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

Larbre34

niallo27 wrote: »

I thought you posted good news and not my goodness first time I read it.

You were right the first time, she's an awful piece of work.

Andrea B.

wakka12 wrote: »

7 new cases in Canada (Alberta), all involving people who were travelling in either France, the Netherlands, Egypt, Iran, Taiwan, Germany, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Philippines and the United States

At least 30-40 cases worldwide today of tourists becoming infected after travelling to countries with no known community level transmission. UK, Germany, France, Egypt and the USA regularly popping up as some of such places

In my opinion, it may be the planes that are guilty of efficently distributing the virus through air recirculation.

Funsterdelux

tillyfilly wrote: »

What is the projected trajectory and peak number expected for Italian cases now that they are flattening the curve?

Next they ll have to Gleam the Cube

Poor_old_gill

Treasure Grumpy Tie wrote: »

This is not solely up to Simon Harris and to be honest I would hate to be him right now. This is totally unchartered territory.

I sure the government are heeding the best possible advice under the circumstances.

If you lockdown too early people won't listen, if you lockdown now how long do you do it for?

Start closing schools etc and you have a huge knock of effect to deal with, probably going to lose essential medical staff and front line workers who decide to stay home with their kids (and then all the staff who support that).

Businesses will have to close up and that will also impact vital services such as GP clinics, supermarkets, distribution, supply and manufacturing across the country.

They will do it if there's no other choice, they won't do it just to make people feel safer.

Simon Harris should be going door to door treating people. The fact that he isn’t makes him a terrible minister for health

YFlyer

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Funny how lots of cases turning in politicians world wide, maybe cause they meet so much with other people, idk

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1237507876345786370?s=19

What did she say that is given funny and abusive comments?

old_aussie

ixoy wrote: »

Italy closed all borders at a much later stage. It's hardly an example to be praised.
You'd also swear only Ireland has its borders open and its schools.

Don't know how you read into my post that I was praising Italy.

I'm not praising Italy.

Why wait till it gets out of control like in Italy before you do something about the spread.

Other countries, not just Ireland, should shut borders now, and be two weeks in front in the fight against the spread of the virus.

TXPTGR1

TXPTGR1 wrote: »

Has to be a serious case to me made for not leaving the morons who went to Cheltenham back into the country? Let them be rounded up and quarantined in a tent city in the middle of the racecourse , no loss. Insanely selfish on the part of the punters and pure greed from the organisers.

Why Cheltenham in particular? Why not all people travelling? Why not be triggered by all English football going ahead?

You’re not the first person to mention it, it’s just baffling why people care so much about that one event.

Bob24

faceman wrote: »

Great article in New York Post about Farr’s law and the decline of this virus

https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/coronavirus-going-to-hit-its-peak-and-start-falling-sooner-than-you-think/

The guy who wrote this clearly doesn't understand what China has done and sill is doing to curve the progression. He is assuming it just happened.

He is also largly basing his argument on the completly fallacious statement that "clearly, flu is vastly more contagious than the new coronavirus".

However the clear consensus is that it is the other way around and Covid-19 is in fact significantly more contagious.

Itssoeasy

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Simon Harris should be going door to door treating people. The fact that he isn’t makes him a terrible minister for health

No need for these sarcastic posts.

givyjoe

tom1ie wrote: »

Yeah defo.........just wondering what scientific evidence you have used to arrive at your conclusion?

Waterford Whispers

Harry Palmr

Mortality rate (as of earlier today)

