CoVid-19 Part VIII - 292 cases ROI (2 deaths) 62 in NI (as of 17th March) *Read OP*

Kermit.de.frog

https://twitter.com/padnandos1/status/1238922699583479809

kenmc

Shn99 wrote: »

How long are we looking at do you reckon?

Well china have been battling this since before Xmas. It's now mid march, so that's around 3 months. Even allowing for a month for them to realize what they were seeking with, we're looking at mid may, 2 months before we start to emerge. Best case I think.

Harry Palmr

Nijmegen wrote: »

The UK science advisor said that they expected the peak in 2-3 months and subsidence to take 2-3 months more. May-June peak and July-October subsidence.

China went into lockdown two months ago now, is another way of looking at it, and is only gradually lifting restrictions.

Some also expect the infection rate to pick up again from November like seasonal flu. The view is that this virus is with us for good and that beyond any vaccine the general populous will build an immunity over the coming years but first we have to get to that point.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/15/uk-coronavirus-crisis-to-last-until-spring-2021-and-could-see-79m-hospitalised

“For the public to hear that it could last for 12 months, people are going to be really upset about that and pretty worried about that”, said Paul Hunter, a professor of medicine at the University of East Anglia.

“A year is entirely plausible. But that figure isn’t well appreciated or understood,” added Hunter, an expert in epidemiology.

“I think it will dip in the summer, towards the end of June, and come back in November, in the way that usual seasonal flu does. I think it will be around forever, but become less severe over time, as immunity builds up,” he added.

An Ri rua

solidasarock wrote: »

We need to start a rumor that WhatsApp will be taken offline to REALLY freak out the weirdos

I can confirm that the app formerly known as Bebo has been in self isolation for quite some time. Desperately hoping to catch a social virus....

drunkmonkey

kerrycork13 wrote: »

Thanks for your lovely and considerate reply. I really feel the reality of this is hitting me now. I'm glad to be here for my parents but so sad I can't see my own daughter.

Go see your daughter. Video call her at the very least.

fritzelly

kerrycork13 wrote: »

Thanks for your lovely and considerate reply. I really feel the reality of this is hitting me now. I'm glad to be here for my parents but so sad I can't see my own daughter.

A month or two away is tiny in comparison to the rest of her life - Skype keeps the contact going

appledrop

Omackeral wrote: »

Might as well be the first to say it on this thread.

iMaGiNe WhAt REeLiNg In ThE YeArS 2020 wIlL bE LiKe

Exactly was I was thinking today!

bekker

Strumms wrote: »

I’d rather a fûcked economy than a fücked population but try getting that idea through to big business and political dumb asses.

Afraid we may have a 241.

francie81

So what is it going to take for a complete lockdown more deaths? Hopefully when this is all over that it will make people with such mindsets realise that material is only material.

SharpshooterTom

I know a lot of people don't like the lazy and inaccurate comparisons to the flu but just out of curiosity how many people die from the flu annually in Ireland does anyone know?

J. Marston

Jake1 wrote: »

sorry if already posted, the American guy stashing hand sanitizer has had it seized,

https://twitter.com/minhtngo/status/1239284711916072960

also may face charges

https://twitter.com/HunterHoagland/status/1239292003466305537?s=20

They should make an example of that guy, give him the full brunt of the law to dissuade others from doing the same if/when it gets worse.

fritzelly

Jake1 wrote: »

sorry if already posted, the American guy stashing hand sanitizer has had it seized,

https://twitter.com/minhtngo/status/1239284711916072960

also may face charges

https://twitter.com/HunterHoagland/status/1239292003466305537?s=20

Too right the sad fecker - was going around all the small shops as well clearing out their stock in small towns

Ulysses Gaze

Deleted User wrote: »

What’s the best beer to eat crisps with? :P

Duff

Abba987

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Does a virus burn itself out ? Or is that it will reduce in the summer but it will come back again in the winter and become what we call endemic, in that it will spread pretty much everywhere.”

Yes without a host. But thats extremely unlikely even with the most extreme lockdown if essential services are maintained.

Our best chance is slowing it down to allow our health services to cope until a vaccine is developed

I thought 9/11 was the scariest thing i would ever see. This is so much closer

niallo27

Renjit wrote: »

It may be an outlier. The virus was pussyfooting around :pac:

Only 3% in Wuhan got it and it was more widespread there.

Strumms

bekker wrote: »

Afraid we may have a 241.

