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

Omackeral

spookwoman wrote: »

oh ffs

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1238440336239845383?s=20

Why doesn't the Pope get the big man upstairs to stop this aul' virus? Or is it a test/plague? What do churches say about things like this out of curiosity?

facehugger99

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Its impossible to say that Boris is wrong NOW ,

These things will only be know in a year or two down the line ,

Apparently the social-media experts have more knowledge than the chief medical and scientific officers that advise Boris.

spookwoman

https://twitter.com/echolivecork/status/1238441657093230592?s=20

Drumpot

frillyleaf wrote: »

We aren’t on lockdown. We’ve just restricted movement. In my opinion it could make a huge difference if we slow this. Scientists all over the world are trying different treatments and hopefully there will be a breakthrough to help treat patients etc.

In my opinion we should be screening and quarantining people coming in from heavily affected regions to slow it down. But we still haven’t done this.

I would consider this a period of staged lock-down which was always the way a democracy was going to have to do it (if they weren't taking an Asian mass testing and strategies well in advance approach). Over the coming days I would expect us to be like Italy where only food shops and Pharmacys are open.

landofthetree

Boggles wrote: »

You'd be looking at a death rate that a society or country would take a long time to come back from.

100s 1000s of loved ones left to choke to death on their own mucus would lead to the bringing down of society.

Bojo would be hung from parliament.

It's hilarious electing the likes of Trump and Boris.

Not so funny now.

Its Hobson's choice.

If they went for the shutdown they will have a huge budget deficit. Public sector wages would have to be cut temporarily till a vaccine comes along at least,

Ireland is facing huge austerity once again and eventually everyone will get the virus.


We are screwed either way.

People are dreaming if they think shutting down for a few weeks will stop it. We would have to shut down till a vaccine comes along.

whisky_galore

The One Doctor wrote: »

Closing the NI border would be a good idea right now.

The British army tried that during the Troubles and failed hopelessly.

Boggles

Pope giving out about mass been canceled as he just IPTV'd his own.

:rolleyes:

Omackeral

The One Doctor wrote: »

Closing the NI border would be a good idea right now.

How many crossings are there? Unofficial or lesser known ones? Commuters. Political sensitivities. Big operation.

sterz

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/echolivecork/status/1238441657093230592?s=20

Use of the word 'alarming' isn't really that helpful, is it.

FutureGuy

The government needs to close pubs.

The younger people clearly don’t give a ****.

dummy_crusher

Duke of Url wrote: »

2

One in Naas

One in Cork

Source?

ArchXStanton

FutureGuy wrote: »

The government needs to close pubs.

The younger people clearly don’t give a ****.

More shots...woop woop

I Am The Law

dummy_crusher wrote: »

Source?

Source?

tobefrank321

But its not just the elderly who are at risk in the UK, its anyone who is high risk.

I can see thousands of cv infected people fleeing the UK for Ireland and the States. At some stage we will have to restrict travel.

Leo needs to tell Johnson in the strongest possible terms his approach is wrong.

Boggles

If asking people to social distance is not working, they will be told soon enough.

The One Doctor

niallo27 wrote: »

Its going spike anyway. The death rate will be tiny though, you cant dispute that.

If you assume a 65% infection rate, that means 110,000 will die in Ireland based on a 3.5% death rate.

Tiny, you say.

Tootsie_1

Gynoid wrote: »

Who took the photo?

Earth cam

Spook_ie

Will Liverpool FC miss out on premiership title then? surely they can't be that ****in unlucky!

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-premier-league-and-all-other-english-football-fixtures-suspended-until-april-11956889

jackboy

FutureGuy wrote: »

The government needs to close pubs.

The younger people clearly don’t give a ****.

Closing pubs and restaurants will lead to mass job losses.

completedit

I love the way the media reports on the cases of those infected, as if it’s certain death. It’s probably my association with the word diagnosed. But even still.

niallo27

If the amount of people who have it is probably ten fold the amount that tested positive, then does this also mean the 5% that need serious hospitalization should be closer to 0.5% unless there are people dieing at home which I very much doubt at this stage.

dummy_crusher

I Am The Law wrote: »

Source?

Do you have a problem with me requesting him to back up his claim of another death in the country?

gmisk

Gynoid wrote: »

Who took the photo?

No one....it's from a webcam...it says in the corner lol

tobefrank321

facehugger99 wrote: »

Apparently the social-media experts have more knowledge than the chief medical and scientific officers that advise Boris.

Haven't you learned from this that scientific experts advising governments are wrong much of the time?

Just look at the experts who advised our government to keep flights to Northern Italy open and that it was pointless to stop them. The WHO experts advised similar.

A 5 year could tell you this was bad advice.

sparkle109

The One Doctor wrote: »

Closing the NI border would be a good idea right now.

What border is that? Flights still incoming too.would make zero sense. Plus around the border there are hospital agreements where patients in Donegal can be seen in Derry etc

FutureGuy

jackboy wrote: »

Closing pubs and restaurants will lead to mass job losses.

Not closing them TEMPORARILY will result in mass deaths.

Tacitus Kilgore

I Am The Law wrote: »

Source?

Sorcerer

Naggdefy

No one wants to hear about some BS Liverpool/Man Utd etc rivalry.

Anyone who thinks it's great because their rival English football team has an asterisk beside it's title win this year needs more than testing for the Corona virus.

ShayNanigan

Well looks like all the schools are not closed. Music schools and other similar educational places still open. You'd think they'd close thinking about the amount of students going in and out for their lessons all day but I guess it's about money.

Class MayDresser

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Sorcerer

Yes please, your finest China.