elderly parents from getting it. Apart for the normal advice i.e. wash hands and avoid crowds, what advice would you be giving them right now? Should I be advising them to stay at home and get the groceries delivered? Stay away from cafe's/shops? They mind my kids on a Friday - should I be looking for alternative arrangements, just for a few weeks? I want to try to get ahead of this.

That is the advice I have given mine. Whether they are sensible enough to take it is another question.

Humberto Salazar

UsBus wrote: »

Word now going around, 3 suspected cases/possible contact with cases in my company in Galway, people involved sent home. Business as usual, just meetings cancelled...

Economy will sink if everyone is sent home from various companies. It'll be like Ophelia or Emma but not a one or two day wonder, no one knows when it'll be back to normal. This will impact hard over the next week's financially. There must be a risk of certain foodstuffs going short supply soon, or more likely in the long term if this continues and worsens.

Call Me Jimmy

embraer170 wrote: »

It seems that most European countries have now accepted that that this cannot be contained and believe that a substantial % of the population (be it 15% or 70%) will be contaminated in the next year or so.
.

Just so everyone's aware and you remind yourself in two weeks and a month: the World Health Organisation call this "A BIG MISTAKE".

(Capitalisation mine)

The gist is that no matter how inevitable an epidemic in your country is you are going to need time to procure resources and there will be a natural learning phase for all staff at all levels. It is better to treat it like it can be stopped to buy some time at the very least. It's better to find your feet in a little less difficult environment.

What countries do is they treat it like it can't be stopped, then when they are presented with the disastrous results 3 weeks later they realise the error of their ways and think 'oh we have to try containment' and voila, all schools and universities closed.

ChikiChiki

cameramonkey wrote: »

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/13-new-covid-19-cases-in-spore-including-9-linked-to-safra-jurong-dinner-and-an-sia


13 new cases,
130 cases total,
82 recovered,
9 ICU
0 deaths,

ICU capacity incredibly important on the death count.

Trigger Happy

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Is there a dedicated helpline for anyone worried about symptoms ?

Phone your GP is the best advice.

sjb25

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Is there a dedicated helpline for anyone worried about symptoms ?

Yes it’s on Hse website

pjohnson

blanch152 wrote: »

It is too easy to blame the HSE, the hospitals and the government.

People have been told to take their own responsibility. If you have symptoms, call the helpline, get the doctors to come to you. If, as now seems to have happened, you turn up at A&E or the hospital with symptoms and put everyone around you into self-isolation, that isn't on the HSE, or Simon Harris, that is on the Irish culture of doing what you think is best rather than listening to the expert advice.

"Expert advice" told Dr. Virus to work away exposing people to his own disease so yeah...

Cody montana

This thread was only started yesterday!

RandomName2

cameramonkey wrote: »

Was talking to a Chinese chef in Dublin today. he says lots of the Asian restaurants in Parnell Street are going to close for the next few days , they are scared about the influx of Italians and are taking no risks.

Soon China will have to start blocking European immigration due to the infection risk they pose.