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

sjb25

https://twitter.com/byrne_padraig/status/1235993592910540800?s=20

Wexford hospital now closed to visitors

autumnbelle

They said there would be press releases at the weekend and they would still be working

Motherof123

skepticalme wrote: »

He's not going. Parents are losing all the money for these trips though because the flights are still going.

Yeah it's unfair the airlines should cancel but they won't because they will loose out.
Loads of people will have to make the decision themselves and unfortunatly loose they flight money.

TheValeyard

Only five more is fantastic news. Grow up people. Real life is not a Hollywood film. Hopefully less next time!

namloc1980

deise08 wrote: »

Kinda like heart attacks in the South East so.

It's shocking alright. You wouldn't get it anywhere else,
But maybe a break from the info will be good for some people's minds.

Not that there is a lot of info coming from our side, but in general.

Harris was moaning about the spread of misinformation today, so to overcome that they're going to create an information blackhole over the weekend by having no press conference updates until Monday. Classic incompetence at its finest.

Traumadoc

sjb25 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/byrne_padraig/status/1235993592910540800?s=20

Wexford hospital now closed to visitors

Makes sense.

khalessi

cloudatlas wrote: »

People have assumed that he is a medical doctor. His phd is in nurse training and education and good for him but he isn’t a doctor or a scientist. Nothing wrong what I said, no call for you to insult me.

Stop being so patronising in your comments then

ArchXStanton

boege wrote: »

Folks,
Living down here in the so called 'West' and have a lot of contacts working in the HSE and they are agog at what has just been presented tonight.

Does anyone know what time cut off they used for today's numbers?

Agog? Why? At the figures released?

CinemaGuy45

I am sure the Government will be out shaking peoples hands at the Paddys day parade to show us all there is nothing to be worried about.

Like fcuk they will.

Leo seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth.

Andrew00

Cus the drinks bring back all the memories

And the memories bring back memories bring back

Duh duh duh duh duh

namloc1980

TheValeyard wrote: »

Only five more is fantastic news. Grow up people. Real life is not a Hollywood film. Hopefully less next time!

We would be a complete outlier if cases keep going down.

twirlagig

Probably p1ssing against the wind, but...
Petition to cancel St. Patrick’s Day mass gatherings

http://chng.it/RRHSFJBv8y

Cuckoo7

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

First case in Ibiza now for **** sake that's what I was dreading. Chances of getting over this year are getting smaller and smaller

Not being funny, why were you dreading Ibiza precisely?

ChikiChiki

boege wrote: »

Folks,
Living down here in the so called 'West' and have a lot of contacts working in the HSE and they are agog at what has just been presented tonight.

Does anyone know what time cut off they used for today's numbers?

Tonight was earlier than usual which in itself is odd. Stopping updates until Monday is odd in an extremely serious public health crisis. Something is amiss for me.

cloudatlas

khalessi wrote: »

Stop being so patronising in your comments then

No idea why you are so personally affronted by it but good response.

Professor Moriarty

namloc1980 wrote: »

We would be a complete outlier if cases keep going down.

They won't - hundreds within a fortnight.

OneColdHand

https://www.thejournal.ie/new-cases-coronavirus-5036425-Mar2020/

'He added that the National Public Health Emergency Team might now instead report once a week on the status of the illness in Ireland instead of a daily briefing.'

FFS
Nevermind taking the weekend off, might as well take a full week off lads!

skepticalme

Cuckoo7 wrote: »

If they are flying mid April there’s time still for that to change.
Who knows, by them it may be us having more cases than them.

I agree. Alot can happen in a few weeks unfortunately.

namloc1980

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

I am sure the Government will be out shaking peoples hands at the Paddys day parade to show us all there is nothing to be worried about.

Like fcuk they will.

Leo seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth.

If they cancel the parade here then realistically the Ministers wouldn't be able to go on their final last Paddy's Day junkets abroad.