China 80,761 3,136 Asia
Italy 10,149 631 Europe
Iran 8,042 291 Asia
South Korea 7,513 58 Asia
France 1,784 33 Europe
Spain 1,674 35 Europe
Germany 1,437 2 Europe
Japan (+Diamond Princess) 1,277 17 Asia
United States 787 28 North America
Switzerland 497 3 Europe
Netherlands 382 4 Europe
United Kingdom 373 6 Europe
Sweden 351 0 Europe
Norway 304 0 Europe
Belgium 267 0 Europe
Denmark 262 0 Europe
Austria 182 0 Europe
Singapore 166 0 Asia
Malaysia 129 0 Asia
Hong Kong 121 3 Asia
Bahrain 110 0 Asia
Australia 103 3 Australia/Oceania
Greece 89 0 Europe
Canada 80 1 North America
United Arab Emirates 74 0 Asia
Iraq 71 7 Asia
Iceland 69 0 Europe
Kuwait 69 0 Asia
Egypt 59 1 Africa
Israel 58 0 Asia
Czech Republic (Czechia) 58 0 Europe
India 56 0 Asia
Thailand 53 1 Asia
Lebanon 52 1 Asia
San Marino 51 2 Europe
Taiwan 47 1 Asia
Portugal 41 0 Europe
Finland 40 0 Europe
Ireland 34 0 Europe
Philippines 33 1 Asia
Brazil 31 0 South America
Vietnam 31 0 Asia
Slovenia 31 0 Europe
Romania 28 0 Europe
Indonesia 27 0 Asia
State of Palestine 26 0 Asia
Qatar 24 0 Asia
Georgia 23 0 Asia
Poland 21 0 Europe
Russia 20 0 Europe
Algeria 20 0 Africa
Saudi Arabia 20 0 Asia
Pakistan 19 0 Asia
Oman 18 0 Asia
Argentina 17 1 South America
Chile 17 0 South America
Ecuador 15 0 South America
Croatia 14 0 Europe
Estonia 13 0 Europe
Costa Rica 13 0 North America
Hungary 12 0 Europe
Azerbaijan 11 0 Asia
Peru 11 0 South America
Macao 10 0 Asia
Albania 10 0 Europe
Belarus 9 0 Europe
Latvia 8 0 Europe
Mexico 7 0 North America
North Macedonia 7 0 Europe
Slovakia 7 0 Europe
South Africa 7 0 Africa
Tunisia 6 0 Africa
Maldives 6 0 Asia
Brunei 6 0 Asia
New Zealand 5 0 Australia/Oceania
Luxembourg 5 0 Europe
Dominican Republic 5 0 North America
Afghanistan 5 0 Asia
French Guiana 5 0 South America
Malta 5 0 Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 0 Europe
Serbia 5 0 Europe
Senegal 4 0 Africa
Bulgaria 4 0 Europe
Morocco 3 1 Africa
Cambodia 3 0 Asia
Colombia 3 0 South America
Moldova 3 0 Europe
Bangladesh 3 0 Asia
Nigeria 2 0 Africa
Saint Martin 2 0 North America
Faeroe Islands 2 0 Europe
Channel Islands 2 0 Europe
Paraguay 2 0 South America
Cyprus 2 0 Asia
Burkina Faso 2 0 Africa
Martinique 2 0 North America
Cameroon 2 0 Africa
Sri Lanka 1 0 Asia
Armenia 1 0 Asia
Ukraine 1 0 Europe
Andorra 1 0 Europe
Nepal 1 0 Asia
Lithuania 1 0 Europe
Jordan 1 0 Asia
Monaco 1 0 Europe
Saint Barthelemy 1 0 caribbean
Liechtenstein 1 0 Europe
Togo 1 0 Africa
Mongolia 1 0 Asia
Holy See 1 0 Europe
Bhutan 1 0 Asia
Gibraltar 1 0 Europe
Panama 1 0 North America

Micky 32

This thread would have you paranoid. My job entails calling from house to house and i find people never tell you they are sick ( incase you don’t call). The last few days on and off i feel a little caught at back of throat that i find my self having to clear with coughs every so often. It would have you wondering could it be it, paranoia sets it :-/

tobefrank321

Cilldara_2000 wrote: »

Simon Harris made the important point about right measures at the right time. There's no point in announcing all sorts of curfews and lockdowns if people don't believe there's a big enough risk. Many just won't comply. Whereas all evidence this week is that the government is softening people up for stronger measures..

Simon Harris has been wrong several times already. The earlier you lockdown the better. We simply do not know who is carrying this right now and because of the refusal to cancel flights to and from Italy there's likely hundreds with it.

When you fail to take early steps liking banning flights you will always be on the backfoot. Then you end up having to take extreme measures later such as locking down cities because you've lost control of the number of cases.

spookwoman

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1237513541369896961?s=20

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1237514335288725504?s=20

wakka12

The US will very soon be the 8th country worldwide to reach 1000 cases after a 30% increase in numbers today, with two major outbreaks in the North West and North East of the country.

Greece, Canada, Iceland and Israel will soon be the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th countries to reach 100 cases worldwide

Larbre34

Among the many publications that should be banned from quotation or citation in this forum is definitely the New York Post.

froog

regarding Farr's law, all it says is epidemics tend to follow a bell curve. that's it. when this thing is over and it will be over at some point, the trends will look like a bell curve. the question is how long will the curve be spread over and how many deaths will it take.

