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

wadacrack

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236337756214788100

snotboogie

1247 new cases in Italy

gabeeg

5 new cases in Iceland. 50 in total.

population of 360,000 people

RentDayBlues

snotboogie wrote: »

1247 new cases in Italy

F**k!

gabeeg

wadacrack wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236337756214788100

oof

namloc1980

36 more dead in Italy.

tillyfilly

snotboogie wrote: »

1247 new cases in Italy

that's a lot

That’s not good

Yurt2

Yep, Italy is out of control it appears. Flipping hell.

wadacrack

https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1236338007243993092

tillyfilly

Meanwhile the HSE have a nice meal and drinks

rsl1976

snotboogie wrote: »

1247 new cases in Italy

That's scary

Mic 1972

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Source?

Even the doomsday scenario is 40% to 70% infection rate.

that's not the doomsday scenario, that's the WHO

snotboogie

tillyfilly wrote: »

that's a lot

Yep, Wuhan like numbers

KWAG2019

Pseudonym121 wrote: »

Professional Colleges ( GPs, Psychiatrists etc ) and the IMC are starting to communicate to members they don't need to attend conferences for Continuing Professional Development points ( a sensible precaution because 500 Hospital Consultants or GPs in a couple of rooms getting infected over the course of a couple of days would crash the health service completely... and several of those conferences have that potential ).

The subtext of the communications is also that if you don't complete your CPD because you're busy dealing with this there will be forebearance - again, sensible.

So, ANY administrative issues like CPD, registration etc can be overcome if there's a will - and that will will develop. Professional bodies are ahead of the government with this one and recognise what's important - maximising medical staff numbers and redundancy in the system on the front lines.

You’re describing the situation for current practitioners. The issue for retired professionals who have let registration lapse or not kept up with CPD is more complex. The issue of liability will arise and the State Claims Agency will have a view. Factor in the perverse pride of Finance with the subsumed DPER in denying the extra funds arising and we have more issues.

The real issue is willingness. Who would put themselves in the line of fire so to speak for the HSE and the govt?

fr336

Jesus, those Italy numbers have to scare even the other governments

Cilldara_2000

Mic 1972 wrote: »

that's not the doomsday scenario, that's the WHO

I have asked for a WHO source on this before and nobody has provided it. I got it from Harvard professor Marc Lipsitch, not the WHO.

gabeeg

3,573 new cases globally so far today in 99 countries

Miike

tillyfilly wrote: »

Meanwhile the HSE have a nice meal and drinks

Change the record, seriously.

fr336

EU needs to club together and offer total economic and general assistance to Italy both to help the Italians and Europe as a whole. They need economic breathing space to take drastic measures now. Wtf is the point of the EU if it can't get its finger out in emergencies? Argh!

Hurrache

wadacrack wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1236337756214788100

That's because of that ice cream place I reckon

RandomName2

snotboogie wrote: »

Yep, Wuhan like numbers

With Wuhan like numbers you need Wuhan like policies to contain it.

That means nobody leaving their houses for two weeks. Not a single soul, for anything.

Originally China allowed people to go shopping once every few days, but they later decided that that wasn't making containment effective enough. China has used all of its authoritarianism and military might to ensure that these conditions could not be broken by the public.

VinLieger

gabeeg wrote: »

5 new cases in Iceland. 50 in total.

population of 360,000 people

And the HSE want us to believe we only have 18

Cuckoo7

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

That must be the best damn ice cream parlour in town.

You underestimate how seriously northern Italians take their gelato.:D

ArchXStanton

Any new cases? Or still 18?

Was working all day

Rob A. Bank

Distribution of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 7 March 2020



Unfortunately the daily numbers of cases in Europe show a further increase.

The beginning of the bell shaped curve.

:-(

Itssoeasy

Yurt! wrote: »

Yep, Italy is out of control it appears. Flipping hell.

It really is and it's the death number that's most worrying.

Funsterdelux

Hurrache wrote: »

That's because of that ice cream place I reckon

Cone sharing

gabeeg

fr336 wrote: »

EU needs to club together and offer total economic and general assistance to Italy both to help the Italians and Europe as a whole. They need economic breathing space to take drastic measures now. Wtf is the point of the EU if it can't get its finger out in emergencies? Argh!

I don't see any nation feeling too generous right now.

Who could possibly have the capacity?

owlbethere

ChikiChiki wrote: »

After being in Jervis an hour ago and with a heightened sense of awareness, I can only surmise that people are filthy animals and either oblivious to whole thing or do not give a **** about taking precautions to protect themselves and others.

One fella sneezed into the open twice as he crossed my path and did not break stride while doing so.

In hindsight I should have called him out. Whoever you are, you're a pig.

If everyone here who's taking this seriously, does this - calling carelessness out in public the better.