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

Beasty

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Germany are doing a great job in terms of preventing deaths. 6 deaths out of 2,700 is some going in comparison to other countries.

Guy on the radio earlier said they have a lot of specialist medical equipment that allows them to oxygenate the blood

Think we've got some of them, but certainly not the same ratio to head the Germans have

Italy apparently don't have much in terms of this type of equipment. I also suspect there have been a lot of unrecorded cases that has pushed their "deaths per infected" up. Two Serie A players confirmed - perhaps 0.5% of that "population". 0.5% of the total Italian population would be 300,000 infections. I'm not saying there are that many, but I suspect there are many tens of thousands of unrecorded cases in Italy. The difference is that the Serie A players will have the best medical support and any infections are unlikely to slip through the net

Rossi IRL

Lord TSC wrote: »

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tests positive.

It’s insane the PL hasn’t shut down.

It's ****ing shameful. Shame on the greed being shown by the organisers.

https://twitter.com/charles_watts/status/1238228666355798016?s=19

otnomart

banie01 wrote: »

The Chinese response to Covid and the speed at which they have shared aid and expertise with some regions is going to buy them an awful lot of diplomatic good will and soft power.

Contrast Chinese aid to Italy, with Trump's blaming of the EU for seeding the virus stateside.

Absolutely.
And with the earlier equipment export bans by some EU Countries.
https://www.politico.eu/article/health-ministers-squabble-over-face-masks-at-coronavirus-talks/

JDD

I was in Dunnes this evening.

I’m normally a calm person. It was at 8.30, so the madness had passed. The bread, milk (?!!), flour, fresh food, soap, pasta, and nappies shelves were decimated. All shelves were being restocked.

You know, there’s older people who only get paid their pensions on certain days of the week. There’s coeliacs who need the gluten free food. People need formula for their infants. As if this whole pandemic wasn’t stressful enough you are causing additional panic and distress.

Stop. Fukking. Panic. Buying. You. Utter. Fukking. Cretins.

Hamsterchops

NIMAN wrote: »

Is this the biggest news of the last couple of decades?

Bigger than

9/11?
Brexit?
Trump?

Yes, it's the biggest health related event to happen since before I was born, (I'm in my 50s), thankfully Ebola & Sars never took off in any big "pandemic" way, because if they had we'd all be dead.

This Flu like virus is not 100% deadly, but it is really unpredictable as to who it affects and what impact it has on each individual. Most people with very mild symptoms, others not so mild...

Big pandemic news for sure.

jim-mcdee

daheff wrote: »

That Cillian da Gascun has said a couple of times that this isn't going to be over in 2 weeks....and that the severity of lockdown is going to get worse.


Let's all hope the next 3 weeks means a small number of cases daily.

No the cases will rise for next 2 or 3 weeks. Then if current measures are effective they will drop.

CinemaGuy45

wylo wrote: »

Not 9/11

We have just left the starting blocks of this thing this will be a bigger event than the 9/11 attacks.

Tippex

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Apparently the session is going ahead and no cars are going onto the track. Something to do with money.

I heard F1 have said it is going ahead but all teams had a meeting and said they had agreed they would not participate.

completedit

With the footballers, given their medical care and facilities, could it be argued they just exist in a bubble s d that calling off the leagues is a bit over the top?

martingriff

deisedevil wrote: »

That's exactly what he just said alright. We are where we are because we were made abide by EU free movement rules. Christ. So we must all go down together.

So what were his exact words

NIMAN

Lord TSC wrote: »

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta tests positive.

It’s insane the PL hasn’t shut down.

This will be last weekend of epl games.

You heard it here first!

completedit

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

We have just left the starting blocks of this thing this will be a bigger event than the 9/11 attacks.

Why would our situation not just mimic China where it is now winding down. Realistically that’s what will happen for the vast majority of countries.

Tootsie_1

Well now ...

Sir Oxman

There is no doubt in my mind the likes of Facebook and whatsapp is a cancer on society.
So far I've had shrill aulwans/aulfellas youngwans/youngfellas telling me (relayed via their feeds and phones):

The local Aldi is on fire and people are killing each other to get an extra cheap pack of pasta
Soap is no good YOU HAVE TO GET THE GOOD STUFF
The govt has no money left, we're all f-u-cked
Another (well no, the same) hotel in Dublin is teeming with zombie like covid-19 infected waiting to hop on the public (and do what?)

People are animals in clothes and dumber than a big massive bag of dumbf-u-cks

BorneTobyWilde

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

My hands are bollixed from washing them so much.