JohnnyFlash

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Simon Harris should be going door to door treating people. The fact that he isn’t makes him a terrible minister for health

Harris is a great minister of health.

gmisk

Treasure Grumpy Tie wrote: »

This is not solely up to Simon Harris and to be honest I would hate to be him right now. This is totally unchartered territory.

I sure the government are heeding the best possible advice under the circumstances.

If you lockdown too early people won't listen, if you lockdown now how long do you do it for?

Start closing schools etc and you have a huge knock of effect to deal with, probably going to lose essential medical staff and front line workers who decide to stay home with their kids (and then all the staff who support that).

Businesses will have to close up and that will also impact vital services such as GP clinics, supermarkets, distribution, supply and manufacturing across the country.

They will do it if there's no other choice, they won't do it just to make people feel safer.

He has wisely been kept away from the cameras a good bit.
I don't really think someone who didn't manage to finished a degree in journalism and french...is really qualified to manage the situation....

old_aussie

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

Simon Harris should be going door to door treating people. The fact that he isn’t makes him a terrible minister for health

The fact that he's the Health Minister, NOT in anyway experienced in the running of the economy of a country but it's the economy he' seem most concerned about.

A farrier carrying on like he's a jockey!

Fr_Dougal

namloc1980

wakka12 wrote: »

The US will very soon be the 8th country worldwide to reach 1000 cases after a 30% increase in numbers today

The US is going to have a big problem.

Itssoeasy

Micky 32 wrote: »

This thread would have you paranoid. My job entails calling from house to house and i find people never tell you they are sick ( incase you don’t call). The last few days on and off i feel a little caught at back of throat that i find my self having to clear with coughs every so often. It would have you wondering could it be it, paranoia sets it :-/

People have to cough for many reason. Worrying unnecessarily achieves very little Micky. Obviously that's easy for me to say but it's a point that in general holds true.

ixoy

old_aussie wrote: »

Don't know how you read into my post that I was praising Italy.

I'm not praising Italy.

Apologies then - there's a lot of posters reacting like Ireland's way behind other countries responses and it's a bit tiring so I'm getting a trigger finger! By all accounts, we should aim to be better than them if we can but we're not really any worse either. The UK seems to be having a more laissez faire view on big crowds for example and it too is in the position of being an island.
The balance between shutting down shop and maintaining some functioning economy (which is also important too!) is proving difficult for everyone.

Poor_old_gill

Itssoeasy wrote: »

No need for these sarcastic posts.

I feel that there is.

It helps to ridicule the pointless nonsense being spouted by those who don’t seem to understand how gov departments & ministers work.

The logic being applied is idiotic and deserves to be parodied

SuperTortoise

Cuckoo7 wrote: »

And they must be really hard to breath into.

I used to have to wear them for 12 hour shifts, most of them can be dissembled, the mask itself, filters, retainer piece, headgear and diaphragm can usually be seperated and washed, we used to wash them at the start of every shift with warm water and then give them a wipe of a disinfectant.


They are not hard to breathe through really, you get used to it.

TXPTGR1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Why Cheltenham in particular? Why not all people travelling? Why not be triggered by all English football going ahead?

You’re not the first person to mention it, it’s just baffling why people care so much about that one event.

Packed crowd, lots of money handling (bad), unhygienic punters on a 4 day bender engaging in all sorts of degenerate behaviour. Way worse than football matches(which of course should be cancelled also)
And most importantly at least 10000 of them are Irishand will come back here to **** it up here.

Stheno

I thought Simon came across well tonight tbh

Kaisr Sose

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Mortality rate (as of earlier today)

