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Say my name

Mooooo wrote: »

Rip.ie has been in widespread use tbf, haven't been to a funeral in the last 5 yrs that hasn't been on it

Maybe because you check rip.ie first before going to a funeral.

Ah no check out the graph back in the link I edited in. This winter had above average more than last winter.
But atm we're way down thankfully.

alps

Might be a Cork thing, but every death is on RIP....many now not publishing in the paper.

zetecescort

Just watching RTE reporting on nursing homes free of the virus. Why in the name of God are they sending a crew to these places and how are they being left inside to interview the occupants?

Say my name

alps wrote: »

Might be a Cork thing, but every death is on RIP....many now not publishing in the paper.

The papers were always iffy around here. Rip has only really only started to be used around here last year and this year.
Put in wexford and I'll bet you'll get an ever decreasing amount the further you go back.
If it wasn't for Alan Corcoran on the radio we'd probably be still depending on the carrier pigeon.

whelan2

zetecescort wrote: »

Just watching RTE reporting on nursing homes free of the virus. Why in the name of God are they sending a crew to these places and how are they being left inside to interview the occupants?

We are on a news ban here for a few days. It's freaking the kids out a bit.

greysides

Your cheap heartburn medication may yet save your life.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/new-york-clinical-trial-quietly-tests-heartburn-remedy-against-coronavirus

Water John

whelan2 wrote: »

We are on a news ban here for a few days. It's freaking the kids out a bit.

It's really recommended that in crises, you should only listen to the news, once a day. This is especially true for anyone who has any mental health issues.
This is certainly true also for children. None of us can change what is happening and that is a stressor.

greysides

Coronavirus alert: Rare syndrome seen in UK children.

An urgent alert sent out to GPs said that intensive care departments in London and other parts of the UK have been treating severely sick children with unusual symptoms.

This includes "multi-system inflammation" with flu-like symptoms.

Some, but not all, tested positive for coronavirus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52439005?at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=7ED98860-8886-11EA-82A6-5B1C933C408C&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_campaign=64

wrangler

Says it all really


https://scontent.fdub5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/94563903_663865267514903_7541867588574248960_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=lvYEE1iIyXsAX-d4NqA&_nc_ht=scontent.fdub5-1.fna&oh=f87e93c4ac13e16d87d6997fb2f85661&oe=5ECF24A4

yosemitesam1

greysides wrote: »

Coronavirus alert: Rare syndrome seen in UK children.

An urgent alert sent out to GPs said that intensive care departments in London and other parts of the UK have been treating severely sick children with unusual symptoms.

This includes "multi-system inflammation" with flu-like symptoms.

Some, but not all, tested positive for coronavirus.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52439005?at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=facebook_page&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=7ED98860-8886-11EA-82A6-5B1C933C408C&at_custom3=BBC+News&at_campaign=64

It didn't mention that Kawasaki disease was thought to be linked to the endemic coronavirus nl63. It's not peculiar to covid 19 if confirmed

Say my name

The timeline for when Covid 19 was first recorded here officially got pushed back a bit.

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1255172256835211266?s=20

paddysdream

Say my name wrote: »

The timeline for when Covid 19 was first recorded here officially got pushed back a bit.

https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1255172256835211266?s=20

That's something that has crossed my mind to be honest.
Young lad here had a bad dose 2nd/3rd week of February.All the Corona sign's;high temperature,cough,fever,recovering and then getting worse again.Lots of national schools around here were almost empty at the time due to the same dose.
Went through his school in a few days with at least half his room out at any one time.
Its not something he is prone to or has ever had previously.Maybe it was just a "regular "flu but ?

carrollsno1

paddysdream wrote: »

That's something that has crossed my mind to be honest.
Young lad here had a bad dose 2nd/3rd week of February.All the Corona sign's;high temperature,cough,fever,recovering and then getting worse again.Lots of national schools around here were almost empty at the time due to the same dose.
Went through his school in a few days with at least half his room out at any one time.
Its not something he is prone to or has ever had previously.Maybe it was just a "regular "flu but ?

Had an awful dose myself in mid January after being out the sticks for near 3 months and being in Melbourne for a few days i was damn near beat with it but could (had to) still work through it at the same time.
Ended up on a do.estic flight out there a fortnight after and and we got stopped from exiting the plane as an person of Asian descent had a runny nose, however the hazmat lads checked them and they had no temperature so everything was sweet this would have been he last weekend of january i reckon.

My two family members with Covid af present are making a full recovery at home ive been told.

Water John

Five meat factories and one processing plant have Covid 19 clusters. Some obviously have small numbers but Rosderra have 120 positive, a third of the workforce. Was there any precautions taken? Surely the workforce could have been broken up into small teams?
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-aware-of-6-covid-19-clusters-in-meat-plants/

expectationlost

Water John wrote: »

Five meat factories and one processing plant have Covid 19 clusters. Some obviously have small numbers but Rosderra have 120 positive, a third of the workforce. Was there any precautions taken? Surely the workforce could have been broken up into small teams?
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-aware-of-6-covid-19-clusters-in-meat-plants/

120 sick, just cause a TD says that doesn't mean its true.

wrangler

Water John wrote: »

Five meat factories and one processing plant have Covid 19 clusters. Some obviously have small numbers but Rosderra have 120 positive, a third of the workforce. Was there any precautions taken? Surely the workforce could have been broken up into small teams?
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/minister-aware-of-6-covid-19-clusters-in-meat-plants/

There's a lot of foreigners working in the factories , I know, in kilbeggan anyway, they could be living ten people sharing a house.
It's very poor form of farmers highlighting the problem, I'm sure factories are doing their best to stay open against huge odds

20silkcut

expectationlost wrote: »

120 sick, just cause a TD says that doesn't mean its true.

