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

LadyMayBelle

billybonkers wrote: »

Brazil closing schools and universities

Link?

all about the mane

beggars_bush wrote: »

Need to urgently get a few military facilities e.g. military hospitals and barracks upgraded and ready to take the overflow of patients if needed

Exactly. Have to be proactive. Talk to Chinese authorities about acquiring equipment from now that they are coming out the far end. Plenty idle equipment in labs around the country that could be adapted for use.

YFlyer

Adrian Cummins CEO of the Irish Hotels (?) say that there is 240,000 employed within the industry. Surely that number is off?

rosiem

rosiem wrote: »

I don’t think this is true and without a source we should not be speculating on the conditions of the deceased.

My partner has IBD and this sort of scaremongering will panic people with bowel disease.

Anyone with serious underlying illness should be worried and take recommended necessary precautions. This virus is deadly to the old and infirm- that’s a fact; no scaremongering about it.

Blanco100

Equium wrote: »

2nd case announced in Trinity.

Where are you getting this from?

Stevieluvsye

LadyMayBelle wrote: »

Link?

Brazilschools.be

tobefrank321

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/universitytimes/status/1237880773694205952?s=20

Its insane our colleges are still open, up there with the delay cancelling flights which by the way the government didn't implement, waiting for the airlines to do it.

hotmail.com

Schools closing will lead to a surge in kids going to the cinema, shopping centres, bowling etc etc.

Axfrderr

hotmail.com wrote: »

Lockdown is an American term only recently inserted into our language.

Restrictions on daily life is probably a more accurate description of what's going on in Italy.

Not an answer.
People were encouraged to carry on as normal as much as possible, the opposite to what is happening in Milan today.
Comparing the situation during wwii to this pandemic is comparing apples and dolphins.

tobefrank321

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Fines would help big time with this.

How you going to enforce the fines?

Here's a game. Right now decide who can work and who can't. Who can leave their houses and for what reason.

No generic answers, be specific because if your going to quarantine people, mass internment under arrest and issue fines you better have very specific guidelines and rules.

Nijmegen

all about the mane wrote: »

Exactly. Have to be proactive. Talk to Chinese authorities about acquiring equipment from now that they are coming out the far end. Plenty idle equipment in labs around the country that could be adapted for use.

They already donated a load to Italy after fellow European countries declared they’d be keeping their own and not exporting it.

spookwoman

Blanco100 wrote: »

Where are you getting this from?

Look back and see link i posted

retro:electro

Heres Johnny wrote: »

A poster earlier said he knows her and its Crohns. Easy to miss posts here the thread moving so fast. RIP

That poster wasn’t being sincere

Heres Johnny

YFlyer wrote: »

Adrian Cummins CEO of the Irish Hotels (?) say that there is 240,000 employed within the industry. Surely that number is off?

Hospitality industry overall maybe, not hotels. But that would presumably include related industries such as food suppliers to hotels etc... Credible number.

sReq | uTeK

Corona virus has replaced Brexit.
Yes its a **** virus, no you're unlikely to contract it. BBC reckon because of the understated infection numbers the death rate could be closer to 1% bringing it in line with seasonal flu.

Stop panicking, be vigilant but my god stop the apocalypse discussion.

fritzelly

spookwoman wrote: »

https://twitter.com/universitytimes/status/1237880773694205952?s=20

So is this a new case, one of the ones confirmed today or what
This in the east, south, west is crap - they should be giving a narrower region - it's not like we can guess who it is

Quantum Erasure

Deleted User wrote: »

Slowing down the spread thus supporting our over worked heath service.

the spread of WWII?

PaybackPayroll

1800_Ladladlad wrote: »

They've stopped incubating those above 60.....



The is grim. Very sad.

sad and also utterly terrifying.
I really wished I had just gone to bed and not read the last few pages.

How many ventilators does Ireland have, and how long do they take to manufacture? - we need to throw everything at manufacturing these.

hotmail.com

Axfrderr wrote: »

Not an answer.
People were encouraged to carry on as normal as much as possible, the opposite to what is happening in Milan today.
Comparing the situation during wwii to this pandemic is comparing apples and dolphins.

Oh I wasn't disagreeing with you. I was taking issue with the word Lockdown. It's an inaccurate media term.

YFlyer

fritzelly wrote: »

Looking at that pic and can't but help seeing this

At least Ronaldo doesn't have tattoos, so he can donate blood.

Fleetwoodmac

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

This is an interesting read if you're into graphs etc... he asserts reason Taiwan Japan philipinnes aren't showing rate compared to say Italy demonstrates their experience from SARS in 2003, South Korea is an outlier. His twitter feed is proving interesting to follow.

More concerning, he asserts that the first death gives an indication of how long the person had the virus e.g. average 17.3 days.

davemckenna25

beggars_bush wrote: »

Need to urgently get a few military facilities e.g. military hospitals and barracks upgraded and ready to take the overflow of patients if needed

Won't happen. The Military hospitals don't have the facilities anymore after little to no investment over the last 10 to 15 years. Also we used to have field hospitals that could have been deployed and have previously been deployed overseas before but now due to the constant cutbacks these don't exist anymore.....

Also remember, the personnel in the Military will also get this virus and aren't immune to it so they will be stretched covering basic security duties without factoring in helping out prison staff and fire service...

Westernyelp

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

watching Claire Byrne the other night, or Prime Time, or the Tonight show with Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates.... constant Coronavirus discussion.

Can we keep this up for another few months?

They did it with Brexit

igCorcaigh

Chinese level measures certainty reduced R0 to well beyond 1.

Tentative signs of Italian measures, from the last week, has reduced transmission rates

This is a very controllable contagion. We could stop it now. In each country. We do not have to be Italy, or worse.

We really need a call to action (horrible phrase) right now.

beggars_bush

beggars_bush wrote: »

Need to urgently get a few military facilities e.g. military hospitals and barracks upgraded and ready to take the overflow of patients if needed

Do we have more than one, St Bricin's hospital is the only one I know of

twowheelsonly

all about the mane wrote: »

Exactly. Have to be proactive. Talk to Chinese authorities about acquiring equipment from now that they are coming out the far end. Plenty idle equipment in labs around the country that could be adapted for use.

The primary equipment used apparently is ventilators (which stands to reason given the nature of the symptoms). Will there be enough available at any one time is the big question.

pjohnson

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Its insane our colleges are still open, up there with the delay cancelling flights which by the way the government didn't implement, waiting for the airlines to do it.

Suprised Dr. Tony didnt start crying about flights being stopped. He doesnt like people taking action.

Sierra Oscar

Sierra Oscar wrote: »

The National Ambulance Service are testing people in their homes.

So.... Dealing with infected and not infected people?

Strazdas

Nijmegen wrote: »

That is how exponential growth works... great explainer video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kas0tIxDvrg

Yes, but even leading experts admit they have no idea what will happen with future growth of the virus.

Viruses are extremely unpredictable and can hit peaks and then go back into decline again (if we took the exponential growth theory to its logical conclusion, all 8bn people on the planet would be exposed to the virus within months).

rosiem

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Anyone with serious underlying illness should be worried and take recommended necessary precautions. This virus is deadly to the old and infirm- that’s a fact; no scaremongering about it.

It is indeed going to cause panic stating what the underlying condition of the poor deceased lady Is on a public forum with no proof never mind distasteful to speculate.

My partner in 40 not old or infirm but with the same disease but is taking all the precautions advised but they are worried and this is scaremongering.