Covid-XIX Part VI - 90 cases ROI (1 death) 29 in NI (as of 13 March) *Read OP*

littlemac1980

paleoperson wrote: »

I feel like different cultures may also play a part. In developed Asian countries things are like:




While in the west it's more like...:

A picture of the crowds at Cheltenham today would suffice to demonstrate the difference between China/South Korea vs Western countries.

Drumpot

Got a text of a friend of mine whose nephew is about to self quarantine (as somebody he knows has tested positive). One thing they are making sure is that neither he nor his mom/family are going anywhere near their parents.

JeffKenna

glasso wrote: »

do you reckon the travellers are washing their hands 5 times a day?

Probably are with the holy water in church.

Rob A. Bank

Dublin is now one of the few airports in Europe with flights and pre-flight clearance for people going to the USA.

We will have people from 'god knows where' in Europe arriving in order to connect to US flights.

I was horrified when I read about how long the virus can survive on hard surfaces, like hand railings and door handles made out of steel or plastic.

I imagine the possibility of cross infections to people staying in Ireland must be significant in Dublin Airport right now.

I hope that Dublin Airport is deep cleaning and sterilizing their hard surfaces as often as possible throughout the day.

Seamai

joe40 wrote: »

In an Aldi shop this evening and it was a bit silly. Every single bit of fruit and veg gone and 99%of the fresh meat. Food that won't keep, unless an awful lot of people have large fridges.
Plenty of nuts and dried fruit. Excellent calorie dense food with a long shelf life. Also plenty of brown pasta and rice.
There will be a lot of food waste next week.
In case I'm accused of joining the panic I always do a shop on Thur evening just normal shopping. This stockpiling is idiotic, really shows how fragile a society is to any kind of shock.

Definitely, and in my books wasting food is very wrong.

Sephiroth_dude

boege wrote: »

To finish in a more positive note, the Italian prime minister indicated today that the extreme quarantine measures implemented in the first two regions in northern Italy have worked and that no new positive cases were recorded today.

Light at the end of a very dark tunnel

retro:electro wrote: »

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Kermit.de.frog

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/coronavirus-panic-buying-the-thing-that-scares-me-is-the-people-1.4201195?mode=amp

Is it just me or do the Irish Times make a supreme effort to find the kippiest areas in Dublin to interview people with the thickest Dublin accents in practically all of their videos?

Is this some peculiar fetish for their readership?

fag in her hand proudly brandishing her stash of bog roll ffs

they probably go there as maybe more people agree to go on camera.

that's my guess

splinter65

Bannasidhe wrote: »

Have you a source for this?
Everything I am reading still says 1 Death in Ireland

The Independent is still reporting a second coronavirus death, no one else.

drunkmonkey

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

They have stopped providing a daily breakdown of locations.

If anything they should be giving us more localized breakdown, is the state or fear intentional to make us suspect everyone.

Lollipop95

Anyone know how long the public offices will be shut down for? My own workplace and many others beside me evacuated today following Leo's announcement

gabeeg

scamalert wrote: »

i dont get this entire stock up shut down stupidity either, we could have 0 cases or it under control and then it starts spreading again takes one case as we know it now, so even few might be happy about time off, but virus wont go anywhere, and given how it spreads, theres no chance to contain it, as you cant lookup every person coming or going into country for 2 weeks when theres flights coming every 5mins.

we're in the delay phase now, buddy

you're a day behind the rest of us

schmoo2k

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Every single person who flew from Italy in the last 3 weeks needs to be traced and tested. This would be a goos start.

We are playing catch up because of the madness of allowing thousands back without a plan to isolate and test them repeatedly.

Sure 1/3 of them will be over it by now?

Acosta

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

Dublin is now one of the few airports in Europe with flights and pre-flight clearance for people going to the USA.

We will have people from 'god knows where' in Europe arriving in order to connect to US flights.

I was horrified when I read about how long the virus can survive on hard surfaces, like hand railings and door handles made out of steel or plastic.

I imagine the possibility of cross infections to people staying in Ireland must be significant in Dublin Airport right now.

I hope that Dublin Airport is deep cleaning and sterilizing their hard surfaces as often as possible throughout the day.

Must have been awful for the staff to hear that news this morning.

4068ac1elhodqr

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Every single person who flew from Italy in the last 3 weeks needs to be traced and tested. This would be a goos start.

We are playing catch up because of the madness of allowing thousands back without a plan to isolate and test them repeatedly.

The mass testing/opportunity (containment) phase has all but passed now.

This is P2: (delay) of peak epidemic: slow and soften the curve.


P3 & P4 to follow in later weeks.

tayto lover

Anyone know if dogs or cats can carry this virus?

CinemaGuy45

SwordofLight wrote: »

I just want to post saying a big sarcastic thank you to all the people who treated anyone taking this seriously like weirdos a week ago.

It's your fault this has spread and will continue to spread, killing people, and making life miserable for a lot of others.

I can say it on here but would really love to say it to a few people's faces i know also who were questioning me as obsessive and maybe i don't get out enough because I used a hand sanitiser last week.

Idiots of Ireland, take a bow

And just to add to your post it was the same people who would not take this serious who are now panic buying.

A herd of mindless sheep.

And we where correct about the HSE downplaying this thing 27 case jump today ouch.

Boggles

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone know if dogs or cats can carry this virus?

Yes, the advice is to eat them immediately.

Still waters

glasso wrote: »

do you reckon the travellers are washing their hands 5 times a day?

5 times a month more like

paleoperson

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Every single person who flew from Italy in the last 3 weeks needs to be traced and tested. This would be a goos start.

We are playing catch up because of the madness of allowing thousands back without a plan to isolate and test them repeatedly.

But it wouldn't have been constitutional to stop Italians from travelling here anyway even though the match was postponed. :rolleyes:

Tomrota

fritzelly wrote: »

If doctor suspects you have it then yes you are a candidate for testing

ONLY if you go into a hospital.

ceadaoin.

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone know if dogs or cats can carry this virus?

The WHO says no

Sephiroth_dude

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Light at the end of a very dark tunnel





Sorry, you're in the wrong thread. We don't do optimism here.

tayto lover

Boggles wrote: »

Yes, the advice is to eat them immediately.

Hot dogs.

Still waters

Santiago Prickly Mineral wrote: »

The mass testing/opportunity (containment) phase has all but passed now.

This is P2: (delay) of peak epidemic: slow and soften the curve.


P3 & P4 to follow in later weeks.

What does p3 and p4 entail

ChikiChiki

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Every single person who flew from Italy in the last 3 weeks needs to be traced and tested. This would be a goos start.

We are playing catch up because of the madness of allowing thousands back without a plan to isolate and test them repeatedly.

Someone posted earlier 10 of their housemates friends arrived from Italy last night. Sleeping bags all over.

That might be a starting point.

retro:electro

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Light at the end of a very dark tunnel





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What if I add Barry’s tea to the petition :pac:

thebaz

Ther was a YouTube report that some of the wet markets in Asia are still active - unbelievable, given the chaos and destuction they have created.

Funsterdelux

The WHO has commended Ireland for the action and said we wont get fooled again

Boggles

Still waters wrote: »

What does p3 and p4 entail

They stop being nice and asking you to do stuff.

4068ac1elhodqr

tayto lover wrote: »

Anyone know if dogs or cats can carry this virus?

Very low risk. Also the risk of re-infection is 'fairly' low.


This Novel virus is very nasty, when some states predict anything up to 90% population penetration, with upto 5% contextual fatality at W1, it reads like something from a sci-fi book, and not a good one.