Cilldara_2000

So The Irish Times, eh? I'm struggling to see how 5 in the context of 18 total is significant.

Also, I watched the 5.30pm news on TV3 (or whatever it's called now). See here at ~1.42. "It comes as the number of confirmed cases here almost doubled."

Regarding weekend updates. You'd hope that even in the absence of a press conference, they would still put out a press release.

Multipass

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

France @ 653
+230 today


Germany @ 670
+125 today

Spain @ 400
+118

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

Surely it’s just a reflection of how few are being tested.

VinLieger

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Well, I wouldn't call him a moron TBF. He's a highly qualified epidemiologist. I posted a link earlier to a very good article that discusses South Korea low mortality rate. Here it is - worth a read.

He comes across as having the classic Irish Doctor God complex where his word is law and nobody elses opinion is of worth. I read that same article and it explains exactly why we should be proactively testing, sticking only to contact tracing is a mistake we will sorely regret as theres a lot of evidence its fairly worthless due to how this virus hides and spreads

Tootsie_1

Multipass wrote: »

Surely it’s just a reflection of how few are being tested.

This exactly Italy are testing WAAAY more hence such high numbers , they are actually looking for it !

namloc1980

OneColdHand wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/new-cases-coronavirus-5036425-Mar2020/

'He added that the National Public Health Emergency Team might now instead report once a week on the status of the illness in Ireland instead of a daily briefing.'

FFS
Nevermind taking the weekend off, might as well take a full week off lads!

They are absolutely determined to make sure the parade goes ahead if at all possible. Downplaying at all turns.

tony1980

Multipass wrote: »

Surely it’s just a reflection of how few are being tested.

Haven’t been really following most of this but as they have told people to ring a GP or HSE if they they are displaying symptoms and they are told to self isolate, we aren’t really sure of the true number of cases?

ThePopehimself

5 New cases...

Each one smacks of 'Tested because they met the CRITERIA'!:mad:
...so angry...please tell me someone else is getting this?! You either are a GP/HSE or sent home from hospital half dead because they wouldn't test you or you meet the criteria.... Not to mention each one is either a MALE or a FEMALE :eek:...no kidding!!! From the East , West or South....Really..:eek: No Kidding..Really? :mad: FFS!:mad:

[U]I DO NOT FEEL INFORMED. NOT IN ANY WAY[/U]....I can do better than this crap by following social Media!

As seen on: https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0306/1120531-coronavirus/

1."....a female from the west of the country who is a contact of a confirmed case;
2. another female in the south of the country who was in contact with a confirmed case
3. and is a healthcare worker; a male from the south of the country with a travel history which is being investigated;
4. a female from the south of the country associated with travel also.

um7y1h83ge06nx

OneColdHand wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/new-cases-coronavirus-5036425-Mar2020/

'He added that the National Public Health Emergency Team might now instead report once a week on the status of the illness in Ireland instead of a daily briefing.'

FFS
Nevermind taking the weekend off, might as well take a full week off lads!

That is just astounding! What the fcuk is wrong with him?

drunkmonkey

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

So The Irish Times, eh? I'm struggling to see how 5 in the context of 18 total is significant.

If you take €1 and double it every day for a month you'll have a 1 million euro.
Thank me later for letting you in on this simple trick to financial freedom.

Doctor Jimbob

namloc1980 wrote: »

They are absolutely determined to make sure the parade goes ahead if at all possible. Downplaying at all turns.

Or maybe they're trying to take a rational approach to things instead of totally ****ting the bed over a grand total of 18 cases in the country.

Cuckoo7

OneColdHand wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/new-cases-coronavirus-5036425-Mar2020/

'He added that the National Public Health Emergency Team might now instead report once a week on the status of the illness in Ireland instead of a daily briefing.'

FFS
Nevermind taking the weekend off, might as well take a full week off lads!

I really don’t get the way they’re handling it.
The communication part I mean.