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

rdwight

gozunda wrote: »

Dr Colin Henry, HSE clinical officer on the RTE News - advises people to move 2 metres away if another person sneezes or coughs when beside them

So the question is - how fast would you need to move to get 2 metres away before you are plastered with snot or phlegm? - given the spread of sneezing is estimated at about 150 kilometers per hour or more -

Answers on a postcard please - addressed to Dr Colin Henry, HSE Head Office

My smoker's cough is going to make it awful easy to get a seat on the bus

Juwwi

gozunda wrote: »

Dr Colin Henry, HSE clinical officer on the RTE News - advises people to move 2 metres away if another person sneezes or coughs when beside them

So the question is - how fast would you need to move to get 2 metres away before you are plastered with snot or phlegm? - given the spread of sneezing is estimated at about 150 kilometers per hour or more -

Answers on a postcard please - addressed to Dr Colin Henry, HSE Head Office

Did he not hear about the 15 minute rule l wonder :rolleyes:

DOCARCH

Cuckoo7 wrote: »

4th case today?

Did a google....yes....4th case today.

Rob A. Bank

NO ONE knows exactly what the future will bring.

The people here who are trying to downplay the dangers this epidemic are in fact claiming to be able to predict the future.

The World Health Organization and the world's expert Epidemiologists and Virologists also do not know exactly what the future will bring... BUT they are making really well educated guesses based on the mathematical modeling and their unrivaled experience of previous viral epidemics.

Given a choice between the opinions of the scientific community and the post truth, anti-scientific, ravings of that orange lunatic in the White House, I know who I will believe.

Enough of the “it will be gone soon, ’miraculously’ “ , “the warm weather will kill it” , “it’s just like the flu” or trying to minimize the expected death rate.

Please consult the WHO mythbusters page before posting any more of this Trumpian anti scientific horsesh*t

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

spookwoman

https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1236014875421310978?s=20

Professor Moriarty

gozunda wrote: »

Dr Colin Henry, HSE clinical officer on the RTE News - advises people to move 2 metres away if another person sneezes or coughs when beside them

So the question is - how fast would you need to move to get 2 metres away before you are plastered with snot or phlegm? - given the spread of sneezing is estimated at about 150 kilometers per hour or more -

Answers on a postcard please - addressed to Dr Colin Henry, HSE Head Office

Up to 8 metres for a sneeze and 6 metres for a cough.

MarkY91

Just got on the 46A bus and the Chinese driver has s face mask and surgical gloves on. Found that white odd. I can imagine a lot of people not liking such a thing knowing the face that the only effective time to use a mask is when you suspect you're infected..

Ludo

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is the Cork parade cancelled also?

No

iguana

5 new cases.

sideswipe

DOCARCH wrote: »

RTE News, on radio at least, also saying 'as the world approaches 100,000 cases'.

A quick google would tell you it currently stands at 101,387 cases!

Ok, but if a bright red breaking news is to be believed its 4th case.

5 new in country press conference on now!

Dante7

Only five new cases today

DrumSteve

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1236014875421310978?s=20

5?


Hmmm not bad.

Funsterdelux

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Is the Cork parade cancelled also?

I havent heard, Id say the larger City ones will take their cue from Dublin

ChikiChiki

Reati wrote: »

God what are we all going to do when this blows over in a few weeks, and there will be no need for the covid thread... Well those of us still alive anyway...

God one. The initial hype will blow over but everyone will still be contracting it left right and centre.

We will just have to adapt.

BLIZZARD7

IT saying 5 new cases... seems low

DOCARCH

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1236014875421310978?s=20

That will disappoint a few on here!

Loafing Oaf

Five new cases today according to Irish Times. Was fearing a lot worse...

VinLieger

DOCARCH wrote: »

RTE News, on radio at least, also saying 'as the world approaches 100,000 cases'.

A quick google would tell you it currently stands at 101,387 cases!

Probably getting it from HSE who were also reporting numbers that were several hours out of date at last nights briefing

Ludo

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/VirginMediaNews/status/1236014875421310978?s=20

5 new? That'll disappoint a lot of people on here.

Tootsie_1

surprised its 5 cases today was expecting at least double

Stheno

DrumSteve wrote: »

5?


Hmmm not bad.

Thought the same

caveat emptor

thomas 123 wrote: »

Yes - the hse rep said on the news today that most cases can be treated at home(assuming they least severe I’d imagine) that’s what he said, check it out on rte news now/player.

Are they putting everyone who tests positive into hospital now - yes it would seem.

Could be. I don't know.


This will defo be a supply side problem though.


How many people have it? -> limiting factor how many tests do we have?
How many people are in hospital? -> How many beds do we have?
How many people in ICU? -> How many ICU beds do we have?
How many people will die? -> whatever is left over.

RobertKK

18 cases in total and rising.

emmaro

Five? Seems unlikely.....

SeaBreezes

gozunda wrote: »

Dr Colin Henry, HSE clinical officer on the RTE News - advises people to move 2 metres away if another person sneezes or coughs when beside them

So the question is - how fast would you need to move to get 2 metres away before you are plastered with snot or phlegm? - given the spread of sneezing is estimated at about 150 kilometers per hour or more -

Answers on a postcard please - addressed to Dr Colin Henry, HSE Head Office

Went for a swim yesterday,woman next to us in pool sneezed all over the pool, we were swimming through ewwww. Came home googled if chlorine in pool kills the virus. Doesn't :-(

thecretinhop

in galway im hearing

jarvis

Is it just me or are DOH world and euro numbers a day old? I thought so yesterday too and think the same again tonight.

They just said they’re taking the weekend off. Next updates Monday.

micar

No further Dept of Health update until Monday 6pm ????

spookwoman

I wonder just how many have been tested though and are they just getting people to self isolate and not test

Rob A. Bank

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Up to 8 metres for a sneeze and 6 metres for a cough.

But standing in crowd of 4999 people is OK... as long as no one coughs !

What rubbish