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

polydactyl

Clare case is a Doc. Did a shift in Limerick ED while unwell. 13 docs now in self isolation while they try and contact trace the patients he saw....it was a Locum shift....he is also a GP.

Stheno

VinLieger wrote: »

Not revealing that as they are close friends and i dont feel comfortable doing it.

I hope if they are self isolating they have all the supplies they need to get them through and that they are not too I'll

Best wishes for them

Hamsterchops

cameramonkey wrote: »

There are reports that in many cases diarrhea is associated with some cases.

That's the first I've heard of it.

namloc1980

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

If a whole plane came into Ireland from Italy, these people are all over the country.

Thousands of people have flown into Ireland over the last few weeks from Italy. This thing will grow exponentially over the next few weeks as those people become symptomatic and contagious.

pjohnson

citysights wrote: »

Did anyone see the videos on twitter if the Chinese spraying the streets with big tankers at the start of the big spread in Wuhan. Was that a disinfectant I’m thinking it was. Should we be doing things like that here if the Chinese are getting it under control why not copy what they are doing. It sounds extreme but if schools are now closing here and there is spread in the community it’s serious.

Give a few months we might catch up to China. Gove Tony a chance.

Away With The Fairies

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

5 arrived, or are due to arrive today.

5 planes? Or 5 people?

We need to stop flights.

piplip87

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Anyone got a slinky for Department of Health press conference?

RTE news now on the RTE player. They usually livestream it on Facebook too

Away With The Fairies

polydactyl wrote: »

Clare case is a Doc. Did a shift in Limerick ED while unwell. 13 docs now in self isolation while they try and contact trace the patients he saw....it was a Locum shift....he is also a GP.

****ing hell

stephenjmcd

As much as I'd like to see flights from Italy to Ireland banned it wont make much difference.

People will just re route. All goes back to Italy not getting a grip on this quick.

Also didnt realise how popular italy is this time of year for Irish people

pjohnson

polydactyl wrote: »

Clare case is a Doc. Did a shift in Limerick ED while unwell. 13 docs now in self isolation while they try and contact trace the patients he saw....it was a Locum shift....he is also a GP.

Hes a waste of a bed.

cameramonkey

VinLieger wrote: »

Not revealing that as they are close friends and i dont feel comfortable doing it.

So you cant even say what county?

is_that_so

pjohnson wrote: »

Give a few months we might catch up to China. Gove Tony a chance.

What? Over 80,000 cases!

Tootsie_1

Hamsterchops wrote: »

That's the first I've heard of it.

WHO lists it as a symptom in some cases

Fr_Dougal

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

5 planes? Or 5 people?

We need to stop flights.

Planes. Planes from Italy. :eek:

gmisk

circadian wrote: »

A friend's mum has been contacted by health officials as she is both olderly and was in to see him in the last week or so.

So it's a case of doctors making the worst patients. If it turns out he didn't self isolate and continued to practice with symptoms I'd imagine he'll be struck off.

Who says he had symptoms? I doubt someone would be struck off for it.
He should have self isolated if he came back from northern Italy though, incredibly selfish no doubt.

amadangomor

polydactyl wrote: »

Clare case is a Doc. Did a shift in Limerick ED while unwell. 13 docs now in self isolation while they try and contact trace the patients he saw....it was a Locum shift....he is also a GP.

I'm sorry but what a thick bollix if true. (The doctor not the poster before I get a warning)

is_that_so

piplip87 wrote: »

RTE news now on the RTE player. They usually livestream it on Facebook too

Channel 500 I think on TV

ChikiChiki

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

Cork case has been reported, they did not travel abroad ... ****tt

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/coronavirus-first-case-of-covid-19-detected-in-irish-patient-who-has-not-been-abroad-39019353.html

Why the panic? This was always going to be the case with how it played out to date and the approach we took.

macwal

amadangomor wrote: »

I'm sorry but what a thick bollix if true. (The doctor not the poster before I get a warning)

Not all doctors are created equal.

skimpydoo

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

The new patient is in intensive care according to the IT

No its says they are receiving intensive care in an isolation unit.

harr

cameramonkey wrote: »

I smell bullshiiiiittttee.

Its probably only a half truth but the doctor in question was in work after he returned home and was working as an out of hours GP as well as working in his own practice. That was confirmed on news

cameramonkey

Hamsterchops wrote: »

That's the first I've heard of it.

Lancet report said in 3% of cases in a 41 patient study.

WhiteMemento9

Stheno wrote: »

I and my colleagues can all work from home and I have to say it's become a positive

Have you been told to work from home? I don't know why companies aren't telling staff who can do this to just do it. It makes so much sense from their point of view given the decrease in the likelihood of their staff contracting the virus and actually having fit and healthy staff to work in the coming weeks yet I don't see too many companies actually doing it yet.

Tootsie_1

It doesn't matter what county anyone who has it is in, because there are probably so many people walking around Ireland infected now that don't know or haven't been tested makes no difference now its obviously spreading within the country god only knows how many people are infected wouldn't be surprised if its in the hundreds.

Funsterdelux

Hamsterchops wrote: »

That's the first I've heard of it.

Theres already some cases of premature diarrhea from some posters here

pc7

ITman88 wrote: »

Exactly. Scaremongering even from mods.
In the last week 8 or 9 have died on the roads, I hope no one on this thread has even attempted to drive a car since

How am I scare mongering, If the numbers rise, the pressure on the hospitals will be too much. You might not catch it, but if you break a leg, or need to go to hospital where do you go? Did you see what China did? Anyhow I’m a mod in radio, what on earth has that to do with anything? Most mods are just posters with an interest in the area they mod. I said in other threads I hoped I would be proven wrong and I’d make a charitable donation if I was, this isn’t something I want to be right on.

mirrorwall14

amadangomor wrote: »

I'm sorry but what a thick bollix if true. (The doctor not the poster before I get a warning)

If I was to make a guess they were told in no uncertain terms to get their ass to the shift to hell with Italy. From my conversations with docs in hospital you have to turn up unless you are literally in hospital yourself

False Prophet

polydactyl wrote: »

Clare case is a Doc. Did a shift in Limerick ED while unwell. 13 docs now in self isolation while they try and contact trace the patients he saw....it was a Locum shift....he is also a GP.

Is there any place that this doctor hasn't worked?
So many rumours about where he did shifts and the WhatsApp messages keep adding more like he had fever and sneezing all over the place

Stheno

WhiteMemento9 wrote: »

Have you been told to work from home? I don't know why companies aren't telling staff who can do this to just do it. It makes so much sense from their point of view given the decrease in the likelihood of their staff contracting the virus and actually having fit and healthy staff yet I don't see too many companies actually doing it yet.

Anyone with so much as a hint of a cold or any suspected contact with the virus must work from home for 14 days yes

pc7

VinL hope your friends are ok and recover well.