China 80,761 3,136 Asia
Italy 10,149 631 Europe
Iran 8,042 291 Asia
South Korea 7,513 58 Asia
France 1,784 33 Europe
Spain 1,674 35 Europe
Germany 1,437 2 Europe
Japan (+Diamond Princess) 1,277 17 Asia
United States 787 28 North America
Switzerland 497 3 Europe
Netherlands 382 4 Europe
United Kingdom 373 6 Europe
Sweden 351 0 Europe
Norway 304 0 Europe
Belgium 267 0 Europe
Denmark 262 0 Europe
Austria 182 0 Europe
Singapore 166 0 Asia
Malaysia 129 0 Asia
Hong Kong 121 3 Asia
Bahrain 110 0 Asia
Australia 103 3 Australia/Oceania
Greece 89 0 Europe
Canada 80 1 North America
United Arab Emirates 74 0 Asia
Iraq 71 7 Asia
Iceland 69 0 Europe
Kuwait 69 0 Asia
Egypt 59 1 Africa
Israel 58 0 Asia
Czech Republic (Czechia) 58 0 Europe
India 56 0 Asia
Thailand 53 1 Asia
Lebanon 52 1 Asia
San Marino 51 2 Europe
Taiwan 47 1 Asia
Portugal 41 0 Europe
Finland 40 0 Europe
Ireland 34 0 Europe
Philippines 33 1 Asia
Brazil 31 0 South America
Vietnam 31 0 Asia
Slovenia 31 0 Europe
Romania 28 0 Europe
Indonesia 27 0 Asia
State of Palestine 26 0 Asia
Qatar 24 0 Asia
Georgia 23 0 Asia
Poland 21 0 Europe
Russia 20 0 Europe
Algeria 20 0 Africa
Saudi Arabia 20 0 Asia
Pakistan 19 0 Asia
Oman 18 0 Asia
Argentina 17 1 South America
Chile 17 0 South America
Ecuador 15 0 South America
Croatia 14 0 Europe
Estonia 13 0 Europe
Costa Rica 13 0 North America
Hungary 12 0 Europe
Azerbaijan 11 0 Asia
Peru 11 0 South America
Macao 10 0 Asia
Albania 10 0 Europe
Belarus 9 0 Europe
Latvia 8 0 Europe
Mexico 7 0 North America
North Macedonia 7 0 Europe
Slovakia 7 0 Europe
South Africa 7 0 Africa
Tunisia 6 0 Africa
Maldives 6 0 Asia
Brunei 6 0 Asia
New Zealand 5 0 Australia/Oceania
Luxembourg 5 0 Europe
Dominican Republic 5 0 North America
Afghanistan 5 0 Asia
French Guiana 5 0 South America
Malta 5 0 Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 0 Europe
Serbia 5 0 Europe
Senegal 4 0 Africa
Bulgaria 4 0 Europe
Morocco 3 1 Africa
Cambodia 3 0 Asia
Colombia 3 0 South America
Moldova 3 0 Europe
Bangladesh 3 0 Asia
Nigeria 2 0 Africa
Saint Martin 2 0 North America
Faeroe Islands 2 0 Europe
Channel Islands 2 0 Europe
Paraguay 2 0 South America
Cyprus 2 0 Asia
Burkina Faso 2 0 Africa
Martinique 2 0 North America
Cameroon 2 0 Africa
Sri Lanka 1 0 Asia
Armenia 1 0 Asia
Ukraine 1 0 Europe
Andorra 1 0 Europe
Nepal 1 0 Asia
Lithuania 1 0 Europe
Jordan 1 0 Asia
Monaco 1 0 Europe
Saint Barthelemy 1 0 caribbean
Liechtenstein 1 0 Europe
Togo 1 0 Africa
Mongolia 1 0 Asia
Holy See 1 0 Europe
Bhutan 1 0 Asia
Gibraltar 1 0 Europe
Panama 1 0 North America

Whats the point in posting all that?

Cilldara_2000

NIMAN wrote: »

I can't believe people are saying the gov is making decisions to protect the economy.

This is going to have a major impact on the economy one way or the other.

The world will be lucky to avoid another recession.

First, to make it clear to certain posters, the topic of this post is the economy.

I think a recession is almost guaranteed tbh no matter what way this plays out.

One extreme would be no actions taken to prevent a widespread outbreak. There would then be a widespread outbreak along the lines of the worst-case scenarios outlined by the government in recent days. Obviously, there'd a be a huge shock to society in general and the economy if some number of people beyond 120,000 died prematurely. I say beyond because if the health service collapses, which it would, there'd be thousands of otherwise preventable deaths. Part of the shock to society in general would be huge anger at the lack of action which could get very unpleasant.

The other extreme would be a lockdown before the advice that it's the correct time. We're not communist China. We do not have enough Gardaí to force people into a lockdown they're not prepared for. Possibly there wouldn't even be a legal basis for it. In the midst of an outbreak, you'd a pile of non-compliant people ignoring the "lockdown". You wind up in with the same as above happening.

