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

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TomSweeney wrote: »

JEsus christ this sign language bollix, can't they just subtitle the ****ing thing ?

Come to think of it - Why this phonetic speech bollix, wouldn't just subtitles be grand?:(

stevek93

Ehh



https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/coronavirus-ireland-update-news-symptoms-21638009

cnocbui

TomSweeney wrote: »

JEsus christ this sign language bollix, can't they just subtitle the ****ing thing ?

Because it's live? :rolleyes:

industry accountant

Seamai wrote: »

What's "bollix" about it? it works perfectly, especially if the people involved have speech which is compromised, they don't have the luxury of an automatic portable subtitle option. I think the basics of sign language should be though in school.

Obviously it is useful, but I dunno about this, I'm 37 and have never been in a situation where it would have come in useful, i'm sure lots of people are in the same boat.

Maddox Jealous Yard

Maddox Jealous Yard wrote: »

At this point that is not recommended because people are not in the clear once they have had it like with other viruses. At this point, evidence suggests that Covid-19 aggressively attaches itself to endocrine receptors and can remain in the system dormant, reinfect you and transmit to other people. The respiratory system likely will sustain damage and it will be more difficult to recover after a second or third battle with the virus.

To quote again, you are saying here that the COVID-19 virus can attach to endocrine receptors. Then can re infect people and also transmit (essentially act as a reservoir) None of the links you provided say that. I was wondering how you came to this conclusion.

BloodBath

Seamai wrote: »

What's "bollix" about it? it works perfectly, especially if the people involved have speech which is compromised, they don't have the luxury of an automatic portable subtitle option. I think the basics of sign language should be though in school.

Which 1? There's a bunch of different sign languages which I always found mad.

Seamai

industry accountant wrote: »

Obviously it is useful, but I dunno about this, I'm 37 and have never been in a situation where it would have come in useful, i'm sure lots of people are in the same boat.

Lots of people learn French in school and never use it afterwards either.

Tacitus Kilgore

industry accountant wrote: »

Obviously it is useful, but I dunno about this, I'm 37 and have never been in a situation where it would have come in useful, i'm sure lots of people are in the same boat.

Funny that you say the above, in a thread about a virus, that mostly only seriously affects those over 60, in particular those with underlying health conditions, with minimal deaths or critical illnesses for ages below.

You probably have a higher chance of needing to use sign language than you do contracting a serious sickness from coronavirus, yet, here we are.

Seamai

BloodBath wrote: »

Which 1? There's a bunch of different sign languages which I always found mad.

ISL (Irish Sign Language)

wakka12

https://nos.nl/liveblog/2325922-besmettingen-nederland-verdubbelen-tot-82-heel-italie-nu-getroffen.html
Infections in Netherlands double to 82

https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fdv8i8/21_new_cases_in_greece_today_31_total_21_out_of/
Cases in Greece triple to 32

German cases almost double to 444

Belgium almost doubles from 27 to 50

Finland doubles to 12

Switzerland next country to pass 100 with 111 total cases now

dan786

No word from UK today, normally its around 2pm.

YFlyer

TomSweeney wrote: »

JEsus christ this sign language bollix, can't they just subtitle the ****ing thing ?

Are they using that South African guy?

seamus

industry accountant wrote: »

Obviously it is useful, but I dunno about this, I'm 37 and have never been in a situation where it would have come in useful, i'm sure lots of people are in the same boat.

This is off-topic obviously, but there's a chicken-and-egg component here.

People who communicate mostly through sign language will socialise with those who know it and will get jobs through contacts who can help them find workplaces that are sign-language friendly.

The reason you've never needed to use it is because you can't. If everyone knew it, then you'd find yourself using it a lot more as deaf people would feel much freer to integrate outside of their safe spaces.

Drumpot

Standman wrote: »

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1RDxlQpONLMKL

Good watch. I’m glad he said that they see how quickly the figures Rocket up in other countries and this may happen here.

I think it’s good for people to see what’s being done. It’s a solid , but maybe softer way to communicate to people how serious this is with out scaring them.

This HSE conference:

20 million on ICU beds /supplies
Extending beds from the winter
Focused on pharmacy supplies

13500 packs do doctors

Over 4.5 million gloves

Mass gatherings document being finalised

Focus on how to help vulnerable groups

ICU surge capacity efforts to address this potential

Trying to get delayed discharges out to free up beds

Lots of meetings with consultants to take on board recommendations

National visibility of hospitals, transfers between hospitals

Communication- 5000 calls in last few days. Half million visits to website

Thanks to Staff

This is unprecedented for a few reasons. Learning as we go along. Because of how it’s spreading. And because of demands it will put on our health services
Need to ensure no panic and no complacency - need public to treat this very seriously and act appropriately.

