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

the butcher

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1237075967790776320

AxleAddict

froog wrote: »

where can i get case graphs per country?

WHO Situation Reports:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports/

Something more graphical:

https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/covid-19-coronavirus-infographic-datapack/

Lord Trollington

tobefrank321 wrote: »

There might be a couple of things in Africa's favour although realistically its grasping at straws.

Average age is younger than Europe and not as many people in the +70 category.
High temperatures
Less internal flights and modes of transmission
Less reliant on mass transport such as the tube
Much less dense in some areas, although very dense in other areas.
Younger population - that's probably the important one.

Coronavirus really appears to suit developed countries for all these reasons.

You do realise the younger population is down to life expectancy being 55 in some countries in Africa

Martina1991

cherryghost wrote:

That would take a huge amount of effort to verify and keep up-to-date

If only people would stop posting sh*te.

saabsaab

CrankyHaus wrote: »

The Irish Times is too polite to say that plenty of hypochondriacs and other chancers clog up hospitals normally and their F-ing off now that hospitals have a higher perceived risk of infection.

One positive is that those that really shouldn't be in A&E won't go there now. Told that by an A&E doctor years ago.

Quantum Erasure

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Write em up!

i meant 'there is, if you look'...


heres ireland, link to others at bottom of page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_coronavirus_outbreak_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

Guffy

So Ryanair have cancelled a travellers flight from milan to dublin but advised that they will not be cancelling their flight from Dublin to Bologna. Is that not nuts? I'd show up for the Bologna flight and call their bluff. Nice eu261 claim there too.

Cork Boy 53

igCorcaigh wrote: »

First case in Congo.
100 cases across Africa now, mostly Egypt and Algeria.

I'm hoping that the slow uptick is due to climate, but I'm thinking it just might be due to less travel perhaps? That would be bad.

More likely lack of testing facilities in sub Sahara Africa. No coincidence that most cases in that continent have been identified in those 2 countries IMO.

Away With The Fairies

gmisk wrote: »

Are you looking for an excuse not to go?
Do you like them?

Not looking for an excuse. Just afraid to actually go out.

wadacrack

https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/status/1237426212055789568

Quantum Erasure

the butcher wrote: »

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1237075967790776320

why not panic every day?

I Am The Law

631 deaths on Italy.

Guffy

I Am The Law wrote: »

631 deaths on Italy.

Has there been any age or weight breakdown of the fatal cases?

Funsterdelux

Sigma101 wrote: »

PLEASE PLEASE DELETE THIS

If you send it to ten friends, you get immunity from the virus

take everything

touts wrote: »

DO NOT eat the bat dish!

This deserves more thanks.

tobefrank321

sparkle109 wrote: »

What gym?

This would be unhelpful speculation - I'm sure the gym in question has contacted its members which would be the responsible thing to do. Naming gyms etc is not helpful.

el Fenomeno

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1237426680781774850?s=19

the butcher

6.21% death rate Italy

wadacrack

I Am The Law wrote: »

631 deaths on Italy.

That just mainly one region too. China were clearly lying about the number of deaths

Martina1991

nthclare wrote:

I've a suspicious feeling that there's a few HSE trools and health professionals in our midst.

God forbid you or your loved ones get sick.

You're going heed the advice of healthcare professionals then aren't you.

Hector Savage

Barcelona here, my kids school is closed from next week ...


good

Fics

Due to go to work tomorrow should I cancel?

saabsaab

gmisk wrote: »

Ffs this rubbish has been posted multiple times or variants of it for literally weeks

Explain what parts are rubbish.

Cuckoo7

gmisk wrote: »

What else do you suggest they do bar closing?

I wouldn’t go to the cinema in that case, but that’s just me, if I’m going to be the whole movie worried about the distance between me and the others...

spookwoman

https://twitter.com/adamparsons/status/1237427052644651015?s=20

Quantum Erasure

the butcher wrote: »

6.21% death rate Italy

6.21, so far...

Guffy

Fics wrote: »

Due to go to work tomorrow should I cancel?

Just tomorrow or for the duration of the pandemic? If your going to cancel tomorrow don't see why you would go the day after.

landofthetree

Germany so far has 1317 cases.
So far 2 deaths.
Only 9 critical cases.

Major contrast with Italy.

Sigma101

Sigma101 wrote: »

PLEASE PLEASE DELETE THIS

I heard that tip about regularly drinking water earlier today

KingBobby

Fitzwilliam. No risk to other gym members though, as they hadn't returned to gym in the meantime (virus contracted abroad)
I would imagine they just sent around the notice to stop people worrying unnecessarily.

I much prefer when places are transparent like that, rather than secretive

Edit: sorry that was supposed to be a reply...

igCorcaigh

Oh wow.
Big jump in Italy numbers.

Stheno

Guffy wrote: »

Has there been any age or weight breakdown of the fatal cases?

Average age was 80 iirc

tobefrank321

Lord Trollington wrote: »

You do realise the younger population is down to life expectancy being 55 in some countries in Africa

Yes. That's in my post if you look carefully. Less people in the high risk +70 category and very few in the +80 category. Hence the death rate will be much diminished.