The government are between a rock and a hard place. They want to flatten the curve but they don’t want to order a shut down that would be ignored. They can only progress things incrementally or they lose too many people and lose the impact of whatever measure they’re trying to take.

The tone of the message has changed since Sunday. I suspect this is deliberate and I predict the cancellations of events etc will progress significantly by the end of the week. The much maligned (in this thread) business community will do their bit and comply. How many others do the same remains to be seen.

Stevieluvsye

There are bigger numbers coming tomorrow and the government are aware so expect some “changes”

cnocbui

Loughc wrote: »

Great article spot on too. It’s definitely hit it’s peak already.

Dreadful article. So wrong on several points, it's painful. Written by a leading health professional, a lawyer.

paul71

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Simon Harris has been wrong several times already. The earlier you lockdown the better. We simply do not know who is carrying this right now and because of the refusal to cancel flights to and from Italy there's likely hundreds with it.

When you fail to take early steps liking banning flights you will always be on the backfoot. Then you end up having to take extreme measures later such as locking down cities because you've lost control of the number of cases.

1 year before a vaccine will become available. I suspect there will be a lockdown at some stage, the real question is not when, but how many and how long.

Cilldara_2000

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

I added in the sax solo just to be on the safe side.

Poor_old_gill

old_aussie wrote: »

The fact that he's the Health Minister, NOT in anyway experienced in the running of the economy of a country but it's the economy he' seem most concerned about.

A farrier carrying on like he's a jockey!

He acts on advice given to him by the medical professionals in the HSE.
Also he doesn’t have the authority to make unilateral decisions to enforce shut downs, etc

namloc1980

The decision not to test for community transmission until they pop up in hospital already ill is bordering on unforgivable at this stage.

the butcher

Confirmed Cases
27th Jan China 4.4k 27th Feb Outside China 4.3k
28th Jan China 6k 28th Feb Outside China 5.3k
29th Jan China 7.7k 29th Feb Outside China 6.8k
30th Jan China 9.7k 1st March Outside China 8.5k
31st Jan China 11.2k 2nd March Outside China 10.3k
1st Feb China 14.3k 3rd March Outside China 12.7k
2nd Feb China 17.2k 4th March Outside China 14.9k
3rd Feb China 19.7k 5th March Outside China 17.5k
4th Feb China 23.7k 6th March Outside China 21.2k
5th Feb China 27.4k 7th March Outside China 25.2k
6th Feb China 30.6k 8th March Outside China 29.1k
7th Feb China 34.1k 9th March Outside China 32.8k
8th Feb China 36.8k 10th March Outside China 37.5k (so far)

previous user

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Mortality rate (as of earlier today)

