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

skepticalme

daheff wrote: »

So your problem is losing the money, not that schools are still going ahead with the trip... right??

So can you see if the airline/travel agent can reschedule the trip....a lot are at the moment

Both.
When would you suggest rescheduling? This could be with us all year.

boege

ChikiChiki wrote: »

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.

Yes, but in the presentation they mentioned something about positives after a time being reported the next day - did not catch the specifics?

owlbethere

When is the briefing

Mr.Crinklewood

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.

RTE news had a video of him on the 6.01 news.

I believe it was taken today.(scroll down)

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

TheMilkyPirate

Cuckoo7 wrote: »

Not being funny, why were you dreading Ibiza precisely?

We go every year without fail.

retro:electro

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?

What do you mean?

wakka12

First case in Bogota, Columbia. A teenager who recently returned from Italy

crossman47

Ninthlife wrote: »

The no briefing til Monday just means the speculation and rumours will be even more prevelant due to lack of official figures

They said no briefing but they will be issuing the numbers. The post about playing golf is uncalled for. These people are working much harder than any of us who have time to post here.

namloc1980

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

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.

Does anyone honestly believe there are only 18 cases in the country? We're not testing anyone outside very narrow parameters here.

BarryD2

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.

If they are agog, I guess it won't be long getting out. That's the way it is now, news can't really be managed anymore in situations like this. Which is why the HSE/ Gov approach to presenting information to date looks ham fisted and out dated. Which is a pity as it becomes counter productive.

drunkmonkey

owlbethere wrote: »

When is the briefing

It's over, 5 new cases. Update on Monday then weekly after that.

Tootsie_1

owlbethere wrote: »

When is the briefing

Its over

Professor Moriarty

VinLieger wrote: »

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

Did you see the interview? He came across as quite measured. For example, he declined to predict the number of possible deaths in the UK. South Korea got ahead of the curve by increasing the manufacture of testing equipment as soon as the Chinese outbreak occurred. I suppose other countries never thought it would become pandemic and didn't follow suit.

Cilldara_2000

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

You'd actually have €1m on day 21.

ChikiChiki

drunkmonkey wrote: »

It's over, 5 new cases. Update on Monday then weekly after that.

*weekly til after Paddy's day when the daily will resume.

drunkmonkey

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

You'd actually have €1m on day 21.

Yea:) Now you see where this is going.

Bob24

ThePopehimself wrote: »

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.

Yep looks like we are doing it the American way: the fewer people you test, the fewer cases you have.

It will come back to bite us (and the US) at some point though.

crossman47

drunkmonkey wrote: »

It's over, 5 new cases. Update on Monday then weekly after that.

Thats not what he said at all.

Sober Crappy Chemis

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

You'd actually have €1m on day 21.

Then you could buy a vaccine on the dark web...

niallo27

drunkmonkey wrote: »

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.

You would actually have a billion euro.

caveat emptor

ChikiChiki wrote: »

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.

Hmmm what could it mean? When do most people do their weekly shop?

drunkmonkey

crossman47 wrote: »

Thats not what he said at all.

Check post 5410

skimpydoo

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

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.

So you believe there is only 18 cases in the country?;)

Empty_Space

These daily updates are pointless, nothing informative is shared. Leading to more and more speculation.

Ireland once again run by apes

stephenjmcd

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

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.

They said there would be a press release

ZX7R

retro:electro wrote: »

What do you mean?

He means the numbers of confirmed case are in correct.
Because know someone or something in the use.

Tin foil hat

Martina1991

Tootsie_1 wrote:

Well they aren't testing enough people so of course the numbers will be low unlike Italy that are testing way more and have huge numbers ... well played HSE that is until people start dying and the country realises how badly it was all handled

Italy are providing testing in many labs around the country.

We can only provide testing in the NVRL.

gozunda wrote:

According to newspaper reports - testing of suspect cases is now taking more than 48 hours as opposed to the original 12 hours turnaround

That's what happens when there is a huge influx of testing for one lab. There will be a backlog.

OneColdHand

Has anyone been watching the press conference (I'm not able to).

I wold love to know if the following questions were asked:

- how many tests are HSE carrying out every day?
- how long does it take for a test result to come back?
- how many test kits do we have in the country (ie. how many days testing can we do?)

tillyfilly

Isnt ireland now a 'coronavirus affected country' ?! Someone should update RTE news now

daheff

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

You'd actually have €1m on day 21.

It's not doubling everyday though.

We went from 13 to 18 today. ~40%
Sat would be 18 to around 25
Sun around 25 to 35
Mon then 35 to 49

HSE will announce jump from 18 to 49 on Monday then. That'll get some notice