Olive oil will help.

d51984

If they were on the ball all flights in to Ireland from Italy should of been flown in to Baldonnell base instead of Dublin airport.

On arrival, every one checked. Anyone showing symptoms, transport them up n7 to the Curragh camp for 2 weeks isolation.

Bit late now i know, maybe we can do it for people flying back from Cheltenham.

paul71

Drumpot wrote: »

I agree. I wonder if they might be able to use this as a way to position themselves as the worlds new superpower. Particularly with USA basically having an isolationist strategy, spoiling all relations around the world and probably about to make a massive balls of managing this themselves.

If China have mass produced these sort of supplies and start medically bailing out countries, I really do think people will ignore it’s a dictatorship and the human rights abuses that go on there.

US managed a sum total of 8 tests yesterday, I'd guess they are massively under-reporting.

MonkstownHoop

completedit wrote: »

With the footballers, given their medical care and facilities, could it be argued they just exist in a bubble s d that calling off the leagues is a bit over the top?

They aren't superheroes, they are human and could still die, not to mention staff at clubs that games could not gohead without?

Funsterdelux

Deleted User wrote: »

Definitely bigger than brexit/Trump. Comparable to 9/11. IMO.

I believe its at least 10 times 9/11

coolshannagh28

Not a lot of pan European unity on display these days .

martingriff

Assetbacked wrote: »

The flight travel ban being pointless is a line the government mouthpieces have repeated for weeks. Utter bollox, it is clearly what other EU countries are saying. We are a fcuking island, of course it would help us!

Unless it was ever flight then yes it be pointless. Would have lessened the probability for a while but not stop it

Gods Gift

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Olive oil will help.

She’s busy with Popeye.

Icepick

banie01 wrote: »

The Chinese response to Covid and the speed at which they have shared aid and expertise with some regions is going to buy them an awful lot of diplomatic good will and soft power.

Contrast Chinese aid to Italy, with Trump's blaming of the EU for seeding the virus stateside.

The Chinese reacted too late and concealed a lot of information at the beginning.
And now:
Chinese officials push conspiracy theory coronavirus originated abroad
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/conspiracy-theory-that-coronavirus-originated-in-us-gaining-traction-in-china

jos28

JDD wrote: »

I was in Dunnes this evening.

I’m normally a calm person. It was at 8.30, so the madness had passed. The bread, milk (?!!), flour, fresh food, soap, pasta, and nappies shelves were decimated. All shelves were being restocked.

You know, there’s older people who only get paid their pensions on certain days of the week. There’s coeliacs who need the gluten free food. People need formula for their infants. As if this whole pandemic wasn’t stressful enough you are causing additional panic and distress.

Stop. Fukking. Panic. Buying. You. Utter. Fukking. Cretins.

This should be the mantra for this entire debacle. It should be circulated, printed and stamped permanently on those gobsh1tes that cleared the shelves today

NIMAN

martingriff wrote: »

So what were his exact words

He basically said israel are allowed to force visitors into quarantine because they aren't in the eu.

But because we are, we can't. People can fly in and dander around temple bar.

Sometimes things are bigger than the eu. This virus is one of them.

Quantum Erasure

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Could hand gel dispensers be added to all public transport?

or replace the grab rails with these things,

bilston

Drumpot wrote: »

Could part of that be down to testing? If The amount of testIng increases over time then it would somewhat explain theses sort of patterns.

I would say it's down to testing.

The UK Chief Medical Officer said today that they estimate up to 10,000 people have it in the UK at the minute even though the official figure is about 600.

It will be the same everywhere. It's why the mortality rates you see are probably exaggerated.

The one thing that I assume is roughly accurate (in European countries anyway) is the number of deaths.

ACitizenErased

The Brits are a different breed. First letting Cheltenham go ahead, then Boris saying there's nothing he can do, and now the premier league going ahead with one team virtually entirely contaminated. Incredible.

ixoy

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Probably nothing that can be done, but if you have work from home access but your employer is insisting you still come in to the office, I'm guessing you just have to shut up and get on with it?

That's exactly what's happening to me. I'm not happy about it but I don't see a choice right now. They're going to re-assess on a daily basis but I don't get the logic of this. It's not even so much the workplace as the journey to get there on packed public transport!

daheff

banie01 wrote: »

The Chinese response to Covid and the speed at which they have shared aid and expertise with some regions is going to buy them an awful lot of diplomatic good will and soft power.

Contrast Chinese aid to Italy, with Trump's blaming of the EU for seeding the virus stateside.

Well maybe it's guilty conscience?? After all the virus did originate in China and was spread by Chinese people travelling around the world while infected.