Yep, it’s sure as shît looking this way. However this pans out, remember never fûcking vote FG again.

fritzelly

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

Does a virus burn itself out ? Or is that it will reduce in the summer but it will come back again in the winter and become what we call endemic, in that it will spread pretty much everywhere.”

That's a saying - if there are no hosts then its stopped in tracks, as happened with SARS from a few years ago

jamesf85

fritzelly wrote: »

The whole of Europe preferably the world needs to go on lockdown for a month and let it burn itself out

It's the only way really to stop it - reality is that is not how the world works so always a chance it comes back from a visitor from a still infected country so ban all visitors from outside Europe for another month

That's my thinking too.

Say we implement a 3 month total lockdown and we manage to contain it, basically nobody works and the economy is completely crippled, everybody stays in isolation and we get rid of it here. It means we can't interact with anyone else in the world then until there's a vaccine in place.

Everyone in the planet needs to be on the same page or else we can't open up our borders because we'll be right back to where we were last week.

threeball

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

It will hit home even further when someone '' high up'' becomes a victim, whether a celebrity, or politician

All 3 presidential hopefuls are high risk

Airyfairy12

Anyone else seeing comments and posts from people on social media who have symptoms but cant get help? Ive seen about 4 today, one woman said she called her gp, the helplines and called for an ambulance as shes really sick and finding it hard to breath but cant get anyone to test her or help her. She was given tablets but said theyre only making her worse. Her child has an underlying condition and he's very sick too with same symptoms. She said she's been ringing and ringing the gp and helpline but its just going around in circles and no ones answering the helpline number.
Another guy said his flatmate tested positive but no one else in the flat was tested or contacted. This is the most worrying part of this imo. I know form having to call an ambulance for my dad a few months ago, the ambulance didnt show up for 40 minutes, he lives 10 minute walk from the hospital. Our health care system is a shambles and that will be what kills people during this epidemic, not the virus.

kerrycork13

JDD wrote: »

Jesus, that’s a tough decision. I would limit your face to face visits to once a month, Skype at other times. Try to have the face to face visits outdoors, do all the hand washing obvs. You need to get her mam on board so that they’re social distancing as much as possible too. Good luck man!

Thanks.

A reality for many others now I believe. The fact she is an only child and her mam is a teacher in her school might help and there is no one else in the house also. I feel her mom whom I've yet to talk to is very responsible so she will be taking the necessary precautions.

Whatever about anything else one thing this virus will teach us is the reality of thinking of the consequences of our actions before we act can be lifesaving.

Omackeral

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

I know a lot of people don't like the lazy and inaccurate comparisons to the flu but just out of curiosity how many people die from the flu annually in Ireland does anyone know?

Not sure but I know that your typical person thinks a flu is a cold or a runny nose that you get and can still go to work. An flu renders you in absolute bits and keeps ya bed bound mostly.

Strazdas

jamesf85 wrote: »

That's my thinking too.

Say we implement a 3 month total lockdown and we manage to contain it, basically nobody works and the economy is completely crippled, everybody stays in isolation and we get rid of it here. It means we can't interact with anyone else in the world then until there's a vaccine in place.

Everyone in the planet needs to be on the same page or else we can't open up our borders because we'll be right back to where we were last week.

You couldn't have a three month lockdown : that in itself would probably kill a lot of people, never mind the virus.

jam_mac_jam

ThomasFlynn wrote: »

I know a lot of people don't like the lazy and inaccurate comparisons to the flu but just out of curiosity how many people die from the flu annually in Ireland does anyone know?

Google it. It's come up about one hundred times.

ShooterSF

Lundstram wrote: »

Spare a thought for all those pub workers - bar staff, cleaners and security guards who will wake up in the morning without a job through no fault of their own. Particulalry the full-time staff, I was one myself many moons ago. Their future looks bleak.

It is not ideal but we will all get through it. And in a macabre way we'll be better off than some other public facing staff that can't be made unemployed. Things will pick up, people will want pints and those of us that can pour them will be back behind that stick, cursing it and loving it in alternating bouts

Hobgoblin11

I watched the movie Contagion today , bullsh1te , a real
Virus movie will come out of this whole lark, something to look forward to, parasite 2

ITman88

fritzelly wrote: »

That seems a ridiculously low number - if you have 4 kids

Hahah this was funnier than it should be

owlbethere

niallo27 wrote: »

I posted this last night but i think it was lost but is it not odd that only 20% on the princess cruise tested postive even though more than likely more than 80% to 90% should have been. It was rampant on it.

That is very bizarre. I'm baffled by this, truly am.

