CoVid-19 Part VII - 169 cases ROI (2 deaths) 45 in NI (as of 15 March) *Read OP*

micks_address

Downlinz wrote: »

Really huge numbers from Germany, France and Spain today. It's like we've got 3 more Italy's now hitting crisis point at the same time.

If nothing else big numbers from g8 countries will hasten a vaccine and anti virals

Cilldara_2000

https://twitter.com/YoYo_Ma/status/1238572657278431234?s=20

Nice but I urge caution. Might be an emotional piece for some.

caveat emptor

fritzelly wrote: »

What a stupid thing to say

Is it really? There are plenty of infectious tropical diseases which no vaccine is available for. The main reason this is the case is financial return. Unfortunately it is not in companies interests to develop them. These diseases affect non white people disproportionally.

SARS was contained. This is not comparable in terms of the amount of resources globally being pumped in to find a vaccine.

We are not used to dealing with a deadly pathogen. Look up ebola , dengue fever or any major tropical disease.

Gods Gift

I love the way bars are putting up notices on Facebook that they’ve thought long and hard about closing. And have decided to do so for the safety of staff and customers. Tonight from 11.30. Not until they sucked the last of what they can get.
The 2 pubs I mostly go to closed last nite for the foreseeable future.

amadangomor

Gooey Looey wrote: »

Bill Gates predicted this years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Af6b_wyiwI

On the ball was auld Bill.

The idea of a trained medical reserve is a great idea. People could start the training in transition year maybe.

For example it looks like we don't have enough trained staff for the additional ventilators, would be great if we could call on a reserve of people trained for the likes of this.

hawkwing

Lottie Ryan looks like she just found the cure

weldoninhio

VinLieger wrote: »

Name and shame, report to the Gardai

Report what exactly? It’s not after hours? There is no legal impediment to a pub being open currently. Why waste his own and the Gardai’s time??

Kaisr Sose

obi604 wrote: »

Who cares really. Everyone just needs to learn to stay away from others for the next while.

Its all about this Al-C0h-01 thing. Peope need it in their lives but deny its a problem for them. Maybe we need new thread?

threeball

caveat emptor wrote: »

Yes but that was because no white people got it. / It was contained.

No it was because SARS only because infectious after a few days of symptoms so was easy to track and isolate the carriers. But don't let the truth get in the way of a good race based comment

Axfrderr

lawred2 wrote: »

GPs are part of the problem. Happily sending people into ED in exchange for 60quid and an easy life.

That really is a problem, many people then develop infections just from being in hospital.

Mullaghteelin

Just heard about a possible total curfew from Tuedsay onwards. Defence forces will be on patrol.
Apologies in advance if it's fake news.
We'll find out soon enough I guess.

weldoninhio

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I thought they could stay open till tomorrow so why would they even close the shutters?

Stop more people from entering?

leavingirl

Oh...

The false positive results for COVID are off the charts, according to this study published in a medical journal.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133832?fbclid=IwAR3KtTRFTp9eb0aA-8ThVONEMGeGhecOnjMJtIblbClp8ufahx71HOFSWdg

Akrasia

BarryD2 wrote: »

I've heard of another family thinking like this. Reported to have caused problems in Italy when people went off to holiday homes in the Alps/ seaside and spread it further.

As to travel, hard to see how the border here could be sealed - there are so many road crossings.

Couple of these on all the bothreens,
Army checkpoints on the main roads to allow essential freight to pass through

Rob A. Bank

paul71 wrote: »

Immunity comes with infection and recovery or vaccine. Most of what I have read says a vaccine normally takes a year to develop.

That is true... 12 to 18 months for a vaccine... the best chance we have now is that a new antiviral drug is developed quickly or that there is a positive result from some of the drug trials on infected patients in China.

Kermit.de.frog

George Lee saying reality is pubs and bars will be closed many weeks beyond the two weeks given.

codie

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

Just heard about a possible total curfew from Tuedsay onwards. Defence forces will be on patrol.
Apologies in advance if it's fake news.
We'll find out soon enough I guess.

I heard from a very reliable source the same. Tuesday is lockdown day

Cuckoo7

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

This is from last week :-

Spain has so far confirmed 430 cases of the virus – 60 of which originated among people who attended a funeral service in the Basque city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, according to Spain’s National Microbiology Centre.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/spanish-town-faces-police-lockdown-to-contain-coronavirus

And what a nightmare they have been, refusing quarantine to the point a special group of la guardia civil had to go to the village most of them live in to enforce the isolation.

New Home

Damn it, you blink and 500 posts fly past you.

milhous

Syncpolice wrote: »

Yep

Got sent in with a gp letter over nothing

Was 5pm gp in a rush home

Nurse wanted to know what I was doing there

So you met a gp that referred you inappropriately in your opinion, therefore, all GPs are terrible. The ppl working frontline and are referring people directly to get tested, you think they're part of the problem?

Tldr: The front line health care workers putting themselves and their family at risk are part of the problem. Ffs

Gael23

wakka12 wrote: »

New cases worldwide up about 2k over yesterday, 12.3k new cases today with 670 deaths.

How does that stack up I on other days?

1641

This is lethal and must be a big worry here:


"Six care home residents in Scotland have been diagnosed with coronavirus.

Highgate Care Home in North Lanarkshire said it had put in place “strict infection control measures” after it identified the positive cases of Covid-19.

Staff, residents and their families are being informed.

John Kirk, managing director of the care home, said: “The health, safety and wellbeing of our residents and colleagues is of paramount importance. As such, we are committed to doing everything we can to keep them safe.

“We are working closely with all the relevant bodies, including NHS Lanarkshire and Health Protection Scotland, as we implement our comprehensive contingency plan, which includes closing the home to all but absolutely essential visitors, and continuing to take steps to ensure the highest standards of hygiene and infection control.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/mar/15/coronavirus-latest-updates-trump-tests-negative-as-spain-orders-nationwide-lockdown-uk-us-australia-italy-europe-global-economy

fritzelly

codie wrote: »

I heard from a very reliable source the same. Tuesday is lockdown day

Reliable as in Whatsapp, Twitter, Facebook, friend of a friend of my seventh cousin removed who knows a friend of a guard

milhous

Axfrderr wrote: »

That really is a problem, many people then develop infections just from being in hospital.

Can I just say no one suspected of having covid19 is being referred to EDs by GPs... Or anyone.

YFlyer

Just back from Aldi Limerick. Fairly quiet there. Drinks section getting bare.

Atlantic Dawn

codie wrote: »

I heard from a very reliable source the same. Tuesday is lockdown day

I'm sure when the 5000 military vehicles and 50k personnel needed to do this are on the move social media will be full of pics.

Gael23

1641 wrote: »

That is certainly my understanding from this report:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-funerals-to-be-held-under-controlled-conditions-1.4202127

Yes burials are nit restricted as they are in an open air space

lawred2

milhous wrote: »

So you met a gp that referred you inappropriately in your opinion, therefore, all GPs are terrible. The ppl working frontline and are referring people directly to get tested, you think they're part of the problem?

Tldr: The front line health care workers putting themselves and their family at risk are part of the problem. Ffs

Pretty sure you've got the wrong end of the stick there

Seamai

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

George Lee saying reality is pubs and bars will be closed many weeks beyond the two weeks given.

While George revels in being the profit of doom, I'd say he's right on this one.

JP Liz V1

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

Just heard about a possible total curfew from Tuedsay onwards. Defence forces will be on patrol.
Apologies in advance if it's fake news.
We'll find out soon enough I guess.

I heard something similar and that army will be at supermarkets which will only open for a certain time period for so many