I think it has been confirmed as true

Grueller

wrangler wrote: »

There's a lot of foreigners working in the factories , I know, in kilbeggan anyway, they could be living ten people sharing a house.
It's very poor form of farmers highlighting the problem, I'm sure factories are doing their best to stay open against huge odds

No it's not poor form. They are playing fast and loose with the reputation of Irish food being safe top quality food. It is only right that its highlighted. I suppose the Bef Plan are to blame for this too? Always quick to blame farmers wrangler. To quote yourself, sad really to see someone who spent so much time defending farmers turn so against them.

expectationlost

20silkcut wrote: »

I think it has been confirmed as true

they confirmed they had a number sick they didn't say how many.

wrangler

Grueller wrote: »

No it's not poor form. They are playing fast and loose with the reputation of Irish food being safe top quality food. It is only right that its highlighted. I suppose the Bef Plan are to blame for this too? Always quick to blame farmers wrangler. To quote yourself, sad really to see someone who spent so much time defending farmers turn so against them.

I'm sure factories are well monitored through all of this or they wouldn't be allow stay open,
There's 100 reasons why factories should close so it's no credit to anyone if the trouble makers succeed, I was talking to my shearer today, he was telling me he can't comply with all the rules, will trouble makers stop the shearing as well.

Water John

I have family in both the medical and food retail. The rules to prevent cross contamination are designed in house particular to each work environment. Not that complicated.
The processors with milk plant must be sh1tting bricks that this has happened on the meat side.
As a poster above says, it's more likely the house sharing as the primary issue. The same problem as the nursing home staff.

yosemitesam1

wrangler wrote: »

I'm sure factories are well monitored through all of this or they wouldn't be allow stay open,
There's 100 reasons why factories should close so it's no credit to anyone if the trouble makers succeed, I was talking to my shearer today, he was telling me he can't comply with all the rules, will trouble makers stop the shearing as well.

Supposedly they could be liable for damages now if an infection is deemed to have spread in the workplace and they were negligent by staying open.

It would be interesting to know how many of the positive meat factory workers are actually in any way sick

wrangler

Water John wrote: »

I have family in both the medical and food retail. The rules to prevent cross contamination are designed in house particular to each work environment. Not that complicated.
The processors with milk plant must be sh1tting bricks that this has happened on the meat side.
As a poster above says, it's more likely the house sharing as the primary issue. The same problem as the nursing home staff.

There was a TB outbreak in Kilbeggan in the 1990s and same as now there was 15 in one house........ they all got TB,
No amount of isolating by the factory will counteract that.
Rumours here was dawn were looking for a reason to close for a while, killing lines have been slowed down because of the virus.
I doubt if the real farmers want factories closed

Water John

No farmer wants any factory closed, unless he'a a crackpot.
The factories generally either own or rent the houses for immigrant workers. Did the density in the houses need t be reduced? Could the group that live in a house be also a close work team in the factory?
Thought needed to be put into these things. Before the lockdown, the pharma factories had implemented some isolation plans. One place I know of, divided their work team in each area in two. One half worked from home, the other half went into work. If any one of the factory team developed Covid 19 then the teams swapped after a deep clean.
I can fully understand a small cluster of workers being positive, as in Kilbeggan. Where it seems to have run rampant through a plant is not acceptable as in Rosderra.

wrangler

Water John wrote: »

No farmer wants any factory closed, unless he'a a crackpot.
The factories generally either own or rent the houses for immigrant workers. Did the density in the houses need t be reduced? Could the group that live in a house be also a close work team in the factory?
Thought needed to be put into these things. Before the lockdown, the pharma factories had implemented some isolation plans. One place I know of, divided their work team in each area in two. One half worked from home, the other half went into work. If any one of the factory team developed Covid 19 then the teams swapped after a deep clean.
I can fully understand a small cluster of workers being positive, as in Kilbeggan. Where it seems to have run rampant through a plant is not acceptable as in Rosderra.

Workers choice would be to live as cheap as they could, the less money they spent in Ireland the better .
It was the same with the Polish building the motorway,rent a house and put as many as they could into it, money to send home was the priority

Buford T. Justice XIX

It now looks like the positive retests for COVID19 of recovered survivors seems to be due to RNA fragments of the virus circulating in the body.

https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200429007051320

Buford T. Justice XIX

When all the summer shows were cancelled, someone had the idea of an online show where entrants posted a short video of themselves and their animals.

But this little girl was brilliant:D

https://twitter.com/herdyshepherd1/status/1255825917026471936?s=20

arctictree

Anyone know if farmers can travel to a neighbouring county to view and/or purchase stock?

emaherx

arctictree wrote: »

Anyone know if farmers can travel to a neighbouring county to view and/or purchase stock?

Yes, if you need to purchase animals, then you can travel as far as required.

blue5000

yosemitesam1 wrote: »

Supposedly they could be liable for damages now if an infection is deemed to have spread in the workplace and they were negligent by staying open.

It would be interesting to know how many of the positive meat factory workers are actually in any way sick

Local story is that one worker had the virus for two weeks and kept going to work. Factory was taking the temperature of the staff before work each day. The worker with the virus was taking paracetamol before the temperature check, this lowered his temperature to normal. I don't think anyone can blame the factory.

Same thing was happening with people crossing borders early on in the pandemic.