ForestFire

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Boards.ie will surely have to be take offline soon, all these posts about Covid 19 must be seeping into the bytes that enter our phones and 'puters :eek:

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Apparently if you quote a post, it’s an instant infection :eek:

Jesus that's a it harsh, what would they do for a multi quote!!

cnocbui

branie2 wrote: »

I heard that the virus was manmade

I heard it was this chic, an apple and a snake.

ITman88

ShooterSF wrote: »

It is not ideal but we will all get through it. And in a macabre way we'll be better off than some other public facing staff that can't be made unemployed. Things will pick up, people will want pints and those of us that can pour them will be back behind that stick, cursing it and loving it in alternating bouts

Quiet an uplifting post if I’m honest. Good health my friend

Widdensushi

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

I watched the movie Contagion today , bullsh1te , a real
Virus movie will come out of this whole lark, something to look forward to, parasite 2

try kingdom

Syncpolice

ForestFire wrote: »

Jesus that's a it harsh, what would they do for a multi quote!!

Infects everyone you're quoting

Clarence Boddiker

If the announcement does come tomorrow, remember all the Journalists like this one who are lying to you

bekker

Strazdas wrote: »

You couldn't have a three month lockdown : that in itself would probably kill a lot of people, never mind the virus.

That's the dilemma all governments are facing.

appledrop

Hobgoblin11 wrote: »

I watched the movie Contagion today , bullsh1te , a real
Virus movie will come out of this whole lark, something to look forward to, parasite 2

Outbreak is a much better film.

Or if you have Netflix watch Pandemic.

ldy4mxonucwsq6

hawkwing wrote: »

Pam and her 5 friends

No thumbs allowed or pinkies, you decide....

Harry Palmr

Abba987 wrote: »

I thought 9/11 was the scariest thing i would ever see. This is so much closer

Perspective is everything and after this is got on top of the threat posed by various gun toting religious nutters and cult extremists is going to seem very small beer indeed.

Harry Palmr

Clarence Boddiker wrote: »

If the announcement does come tomorrow, remember all the Journalists like this one who are lying to you

and if it doesn't you should be perma-banned from boards.

ITman88

bekker wrote: »

Afraid we may have a 241.

A correlation exists between a healthy economy and healthy population, we need to understand that

Omackeral

Those messages on whatsapp though.

''Omg the Fire Brigade will even be doing the ambulance people's work!'' Em yes, they do that anyway every night of the week you absolute fuck-knuckle.

washman3

niallo27 wrote: »

I posted this last night but i think it was lost but is it not odd that only 20% on the princess cruise tested postive even though more than likely more than 80% to 90% should have been. It was rampant on it.

Of that 20% how many survived.?
Should be out of quarantine by now.

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/increased-resources-to-tackle-mental-health-impact-of-outbreak-1.4203738?mode=amp

Good message here on mental health.

Most people will never have been through a crisis like this and may be worried about the restrictions etc.

Heres Johnny

In relation to the government financial help today where an employer paay the staff 203 euro a week and can claim it back, is this just for firms that cease trading? It says that on their website and the lady announcing it said it on the news too.

1) How could a company that has ceased trading pay staff?

2) I am pretty sure we will have a huge drop off in orders tomorrow which will result in a chat about how many staff we can keep. I don't believe there is a chance we will go bust and I want to keep as many staff as possible. We have about 75 in Ireland. Could we lay off 10 or 20 or 30 or 40, continue trading and avail of this scheme, if we can afford it that is. We will probably be delaying our VAT and PAYE payments for cash flow as was announced earlier last week too

ITman88

Strazdas wrote: »

You couldn't have a three month lockdown : that in itself would probably kill a lot of people, never mind the virus.

The breakdown of the family unit would occur soon after week 2!!!

tobefrank321

fritzelly wrote: »

That seems a ridiculously low number - if you have 4 kids

Which is what percentage of the population?

Basically means a ban on extended family gatherings, house parties, kids parties and the like.

Not for everyone of course. Imo gatherings of 10, 20, 50 people etc are risky if even one person is infected.

igCorcaigh

ITman88 wrote: »

Quiet an uplifting post if I’m honest. Good health my friend

This has brought out the best in people, some stupidity aside. It may make us question our ways and put the wellbeing of people first. I hope.

jam_mac_jam

appledrop wrote: »

Outbreak is a much better film.

Or if you have Netflix watch Pandemic.

I liked contagion. Found it quite realistic. Outbreak is very good though.

branie2

I really enjoyed Contagion as well

Omackeral

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Outbreak is very good though.

Brave choice of words on here.