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

littlemac1980

Lashes28 wrote: »

Plenty of restaurants,hair dressers and nail bars closing down this evening for two weeks.

It’ll be much much longer than that they are shut I suspect.

amadangomor

Addle wrote: »

Shocked at the amount of families out and about today.
Parents/Guardians-please keep your little virus spreaders at home!

No harm getting out for some fresh air as long as they limit being in enclosed places and keep their distance from people.

Mortelaro

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1238517577510465537?s=19

Strazdas

Addle wrote: »

Shocked at the amount of families out and about today.
Parents/Guardians-please keep your little virus spreaders at home!

Well the Prof on Liveline was saying that as long as families stay together and keep their distance from others, the risk is low.

The same small groups sticking together is okay. What you don't want is to be coming into close contact with new people.

ZX7R

dinorebel wrote: »

No we're expecting them to be closed.

Unless we have 200 new cases before then I can't see them been closed

CIARAN_BOYLE

murphaph wrote: »

That's across the whole country but what use is an undertaker or grave digger in Sicily to you in Milan?!

Didn't I read something about them moving to mandatory cremations for coronavirus victims?

is_that_so

littlemac1980 wrote: »

Blind misplaced optimism is the only reason I can think of.

"Covid-19: HSE says 'delay phase' well planned for" was on RTE feed this morning, Paul Reid gave a speech about it.

ironingbored

On the phone with my Italian mother-in-law in Piedmont (south).

The lock down has prevented other areas of Italy from suffering the same fate as Lombardy.

Feel better that we have taken serious yet sensible action early.

43 victims in total in Piedmont.

130 patients in ICU.

Similar population to Ireland 4.4m.

iamwhoiam

Addle wrote: »

Shocked at the amount of families out and about today.
Parents/Guardians-please keep your little virus spreaders at home!

Where were they ? Then i see no issue in bringing children out to a large park or empty beach or a walk in a forest .
Different of course if they are in packed shops or busy cafes

FutureGuy

It’s an utter joke. People on the streets and in pets taking this as seriously as a headcold.

Then government have to step in and get them all to close.

littlemac1980

Mortelaro wrote: »

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1238517577510465537?s=19

Truly terrifying, and all ahead of us!

amadangomor

youreadthat wrote: »

How do people like you actually exist?

What did he say that was in any way incorrect. That is the policy the Tories are pursuing.

Professor Moriarty

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Didn't I read something about them moving to mandatory cremations for coronavirus victims?

Facebook?

littlemac1980

is_that_so wrote: »

"Covid-19: HSE says 'delay phase' well planned for" was on RTE feed this morning, Paul Reid gave a speech about it.

Words now won’t change their past incompetencies.

Mortelaro

amadangomor wrote: »

No harm getting out for some fresh air as long as they limit being in enclosed places and keep their distance from people.

Dublin city centre pubs are jammers this evening
No social fucking distancing whatsoever :mad:

bilston

Mortelaro wrote: »

https://twitter.com/newschambers/status/1238517577510465537?s=19

One very small crumb of comfort is that that represents 114 fewer new cases compared to yesterday.

Of course the official figures, certainly for confirmed cases, are probably nowhere near the reality, however they will represent the more serious cases.

Let's see what tomorrow brings.

perrito caliente

Nothing like a pint on a Friday evening. Pub filling up now.

https://imgur.com/a/994dJMs

lawred2

Addle wrote: »

Shocked at the amount of families out and about today.
Parents/Guardians-please keep your little virus spreaders at home!

Of course you being out and about is no issue.

Same ballpark as those pulling into a supermarket car park and then tweeting that everyone who got there before them with the same idea was "panic buying"

facehugger99

Addle wrote: »

Shocked at the amount of families out and about today.
Parents/Guardians-please keep your little virus spreaders at home!

Keep them locked in a wardrobe at home. A tube run through the keyhole can be used to feed them.

Strazdas

FutureGuy wrote: »

It’s an utter joke. People on the streets and in pets taking this as seriously as a headcold.

Then government have to step in and get them all to close.

Walking along the street or around a park is absolutely fine.

What you don't want to be doing is sitting right beside someone new in a cafe, pub or restaurant (I'd say buses and trains are problematic too).

bilston

ironingbored wrote: »

On the phone with my Italian mother-in-law in Piedmont (south).

The lock down has prevented other areas of Italy from suffering the same fate as Lombardy.

Feel better that we have taken serious yet sensible action early.

Yeah, but what happens when the lockdown ends? Or does the lockdown just go on forever?

FutureGuy

perrito caliente wrote: »

Nothing like a pint on a Friday evening. Pub filling up now.

https://imgur.com/a/994dJMs

I hope you don’t catch it and then end up in hosiptal in a few weeks.

DOCARCH

Mortelaro wrote: »

Dublin city centre pubs are jammers this evening
No social fucking distancing whatsoever :mad:

If the pubs themselves do not control this, they will find themselves shut early (at least) in the coming days.

kowloon

Strazdas wrote: »

The same small groups sticking together is okay. What you don't want is to be coming into close contact with new people.

That sounds like my regular life.

dominatinMC

Turtwig wrote: »

This misconception is really dangerous. We have got to stop comparing population size and
absolute numbers. It's the growth rate and behavior of individual clusters that's important.

Simon Harris, actually explained this rather well. We may see a prominent cluster in one area of the country that requires more extreme measures than elsewhere.

The absolute number of cases in a country isn't important. All things being equal containment wise an infection in Dublin, New York, London, Milan, Wuhan would grow at very similar rates .e.g
1, 20, 2000, 20,000, 200,00

If a city had less infected it likely means they're just days or weeks behind in the growth cycle.

The "health" of the region needs to be assessed by how much the number of cases is growing.
NOT the % population infected.

Genuinely curious about this. I know the absolute numbers can't be compared. But can the growth rate really be the same across all those cities you mentioned? I would have assumed the growth rate would be based on a multitude of variables, population density being an important one. But I would be interested to hear how it is determined

littlemac1980

is_that_so wrote: »

"Covid-19: HSE says 'delay phase' well planned for" was on RTE feed this morning, Paul Reid gave a speech about it.

Words now might persuade the sheep, but won’t make up for past and continuing incompetencies. I feel so sorry for frontline health care staff. It is going to be a 24/7 s**tshow for months. 24/7 and everyday increasing critical cases.

is_that_so

UK now considering/looking at school closures.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/mar/13/coronavirus-school-closures-uk-gdp-ministers-warned

Kermit.de.frog

perrito caliente wrote: »

Nothing like a pint on a Friday evening. Pub filling up now.

https://imgur.com/a/994dJMs

Tell them Kermit sent yeh to sort them out

ironingbored

bilston wrote: »

Yeah, but what happens when the lockdown ends? Or does the lockdown just go on forever?

In Ireland? I imagine it will be extended until after Easter. at the earliest.

completedit

I honestly don’t know what to think about the situation. I don’t want to be someone who is a panic merchant but same time want to think of the greater good.

If old people are walking around town tho, what are we to do as young people?