Pudsy33

50% reduction in the amount of new cases in Italy? Hopefully a peak has been reached.

Funsterdelux

Fics wrote: »

Due to go to work tomorrow should I cancel?

Definitely dont if its in Italy, Iran, china.......

fritzelly

Pudsy33 wrote: »

50% reduction in the amount of new cases in Italy? Hopefully a peak has been reached.

Was saying not all cases have been reported yet...

caveat emptor

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/adamparsons/status/1237427052644651015?s=20

But what about freedom of movement? I thought their hands are tied? It's an internal border but?

igCorcaigh

Pudsy33 wrote: »

50% reduction in the amount of new cases in Italy? Hopefully a peak has been reached.

Is it? Nearly 1000.
I thought it was higher than yesterday ... I'm losing track.

landofthetree

Pudsy33 wrote: »

50% reduction in the amount of new cases in Italy? Hopefully a peak has been reached.

There is little doubt that shutdowns will work. Plus people being thoughtful.

05eaftqbrs9jlh

megabomberman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1237420083112222728?s=20

Good news, unilateral action will once again force the government to follow suit and do what they should be doing.

So far:
Indeed
Twitter
Cork University Hospital
University Hospital Limerick
A bunch of other medical facilities
Apple
Abtran Bishopstown Cork
Trinity College Dublin
Google


a litany of pharmaceutical companies

have all shown that they are taking this public health emergency (which has been at SOS level according to the WHO since mid-February) at least somewhat seriously because they, y'know, don't want to be responsible for potentially many deaths due to infections which occur in their facilities.

What about all the transmission going on in schools in Cork and Limerick? Close contacts of close contacts are not being told to self isolate so it is reasonable to believe that there are children living with parents who have the virus and they are transmitting it.

Unless HSE have stepped up their testing five-fold on last week and modified the criteria for testing people (afaik still only those who travelled from infected regions and their close contacts, as well as close contacts of confirmed cases) there are untold numbers walking around transmitting the virus that did not meet the HSE criteria.

I realise that there are those of you on here who will have a knee-jerk reaction to this post and want to maintain composure by not becoming alarmed by the emergency we are facing. Please, if my post angers you take the time to look up the surgeons' testimonies from Italy where they say that they are so overwhelmed, they are triaging because there aren't enough respirators so those with any comorbidities, even young people, are on a 'do not resuscitate' notice.

Look at the guy whose 30 year-old sister is dead beside him in her bed and the medical staff wouldn't test him and he has nobody to help him with the body. Look at the army on the streets of Italy last night blasting out of a speaker that they are on lockdown it's curfew and nobody is to leave.

Look at Wuhan where they say that they are getting control of it now but there are still current reports of healthcare workers dying from dehydration because they don't have enough protective suits and can't open them while on shift due to the risk of contamination. Also we don't know their figures so Italy is all we have to look to for an accurate picture of the potential for containment, and we're not on lockdown yet.

We are not winding down our contact with the world in a way that is conducive to stopping this, based on the evidence available from the furthest-on countries in this. We are winding down in such a way that the economy keeps tipping over for a long as possible. Are you willing to be collateral damage in this race to the bottom so that the government can self-perpetuate, at the risk of having your loved ones potentially get infected, or die yourself due to complications from a lack of treatment?

There are many articles coming out saying the Italian lock down is too little too late and that it's going to send economies spiraling out of control in a way that means everyone is going to lose their jobs anyway. I'm going to stay at home and do my best to protect my family.

josip

Hector Savage wrote: »

Barcelona here, my kids school is closed from next week ...

Just their school or all the schools?
Does each region in Spain make their own decision regarding closures or does it come from Madrid?

Cody montana

I’m so over this ****ing virus.

Ann22

Sigma101 wrote: »

PLEASE PLEASE DELETE THIS

Ok done. The bit about drinking plenty of water is good advice though.

sjb25

I’m very much on the side of let’s prepare but not panic

But I will say the numbers coming out of Italy are horrendous

PixelTrawler

Sigma101 wrote: »

PLEASE PLEASE DELETE THIS

And delete you quoting it. You’ve now preserved it.

jammiedodgers

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Is it? Nearly 1000.
I thought it was higher than yesterday ... I'm losing track.

I believe there was approx 1700 new cases yesterday. 977 today.

Some positive news at least, hopefully this trend continues.

SleetAndSnow

Honestly, if there is another community transmission case tonight in Cork then something will have to be done, there would clearly be somebody who is spreading the virus around without even knowing possibly. Hoping there isn't any!

NegativeCreep

What time are our numbers due today?

Fr_Dougal

Cody montana wrote: »

I’m so over this ****ing virus.

Congrats, didn’t realise you had it.

Scotty #

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

6.21, so far...

This is not taking into account the hundred, thousands, or possibly hundreds of thousands who do not present at hospital/GP. The actual figure could be much much lower.