Coronavirus Part V - 34 cases in ROI, 16 in NI (as of 10 March) *Read warnings in OP*

quokula

Naggdefy wrote: »

Cheltenham... Racehorse festivals wouldn't stop for bubonic plague.

Back with foot in mouth in 2001 all sports events were cancelled. Yet Ruby and Ted Walsh were allowed go to Aintree for the Grand National. It's one sporting/business sector every Irish government can't ar*e kiss enough.

Cheltenham isn't in Ireland, the Irish government don't have the authority to cancel it.

saabsaab

saabsaab wrote: »

What we may be facing soon!

They have and it terrible whats happening over there now, it really is, but the majority who are severe cases are still elderly as stats posted by other Italian doctors days ago show. Nonetheless all this is still grim reading.

facehugger99

There's about to be an announcement that all schools nationally will close for 4 weeks from next Wednesday.

Kermit.de.frog

Spain has 415 new cases so far today and 5 new deaths.

Looks they are headed for new daily high of new cases.

PringleDemon

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I wonder would the UK allow us to use the NHS up North if we had capacity issues

NHS in the north is a shambles with decades of under investment .

pad199207

namloc1980

facehugger99 wrote: »

There's about to be an announcement that all schools nationally will close for 4 weeks from next Wednesday.

Any source or just a rumour?

Miike

tobefrank321 wrote: »

They could use Stormont as an isolation unit in NI. Its huge and empty most of the time, including now.

The HSE have some left of field options of units to use. Non purpose built but ultimately places to treat people if push came to shove!

Boggles

namloc1980 wrote: »

Any source or just a rumour?

Media are starting to pick up on it, apparently the teachers have been told to prepare homework for kids.

Lord TSC

Been saying that for the last week. if the schools close, thats how it will be done. 3 weeks closure gives them five weeks off.

RandomName2

Strazdas wrote: »

Nobody is saying "we'll be grand". By all means plan for a worst case scenario, but that doesn't mean you have the implement a worst case scenario strategy as your very first port of call.

Given that our case numbers are low, we still have enough time to weigh up our options ; the Govt could switch to a worse case scenario rapidly if they need to.

You've got a bit of cancer. Now, I'm not saying that you will be fine, but what I am suggesting is that you ignore it until you get noticeable symptoms. Surgery at this stage would be just too extreme an option for only a stage 2 carcinoma.

Naggdefy

quokula wrote: »

Cheltenham isn't in Ireland, the Irish government don't have the authority to cancel it.

They can stop Irish people traveling. Stade Francais rugby club is in Paris. The IRFU banned Munster playing them until late April 2001.

It's amazing what you can stop if the will is there.

tobefrank321

Miike wrote: »

The HSE have some left of field options of units to use. Non purpose built but ultimately places to treat people if push came to shove!

Some larger workplaces will be shutdown and could be turned into isolation units for the milder cases. I'd imagine school gyms could be stocked with beds, seems to be what they did in China.

DOCARCH

Lord TSC wrote: »

Been saying that for the last week. if the schools close, thats how it will be done. 3 weeks closure gives them five weeks off.

Loads of time to head off to northern Italy for a trip!

ironingbored

I lived in Italy for a decade and still have relatives there.

Bear in mind, Italy has a world class Health Service especially so in the North, multi-agency law enforcement structure (Polizia, Carabinieri, Municipale, Penitenziaria, GdF, etc), (semi) professional "Civil Defence" organisations, Red Cross, Green Cross, White Cross, well-trained specialist military & navy (e.g. Alpine troops, etc) and decades of experience with major earthquakes, volcanoes, terrorism, organised crime, people trafficking and disaster management.

If they are struggling, we should be very worried and treat this with the utmost seriousness.

quokula

Naggdefy wrote: »

They can stop Irish people traveling. Stade Francais rugby club is in Paris. The IRFU banned Munster playing them until late April 2001.

It's amazing what you can stop if the will is there.

So we should ban travel to the UK now? Close the border with Northern Ireland?

Tootsie_1

I wonder how many babies there will be born in 9 - 10 months as the amount of people in self isolation increases ....

Cw85

54 new cases in the UK, not a massive jump compared to other EU countries

Stevieluvsye

facehugger99 wrote: »

There's about to be an announcement that all schools nationally will close for 4 weeks from next Wednesday.

I got a call this morning telling me this but not to "Put it up on that stupid baords place"

DrumSteve

DOCARCH wrote: »

Loads of time to head off to northern Italy for a trip!

Ryanair sill flying directly to bergamo if needed.

facehugger99

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

I wonder how many babies there will be born in 9 - 10 months as the amount of people in self isolation increases ....

That's hardly self-isolation.

cloudatlas

Schools will close before Easter no doubt. Uk is in the delay phase now and it’s inevitable that the nhs will be hit hard.

Utter Consternation

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I got a call this morning telling me this but not to "Put it up on that stupid baords place...

...because they're all a bunch of cnuts on it."

BLIZZARD7

UK up 54 to 373 cases, 6 deaths

New Home

cherryghost wrote: »

Mother-in-laws flight still going ahead tomorrow. :mad:

Is there any chance that she might be terrified of staying where she is, and she's hoping to come over to be in a potentially safer place?

yermandan

WAZZA1989 wrote: »

Naas Hospital reportedly to have a infected patient

what is your source for this? Can't find it anywhere and my Mam is in there with Pneumonia

industry accountant

Utter Consternation wrote: »

...because they're all a bunch of cnuts on it.

I saw someone recently type cnuts in a much better way, gave me a laugh anyway as I had never thought of it. A bunch of cunce, brilliant!

facehugger99

Another couple of weeks paid leave for the teachers - they'll be delighted no doubt.