China 80,761 3,136 Asia
Italy 10,149 631 Europe
Iran 8,042 291 Asia
South Korea 7,513 58 Asia
France 1,784 33 Europe
Spain 1,674 35 Europe
Germany 1,437 2 Europe
Japan (+Diamond Princess) 1,277 17 Asia
United States 787 28 North America
Switzerland 497 3 Europe
Netherlands 382 4 Europe
United Kingdom 373 6 Europe
Sweden 351 0 Europe
Norway 304 0 Europe
Belgium 267 0 Europe
Denmark 262 0 Europe
Austria 182 0 Europe
Singapore 166 0 Asia
Malaysia 129 0 Asia
Hong Kong 121 3 Asia
Bahrain 110 0 Asia
Australia 103 3 Australia/Oceania
Greece 89 0 Europe
Canada 80 1 North America
United Arab Emirates 74 0 Asia
Iraq 71 7 Asia
Iceland 69 0 Europe
Kuwait 69 0 Asia
Egypt 59 1 Africa
Israel 58 0 Asia
Czech Republic (Czechia) 58 0 Europe
India 56 0 Asia
Thailand 53 1 Asia
Lebanon 52 1 Asia
San Marino 51 2 Europe
Taiwan 47 1 Asia
Portugal 41 0 Europe
Finland 40 0 Europe
Ireland 34 0 Europe
Philippines 33 1 Asia
Brazil 31 0 South America
Vietnam 31 0 Asia
Slovenia 31 0 Europe
Romania 28 0 Europe
Indonesia 27 0 Asia
State of Palestine 26 0 Asia
Qatar 24 0 Asia
Georgia 23 0 Asia
Poland 21 0 Europe
Russia 20 0 Europe
Algeria 20 0 Africa
Saudi Arabia 20 0 Asia
Pakistan 19 0 Asia
Oman 18 0 Asia
Argentina 17 1 South America
Chile 17 0 South America
Ecuador 15 0 South America
Croatia 14 0 Europe
Estonia 13 0 Europe
Costa Rica 13 0 North America
Hungary 12 0 Europe
Azerbaijan 11 0 Asia
Peru 11 0 South America
Macao 10 0 Asia
Albania 10 0 Europe
Belarus 9 0 Europe
Latvia 8 0 Europe
Mexico 7 0 North America
North Macedonia 7 0 Europe
Slovakia 7 0 Europe
South Africa 7 0 Africa
Tunisia 6 0 Africa
Maldives 6 0 Asia
Brunei 6 0 Asia
New Zealand 5 0 Australia/Oceania
Luxembourg 5 0 Europe
Dominican Republic 5 0 North America
Afghanistan 5 0 Asia
French Guiana 5 0 South America
Malta 5 0 Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 0 Europe
Serbia 5 0 Europe
Senegal 4 0 Africa
Bulgaria 4 0 Europe
Morocco 3 1 Africa
Cambodia 3 0 Asia
Colombia 3 0 South America
Moldova 3 0 Europe
Bangladesh 3 0 Asia
Nigeria 2 0 Africa
Saint Martin 2 0 North America
Faeroe Islands 2 0 Europe
Channel Islands 2 0 Europe
Paraguay 2 0 South America
Cyprus 2 0 Asia
Burkina Faso 2 0 Africa
Martinique 2 0 North America
Cameroon 2 0 Africa
Sri Lanka 1 0 Asia
Armenia 1 0 Asia
Ukraine 1 0 Europe
Andorra 1 0 Europe
Nepal 1 0 Asia
Lithuania 1 0 Europe
Jordan 1 0 Asia
Monaco 1 0 Europe
Saint Barthelemy 1 0 caribbean
Liechtenstein 1 0 Europe
Togo 1 0 Africa
Mongolia 1 0 Asia
Holy See 1 0 Europe
Bhutan 1 0 Asia
Gibraltar 1 0 Europe
Panama 1 0 North America

Incorrect Ireland is now 50 cases of Corona virus.

Snowbiee21

Realistically how Long can it last in ireland

Daz_

Anyone thinking about going off the grid ? Eg maybe have a holiday home or just their main home - take time off work , kids out of school etc and just proper locking down ?

It has certainly crossed my mind to do so

Drumpot

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

There are bigger numbers coming tomorrow and the government are aware so expect some “changes”

Is this a thumb in the air prediction or an informed advance notice?

namloc1980

previous user wrote: »

Incorrect Ireland is now 50 cases of Corona virus.

34 here. 16 in NI would be included in the UK numbers

Stevieluvsye

I posted about schools being shut down and mods shut the thread. But I know for a fact it is happening on Friday. I know the amount of other cases too but I’ll leave that be

questionmark?

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

There are bigger numbers coming tomorrow and the government are aware so expect some “changes”

Source?

Daz_

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

There are bigger numbers coming tomorrow and the government are aware so expect some “changes”

Do tell ?

Cilldara_2000

Snowbiee21 wrote: »

Realistically how Long can it last in ireland

How long is a piece of string?

Larbre34

the butcher wrote: »

Confirmed Cases
27th Jan China 4.4k 27th Feb Outside China 4.3k
28th Jan China 6k 28th Feb Outside China 5.3k
29th Jan China 7.7k 29th Feb Outside China 6.8k
30th Jan China 9.7k 1st March Outside China 8.5k
31st Jan China 11.2k 2nd March Outside China 10.3k
1st Feb China 14.3k 3rd March Outside China 12.7k
2nd Feb China 17.2k 4th March Outside China 14.9k
3rd Feb China 19.7k 5th March Outside China 17.5k
4th Feb China 23.7k 6th March Outside China 21.2k
5th Feb China 27.4k 7th March Outside China 25.2k
6th Feb China 30.6k 8th March Outside China 29.1k
7th Feb China 34.1k 9th March Outside China 32.8k
8th Feb China 36.8k 10th March Outside China 37.5k (so far)

Why is that, in that format, in any way useful?

1641

loughside wrote: »

My goodness!

Coronavirus: Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive

2 minutes ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51827356

I don't know anything about her but apparently she is a nurse by profession. There was a BBC guy saying that she had been very affected by the impact of Covid and that she had been considering if there was any way she could make a contribution professionally.

