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

Professor Moriarty

retro:electro wrote: »

No more updates until Monday. HSE are an absolute embarrassment.

Is that true? Madness.

Funsterdelux

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

This thread is ridiculous! How do people have so much free time

The longer you spend here, the less likely you are to catch the virus

thecretinhop

i don't trust hse as far as i could throw them
dad in 2012 was in icu in bad way. got through it, then 2 days later in ward our travelling salesman ethnic group started fighting, i went down to admin, noone there.... 2pm on a friday. i have many stories.
i used work in pr marketing, the plan is to not lie but massage or ahem manage the figures.
next week it will rise rise exponentially like rest of EU.
the cases have a lag, but then explosive growth.
tbh i prefer every bit of data i can use to protect me and my wife and little baby, rather than powers that be no better..

Away With The Fairies

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

We should all just presume everybody is infected and look after ourselves.

If somebody sneezes or coughs on you, are we allowed to be rude with these people and tell them off?

Cuckoo7

skepticalme wrote: »

It is infuriating that our government won't do this. My son's school is booked for Italy in mid April. The school checked with HSE and no advice to cancel it. All the money will be lost in any case as flights are still going to Italy. I'm assuming they won't go but no confirmation that it's cancelled.

I thought aerlingus had cancelled flights to hotspot in Italy?

lawred2

skepticalme wrote: »

It is infuriating that our government won't do this. My son's school is booked for Italy in mid April. The school checked with HSE and no advice to cancel it. All the money will be lost in any case as flights are still going to Italy. I'm assuming they won't go but no confirmation that it's cancelled.

Serious epidemic of kids going on ski trips alright.

drunkmonkey

tillyfilly wrote: »

Considering its the weekend be safe out there folks, use protection

Don't bother go bareback were all doomed anyway..

babybuilder

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

There was an epidemiologist on Channel 4 just now. He said this will probably become endemic worldwide which means it will be perpetual like the flu. He also said that, because of its lethality and its high transmission rate, this is the worst virus since the Spanish Flu. He also said that a vaccine won't be available anytime this year. Worth listening to the interview but pessimistic stuff.

Hard to convince some lesser qualified around here.

VinLieger

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Have to say it does seem like people are disappointed, just the overall tone over the last few pages.

You’d be hysterical if the number was high. And also hysterical about why the number is so low.

With them taking the weekend off to play golf Mondays numbers will sky rocket.

Naggdefy

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

101 mph. Sneeze droplets travel at 100 mph.

Usain Bolt wouldn't get out of the way in time.

tillyfilly

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Don't bother go bareback were all doomed anyway..

with a name like that I think you throw caution to the wind, at least use hand sanitizer

Quantum Erasure

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Much lower new cases than I would have thought.

Just the 5.

Good news for once

"flatten the curve"

twirlagig

Can’t believe there’ll be no further updates until Monday evening.... fcukin joke!
If there was an election or some sh1te going on, there be updates every few minutes

lawrencesummers

SteelyDanJalapeno wrote: »

This thread is ridiculous! How do people have so much free time

We all work for the HSE.

amadangomor

Deleted User wrote: »

Have to say it does seem like people are disappointed, just the overall tone over the last few pages.

You’d be hysterical if the number was high. And also hysterical about why the number is so low.

Or maybe,just maybe you are making it all up in your little head/

BLIZZARD7

France @ 653
+230 today


Germany @ 670
+125 today

Spain @ 400
+118

Ireland @ 18
+5 new cases is good news, expected it to be worse.

juno10353

pjohnson wrote: »

That doctor is responsible for a lot of this spread. Surely he'll be struck off or will HSE just tighten up more to protect their

He was skiing in a part of Italy which was not listed as at risk when he returned and this meant he was not obliged to isolate himself for 14 days unless he had symptoms.

The parents, their daughter and son are being treated in a hospital in the west of Ireland.

It is understood that while all are positive it is just the one of the children who has symptoms

This doctor did nothing wrong. .

kathryn1985

I know this is a fast moving tread but posts are being removed as quick as I am reading them- hse letter on Galway school and 6 th years (google- widely reported elsewhere) and now that place in Wexford currently being deep cleaned.

RugbyLad11

We are in the middle of a virus crisis and the HSE decide to take the weekend off??

wtf no other country is doing this

Professor Moriarty

babybuilder wrote: »

Hard to convince some lesser qualified around here.

He also said that contact tracing is the best defence until a vaccine is developed.

wakka12

https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/clanek/ministerstvo-potvrdilo-dalsi-pripad-koronaviru-mezi-nakazenymi-je-i-kojenec-40315860
17 of 19 of the cases in Czech Rep related to travel to Northern Italy

BarryD2

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?

I suppose you could do an empirical test by lining up the HSE top brass along and Leo and his war committee. Then get an infected patient to cough or sneeze in front of them. Be interesting to see how speedily they would react and could anyone hold out for 14.5 minutes?

woohoo!!!

kathryn1985 wrote: »

I know this is a fast moving tread but posts are being removed as quick as I am reading them- hse letter on Galway school and 6 th years (google- widely reported elsewhere) and now that place in Wexford currently being deep cleaned.

Source for Wexford?

babybuilder

juno10353 wrote: »

pjohnson wrote: »

That doctor is responsible for a lot of this spread. Surely he'll be struck off or will HSE just tighten up more to protect their

He was skiing in a part of Italy which was not listed as at risk when he returned and this meant he was not obliged to isolate himself for 14 days unless he had symptoms.

The parents, their daughter and son are being treated in a hospital in the west of Ireland.

It is understood that while all are positive it is just the one of the children who has symptoms

This doctor did nothing wrong. .

Salient point here is the area not at risk. Hundreds of Irish skiers were in so called areas of no risk. Unbelievable stupidity

twirlagig

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

We are in the middle of a virus crisis and the HSE decide to take the weekend off??

wtf no other country is doing this

The mind boggles... it really does. Jesus

wakka12

48 more cases in the UK
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-47-new-cases-confirmed-taking-uk-total-to-163-11950718

Sober Crappy Chemis

0 Irish deaths.
Why are we always an embarrassment.

**** sake, we should put Roy Keane in charge. He’d have deaths by now.
#fuming

tillyfilly

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

He also said that contact tracing is the best defence until a vaccine is developed.

ireland outsourcing as usual

BarryD2

woohoo!!! wrote: »

Source for Wexford?

General email to students.

Logan Roy

RugbyLad11 wrote: »

We are in the middle of a virus crisis and the HSE decide to take the weekend off??

wtf no other country is doing this

I'm sure you'll be able to survive the weekend without knowing how many new cases there are....... The over the top outrage in this thread is disgraceful.