Mic 1972

ironingbored wrote: »

I lived in Italy for a decade and still have relatives there.

Bear in mind, Italy has a world class Health Service especially so in the North, multi-agency law enforcement structure (Polizia, Carabinieri, Municipale, Penitenziaria, GdF, etc), (semi) professional "Civil Defence" organisations, Red Cross, Green Cross, White Cross, well-trained specialist military & navy (e.g. Alpine troops, etc) and decades of experience with major earthquakes, volcanoes, terrorism, organised crime, people trafficking and disaster management.

If they are struggling, we should be very worried and treat this with the utmost seriousness.

Agree 100%, North italy is high-end European standard in terms of Health Care, Public Services, Police, living condtions, hygiene and so on
We are not even close here

tobefrank321

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

I wonder how many babies there will be born in 9 - 10 months as the amount of people in self isolation increases ....

...as well as divorces!

wakka12

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-italian-doctor-says-fighting-covid-19-outbreak-is-like-war-11954229
Italian doctor speaks about the 'relentless war' to save patients in Italy and pleads with public to stop comparing it to a 'bad flu '. Plenty of folk on this thread seem to know better than him though

cherryghost

New Home wrote: »

Is there any chance that she might be terrified of staying where she is, and she's hoping to come over to be in a potentially safer place?

I think its partially yes, but also her apartment rental is up tomorrow also, and landlord isnt playing nice to extend. And of course to visit her daughter/grandaughter.

Tootsie_1

tobefrank321 wrote: »

...as well as divorces!

Fair point !

Naggdefy

I'm really surprised at Strazdas. He/she is a poster I've admired for years for being calm, sensible.

However he/she doesn't seem to be grasping the incubation phase and time lag with this virus at all.

Also the stance that parades should go ahead. Bringing large congregations into a small area outdoors who will then cram into pubs, restaurants, chippers etc after could only increase the chances of spreading infection.

B.A._Baracus

facehugger99 wrote: »

Another couple of weeks paid leave for the teachers - they'll be delighted no doubt.

Ha they'd be loving it :pac:
But to be fair, of all reasons to give them more leave this one is absolutely acceptable.

silverharp

facehugger99 wrote: »

There's about to be an announcement that all schools nationally will close for 4 weeks from next Wednesday.

2 of them would overlap with Easter anyway

Ipso

Boggles wrote: »

Media are starting to pick up on it, apparently the teachers have been told to prepare homework for kids.

Use the empty schools to quarantine the 1.9 million, problem solved.

Cupatae

Ive a question... at what point does one go to get tested for coronavirus? Ive had a cough since before the outbreak, but for all i know i could be killing the nation here, ive no other symptoms.. do you get checked? do you wait for it to get worse?? do you need more than one symptom???

Theres a big hype about it but not much on what to do if you suspect you have it.

PokeHerKing

facehugger99 wrote: »

Do you have this weeks' lottery numbers by any chance Nostradamus?

Will the numbers be the same as last weeks draw? If so yes, yes I do.

Tootsie_1

Italy suspends mortgages and household bills .. god love them I do t think we can even comprehend fully what’s going on over there

Inquitus

facehugger99 wrote: »

Another couple of weeks paid leave for the teachers - they'll be delighted no doubt.

I am sure they would be, can't be many worse places to work, hospitals aside, and be at more risk than being a teacher,

B.A._Baracus

wakka12 wrote: »

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/coronavirus-italian-doctor-says-fighting-covid-19-outbreak-is-like-war-11954229
Italian doctor speaks about the 'relentless war' to save patients in Italy and pleads with public to not compare it to a 'bad flu '. Plenty of folk on this thread seem to know better than him though

Sadly this will be a thread to remind people about how much false information and false knowledge gets thrown out on here. Same thing happened with the Japanese earthquakes in 2011. Of course, the subject matter is different but when I was reading that I was shocked at the amount of nuclear scientists boards had :pac:


Ah what can you do

facehugger99

facehugger99 wrote: »

Another couple of weeks paid leave for the teachers - they'll be delighted no doubt.

They'll be able to go on another foreign holiday. Italy is lovely in Spring :eek:. They will be able to double up on their private grinds at least.

Sigma101

Sigma101 wrote: »

Remarkable stats from Italy there. Median age of those infected is 65. Only 4 deaths under 59 years of age. Fatalities at 4.3% and average age of fatalities over 80!

Really graphically shows how much a threat this disease is to the mainly elderly. People with elderly relatives really need to have a plan in place as regards food, care etc.

Naggdefy

quokula wrote: »

So we should ban travel to the UK now? Close the border with Northern Ireland?

No. Stop putting words in my mouth. Government and the Horse Racing board here could easily put pressure for its cancellation and call for people to not travel. While that's the approach for other large gatherings like parades, no one will dare mention the sacred cow Cheltenham. The festival is half made up of Irish.

completedit

Working in the health service must be hard at the best of times, but can only imagine the pressure of it now. The absolutely need to be on your game and perform. They really aren’t paid enough. The stories from Italy, thinking of ICU workers here if things escalate, they should all be given some sort of reward by the state when it’s all said and done

Stevieluvsye

tobefrank321 wrote: »

...as well as divorces because them fcukwombles Ryanair created this virus!

FYP

gazzer

BLIZZARD7 wrote: »

UK up 54 to 373 cases, 6 deaths

So roughly a 17% increase over each of the last 2 days.

DOCARCH

Tootsie_1 wrote: »

Italy suspends mortgages and household bills .. god love them I do t think we can even comprehend fully what’s going on over there

Fair play to them.

The potential financial issues, as a self-employed person, has me more panicked than the health issues!

industry accountant

All the hate towards teachers for the time off they get.
I'm not a teacher but I don't begrudge them time off, if you're so jealous go and become one!!