10000maniacs

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Mortality rate (as of earlier today)

China 80,761 3,136 Asia
Italy 10,149 631 Europe
Iran 8,042 291 Asia
South Korea 7,513 58 Asia
France 1,784 33 Europe
Spain 1,674 35 Europe
Germany 1,437 2 Europe
Japan (+Diamond Princess) 1,277 17 Asia
United States 787 28 North America
Switzerland 497 3 Europe
Netherlands 382 4 Europe
United Kingdom 373 6 Europe
Sweden 351 0 Europe
Norway 304 0 Europe
Belgium 267 0 Europe
Denmark 262 0 Europe
Austria 182 0 Europe
Singapore 166 0 Asia
Malaysia 129 0 Asia
Hong Kong 121 3 Asia
Bahrain 110 0 Asia
Australia 103 3 Australia/Oceania
Greece 89 0 Europe
Canada 80 1 North America
United Arab Emirates 74 0 Asia
Iraq 71 7 Asia
Iceland 69 0 Europe
Kuwait 69 0 Asia
Egypt 59 1 Africa
Israel 58 0 Asia
Czech Republic (Czechia) 58 0 Europe
India 56 0 Asia
Thailand 53 1 Asia
Lebanon 52 1 Asia
San Marino 51 2 Europe
Taiwan 47 1 Asia
Portugal 41 0 Europe
Finland 40 0 Europe
Ireland 34 0 Europe
Philippines 33 1 Asia
Brazil 31 0 South America
Vietnam 31 0 Asia
Slovenia 31 0 Europe
Romania 28 0 Europe
Indonesia 27 0 Asia
State of Palestine 26 0 Asia
Qatar 24 0 Asia
Georgia 23 0 Asia
Poland 21 0 Europe
Russia 20 0 Europe
Algeria 20 0 Africa
Saudi Arabia 20 0 Asia
Pakistan 19 0 Asia
Oman 18 0 Asia
Argentina 17 1 South America
Chile 17 0 South America
Ecuador 15 0 South America
Croatia 14 0 Europe
Estonia 13 0 Europe
Costa Rica 13 0 North America
Hungary 12 0 Europe
Azerbaijan 11 0 Asia
Peru 11 0 South America
Macao 10 0 Asia
Albania 10 0 Europe
Belarus 9 0 Europe
Latvia 8 0 Europe
Mexico 7 0 North America
North Macedonia 7 0 Europe
Slovakia 7 0 Europe
South Africa 7 0 Africa
Tunisia 6 0 Africa
Maldives 6 0 Asia
Brunei 6 0 Asia
New Zealand 5 0 Australia/Oceania
Luxembourg 5 0 Europe
Dominican Republic 5 0 North America
Afghanistan 5 0 Asia
French Guiana 5 0 South America
Malta 5 0 Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 0 Europe
Serbia 5 0 Europe
Senegal 4 0 Africa
Bulgaria 4 0 Europe
Morocco 3 1 Africa
Cambodia 3 0 Asia
Colombia 3 0 South America
Moldova 3 0 Europe
Bangladesh 3 0 Asia
Nigeria 2 0 Africa
Saint Martin 2 0 North America
Faeroe Islands 2 0 Europe
Channel Islands 2 0 Europe
Paraguay 2 0 South America
Cyprus 2 0 Asia
Burkina Faso 2 0 Africa
Martinique 2 0 North America
Cameroon 2 0 Africa
Sri Lanka 1 0 Asia
Armenia 1 0 Asia
Ukraine 1 0 Europe
Andorra 1 0 Europe
Nepal 1 0 Asia
Lithuania 1 0 Europe
Jordan 1 0 Asia
Monaco 1 0 Europe
Saint Barthelemy 1 0 caribbean
Liechtenstein 1 0 Europe
Togo 1 0 Africa
Mongolia 1 0 Asia
Holy See 1 0 Europe
Bhutan 1 0 Asia
Gibraltar 1 0 Europe
Panama 1 0 North America

Those numbers mean nothing without knowing the other variables involved.
For instance, Its a 6% death rate in Italy. That's because they have only tested 300,000 people. Kind of skewed. In other words worthless statistics.

skimpydoo

Poor_old_gill wrote: »

He acts on advice given to him by the medical professionals in the HSE.
Also he doesn’t have the authority to make unilateral decisions to enforce shut downs, etc

Who has the authority to make these unilateral decisions?