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

Jim_Hodge

dan786 wrote: »

One more case of coronavirus is confirmed in east of country, bringing the total to 19.

And again associated with travel to N. Italy.

ACitizenErased

Only one case confirmed today. Male in the east travelling from Northern Italy.

Hurrache

Hurrache wrote: »

It isn't.

How so? Take into consideration that the children's hospital was an infrastructure fiasco rather than a healthcare one.

Akrasia

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

98 new cases so far today in Spain and 5 new deaths also today

That death rate indicates that they have about 500 cases but haven’t been testing them

Itssoeasy

VinLieger wrote: »

So you believe we only have 18 cases and the HSE are doing literally everything they can to limit its spread?

It very likely we have more cases but as of now we have only 18 confirmed cases and yes I believe the HSE are doing what they need to do to limit the spread as much as is practical with the cooperation of the public to not present to your GP if you believe you may have the virus and to not visit people in hospitals that have restrictions on visitors.

05eaftqbrs9jlh

dan786 wrote: »

One more case of coronavirus is confirmed in east of country, bringing the total to 19.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-new-case-confirmed-in-east-of-ireland-1.4196509

I usually quote a pertinent part of the article but there's very little information in it.

Padre_Pio

Maddox Jealous Yard wrote: »

Be careful in Rome, you can't rule out transmission through your stigmata.

A few splashes of the holy water and a hail mary from Il Papa will put you right.

ThePopehimself

One. One new case.
RTE Breaking News.

MadYaker

MadYaker wrote: »

What's next? Tin foil I suspect

Toilet plungers or sewer rods to clear all the toilet roll

marklazarcovic

So it begins lol

DrumSteve

The first thing I'm gonna do when the vaccine comes out for this thing is book a holiday in Italy.

tillyfilly

One more case of coronavirus is confirmed in east of country, bringing the total to 19

otnomart

snotboogie wrote: »

1247 new cases in Italy

highest number of daily tests today in Italy: 5700
total number of tests: 36359

Jim_Hodge

screamer wrote: »

Yeah one they held back from reporting on yesterday so it looks like they’re working over the weekend......

Ok, how is that the case? What is that nonsense based on? There's absolutely no gain for the HSE is holding back numbers, as they have clearly stated they expect many more cases.

SeaBreezes

Deleted User wrote: »

You know the way the HSE is underfunded and doesn't perform as well as people hope it would. That's because ye have voted in successive governments who prioritises tax cuts over a national health service. Realistically, there should be a 2-4% increase across the board. Then we would actually have a great health service.but you know, selfishness of the Irish public in general.

At least they are paying you handsomely to advise on boards. There's always an upside..

DrumSteve

Can we stop posting in bold.

It's very confusing for people who have been here a long time.

KWAG2019

One is good news. Monday evening update will be interesting: realistically it will be end of the month before there’s a definite picture with returnees from Cheltenham and visiting Italians Etc.

Martina1991

RugbyLad11 wrote:

We should be aggressively testing everyone like in Korea

South Korea are performing their tests at 79 designated health centers, in addition to authorized private hospitals and public health labs across the country.

They have a vast capacity for testing. We do not.

ChikiChiki

runawaybishop wrote: »

They have plenty of people that were in contact with confirmed cases they need to test, prioritising those people is the right thing to do. Testing someone that most likely has a cold isn't a good use of resources.

But said person lives with their grandmother. I would take that into account and categorise them as higher risk and therefore prioritise that.

Not testing them based on narrow criteria of symptoms only and saying it sounds like a cold is silly when they are living with an elderly person.

screamer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How so?

They are very well funded by any international standard, but the Irish public are not gedrrung value for money. Too much waste in the HSE and too many admin fat cats who get paid too much for doing too little. Unionised to the teeth also, change is impossible, and so the waste and underperformance grows each year, rising costs and needing more money. We pay too much for the ****e and not enough for the hard working frontline staff.

Deco99

ThePopehimself wrote: »

One. One new case.
RTE Breaking News.

But I stocked up on bog roll?

stephenjmcd

1 is alot better than expected.
Let's see where we're at in another few days

Hurrache

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How so?

Because it isn't. It's mismanaged, top heavy with management since its formation, and the unions are firmly eating from that trough, you'd be lucky to change the brand of a needle used without the unions looking for money as compensation, and there's massive resistance to change.

Hector Savage

otnomart wrote: »

highest number of daily tests today in Italy: 5700
total number of tests: 36359

Ah good point!!

BLIZZARD7

I honestly find 1 new case hard to believe given we have put no travel restrictions or containment measures in place and the numbers on the continent continue to mushroom...It just seems unlikely for our numbers to be dropping

el Fenomeno

How long do results take from the time you're tested, out of interest?

SeaBreezes

moonlighting_1 wrote: »

Imagine the county council trying to organize something like this is a few weeks time.

https://streamable.com/sx0he

We'd have more green wellies for a start. :-)

ChikiChiki

ChikiChiki wrote: »

But said person lives with their grandmother. I would take that into account and categorise them as higher risk and therefore prioritise that.

Not testing them based on narrow criteria of symptoms only and saying it sounds like a cold is silly when they are living with an elderly person.

I really don't understand that living with your grandmother means you are higher risk of obtaining Covid-19. What's your rationale?

EDit

Rather unfortunate choice of picture by RTE! Is that Tallaght?

Bob24

Miike wrote: »

As for the second part of your post the rationale for NOT testing people is they don't mean the ECDC or HPSC case definitions. They are deemed to be very low risk. The purpose of self-isolation advice is an ADDITIONAL control measure in the event the patients condition worsens (thus meeting testing criteria) and stop them spreading it in the community.

You are not addressing the question. Telling someone to skip work/college and not meet anyone for two weeks is extreme and something you would usually very rarely come across. You don’t do this if you don’t at least think there is a decent chance the person might be infected. And if you think there is a decent chance you should test them.

It might be that this person didn’t need to be tested (and I am not arguing one way or the other as we don’t know), but in that case they didn’t need to isolate for 2 weeks either (what I am questioning is that contradiction).