Cough/sneeze into tissue , avoid touching nose , eyes, mouth, face , do heed messages

All experience shows this does move from containment to next phase (we can’t stop spread only slows down)

Public health emergency and very high on global level.

Risk of acquiring disease in Ireland is low to moderate. Risk over next few weeks of sustained spread in eu is moderate to high (prob going to follow suit in Ireland)

Clarification of home case isolation- stay at home in room, open window, less interaction with family, other members In household Recomended for limited social interactions (stay at home, no visitors)

Will soon be epidemiciallogical graph for Ireland

Number of reason concerned, no vaccine , new so not much info, will have big impact on healthcare services and social/economic impacts. We have time to gather information and prepare from other countries. Also info from other corona virus
Need to slow down spread for health services

Have to collect kids but this is very good. Prob the best I’ve seen from any of our authority’s to date.

LeeroyJ.

They aren't going to cancel Patricks day celebrations, this is the most short sighted decision I've seen in a long time. Once we have hundreds of cases rising fast (like Germany is experiencing post carnival celebrations) we will feel the impact

tuxy

YFlyer wrote: »

Are they using that South African guy?

2 women who take it in turns when the other get tired.

Ger Roe

BloodBath wrote: »

Which 1? There's a bunch of different sign languages which I always found mad.

I S L - Irish Sign Language.

industry accountant

Seamai wrote: »

Lots of people learn French in school and never use it afterwards either.

Your point is?

laurah591

stevek93 wrote: »

Ehh



https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/health-news/coronavirus-ireland-update-news-symptoms-21638009

Given this and the **** up with the band thing and the Athboy thing ... do we think the dept of health will stop making announcements and just report statistics on a Tuesday... ie 3 new cases, 100 tests complete etc?

DrumSteve

BloodBath wrote: »

Yah some good news.

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

They aren't going to cancel Patricks day celebrations, this is the most short sighted decision I've seen in a long time. Once we have hundreds of cases rising fast (like Germany is experiencing post carnival celebrations) we will feel the impact

It will be cancelled; they just need to make it out like it's the hardest decision ever as a lot of people will lose their bollocks when it is.

Funsterdelux

industry accountant wrote: »

Obviously it is useful, but I dunno about this, I'm 37 and have never been in a situation where it would have come in useful, i'm sure lots of people are in the same boat.

Irish sign language(Laimhe?) is very useful, we tried abit of it with our daughter as she was a slow talker, it was a great help.

pc7

Cheers for that Drumpot, very informative and hopefully a good sign things underway as much as possible behind the scenes.

Talisman

Kilboor wrote: »

Irish people aren't greedy or selfish at all

There are a wise few who think they are preparing for the apocalypse.

In the local Tesco last night there was a couple stocking up on toilet roll (3 x 32 rolls of Kittensoft), they also had about 10 boxes of cereal, and enough pasta and rice to feed a small army. All the tins of chopped tomatoes were gone, but there are plenty of the tins of peeled ones.

My son was relieved to see that the Easter Eggs are still safe on the shelves.

average_runner

DrumSteve wrote: »

It will be cancelled; they just need to make it out like it's the hardest decision ever as a lot of people will lose their bollocks when it is.

You got to remember the public sector is calling the shots, so everything will be slow and too late.

ChikiChiki

LeeroyJ. wrote: »

They aren't going to cancel Patricks day celebrations, this is the most short sighted decision I've seen in a long time. Once we have hundreds of cases rising fast (like Germany is experiencing post carnival celebrations) we will feel the impact

I agree, we should be learning from the mistakes of others. They should cancel and let the economy take the hit. Its all about damage limitation at this stage regardless.

There is the real risk that holding the Paddy's day activities will cost the country more than what it takes in in the medium to long run.

DrumSteve

the mad thing is that they don;t even have to cancel it... just reschedule it til June!

Less likely there is rain then also.

caveat emptor

BloodBath wrote: »

I bet some will be disappointed by that.

Everyone knows they release the info at 9pm so people can't run out and buy all the toilet roll. They can wake up the next day and deal with it.

macwal

Ninthlife wrote: »

What is sign language for bollix?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ_Z7g3kDSI

BLIZZARD7

Germany +182 cases today up to 444 :eek:

Anyone have numbers for how many tests they have carried out?

BloodBath

Talisman wrote: »

There are a wise few who think they are preparing for the apocalypse.

In the local Tesco last night there was a couple stocking up on toilet roll (3 x 32 rolls of Kittensoft), they also had about 10 boxes of cereal, and enough pasta and rice to feed a small army. All the tins of chopped tomatoes were gone, but there are plenty of the tins of peeled ones.

My son was relieved to see that the Easter Eggs are still safe on the shelves.

You should have coughed on top of them.