Covid19 Part XV - 15,251 in ROI (610 deaths) 2,645 in NI (194 deaths) (19/04) Read OP

John.Icy

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1251832822366601217

Fergal hasn't gone back yet to say he forgot a zero...someone please tell me he forgot a zero. Looks like Germany are just doing testing for us by now rather than clearing backlog, 40% of the workload?

EDIT: HSE have said the backlog is cleared.

Drumpot

declanflynn wrote: »

At the moment it looks like Sweden's approach is wrong, but time may prove it not to be any worse than our approach and the cost of their approach must be way lower to the state, but should financial cost be ignored for a while

I think financial costs will always be a factor, the question is to what degree. I do not believe any country will bankrupt itself to stop this virus.

A massive sin of this outbreak would be to learn nothing which to he honest I’m not sure many western democracies will learn as we are generally a reactionary lot. We have to pay more now economically and democratically because we failed to have any provisions in place and have not valued any sort of emergency response strategy on any capacity.

ACitizenErased

Backlog is completely gone according to Fergal Bowers.

Kilboor

Jaysus...

https://youtu.be/-Vow3Y5y2Eg

drunkmonkey

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Backlog is completely gone according to Fergal Bowers.

We should probably see a drop in cases then as less people have been going for testing. It can't have spread much over the last couple of weeks in the community.

podgeandrodge

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We should probably see a drop in cases then as less people have been going for testing. It can't have spread much over the last couple of weeks in the community.

Hopefully that should be the case. But if community transmission is practically zero, as per CMO, one wonders whether masks play as big a part in preventing transmission among people reasonably socially distancing as originally thought. And supermarket transmission as well, which appears to be a minor risk once distancing is observed.

ACitizenErased

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We should probably see a drop in cases then as less people have been going for testing. It can't have spread much over the last couple of weeks in the community.

I’m pretty convinced we’ll see numbers drop

speckle

YFlyer wrote: »

One of my conspiracy theory friends put a chart on his Facebook page that Yemen have zero deaths. I had to tell him that there have been no tests done in the country.

He was questioning my source. I'm a sheep....lol

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/ministry-health-aden-confirms-first-case-covid-19-yemen-enar

Pitch n Putt

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I’m pretty convinced we’ll see numbers drop

More likely they’ll probably find another couple of hundred false negatives and blind is with science about how this could happen.

Numbers would want to be dropping sharply from midweek onwards to show that our half lockdown was worth it.

Questions will be asked if still reporting 6-700 cases this time next week.

nocoverart

Touchwood when this is all over I’ll want to hug even random Humans I meet, and I wasn’t a big fan of Humans to begin with.

podgeandrodge

Not a Stone's fan, but pretty cool

https://twitter.com/i/status/1251677355401187334

theballz

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Backlog is completely gone according to Fergal Bowers.

I've been waiting for two weeks for my results. Fergal is wrong.

John.Icy

John.Icy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1251832822366601217

Fergal hasn't gone back yet to say he forgot a zero...someone please tell me he forgot a zero. Looks like Germany are just doing testing for us by now rather than clearing backlog, 40% of the workload?

EDIT: HSE have said the backlog is cleared.

OK, so the 1,000 per day figures seems accurate. Now, demand probably means there isn't that many people looking for a test which explains the low total number to be fair. But only ~600 done a day on these shores? And need Germany to do the rest? That is a weird drop in system output in Irish labs, 26 of them working on 600 tests. Even before the promised increase in testing the NVRL was doing around 1500 lab tests a day?


EDIT: Removed 7,000 a day number, he had moved onto swabs per day rather than lab test, my error.

blade1

Some morons going to church over in Georgia.
Taking communion from a shared spoon.

Professor Moriarty

blade1 wrote: »

Some morons going to church over in Georgia.
Taking communion from a shared spoon.

Average IQ to rise in Georgia soon.

Speak Now

1000 seems ridiculously low where ever they are being processed.

s1ippy

Kilboor wrote: »

Jaysus...

https://youtu.be/-Vow3Y5y2Eg

Ugh

This thread was always pitiful but it's in the toilet over the weekend. There's no point in posting anything of any relevance because it gets lost in the mire of utter sh!t, people saying the government are doing great and need to reopen the country seem to be completely dedicated to swamping any actual content. Facts posted are dutifully shot down by the same people, especially around ten cretins in particular, who are in total denial.

Reopen the pubs by all means and offer employees extremely generous terms if they want to risk their health and go back to work. Then off with the **** who want amass in their droves. On the way in you get one of those stamps they were doing in India that lasts for two weeks. If you have one of those stamps when you arrive at the hospital, no good, you made the choice to go out, you chose to spread this.

I'm obviously being facetious, i don't wish this virus on anyone, but in this case only because of the impact they would have spreading it in the community to their families.

Sending primary age children into their schools, on the other hand, is unforgivable. It's a lambs to the slaughter situation. There is NO way of implementing effective social distancing with children under a certain age, especially in special needs settings. Transport would also pose a huge risk as many special needs students travel together on buses in to school.

Utterly flabbergasted today by the stupidity of Simon Harris... apparently just spitballing about gambling with people's lives, slinging sh!t at the wall so Concannon can see what sticks. Never mind coughing at him, I'd kick him in his quivering pathetic face if I saw him. Or definitely have a frank and urgent discussion with him about the wide-reaching ramifications of his thoughtless and inconsiderate behaviour.

blade1

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Average IQ to rise in Georgia soon.

God is great!

sonofenoch

Nobody saw that coming..

BorneTobyWilde

Do you think travel will resume into Europe by May 20th

Hobgoblin11

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Do you think travel will resume into Europe by May 20th

never stopped but i cant see people going on holidays

Paddygreen

Gynoid wrote: »

I think the woohooing is a step too far as your spittle is dangerous and unauthorised. Do you have a little fold out chair on the landing? Mind you don't fall off it and trip down the stairs. Be careful and stay vigilant.

I have my mask on when I woohoo and my landing window is at least five meters away from the road. Other clappers are social distancing too so I don't see a problem with this when we clap and cheer for our healthcare heros who are on the frontline on the War on Coronavirus during this emergency crisis. I was just saying the other day how wonderful it is that our heros have posted countless choreographed dance routines online, they need to do things like that at a time like this when the grim reaper is around every corner. Takes their minds off it.

easypazz

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Do you think travel will resume into Europe by May 20th

There is still travel to Europe.

But 20000 heading to Spain every week, zero chance.

walshb

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Do you think travel will resume into Europe by May 20th

General travel like before? Not a chance!!!

BorneTobyWilde

easypazz wrote: »

There is still travel to Europe.

But 20000 heading to Spain every week, zero chance.

I have an appointment in Madrid, business not pleasure. Of course that business is closed, but if it were to reopen, would it be advisable to attend that appointment if it was available.

easypazz

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

I have an appointment in Madrid, business not pleasure. Of course that business is closed, but if it were to reopen, would it be advisable to attend that appointment if it was available.

No point in asking us, nobody has a crystal ball.

You could be facing 14-28 days quarantine in Spain, so its best head off now.

And you be facing the same on the way home.

Who knows?

ACitizenErased

theballz wrote: »

I've been waiting for two weeks for my results. Fergal is wrong.

Technically you’re not part of the “backlog”. The “backlog” is cases prior to two weeks ago.

MadYaker

Do we know if there are many cases in our somewhat overcrowded prisons? You'd expect it to spread rapidly in an environment like that.

speckle

zinfandel wrote: »

It’s not confusing at all ��
11. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…
12. Stay 2 metres away from tigers (see point 11.).

Best laugh all week.. laughing while my fluffy friend sits 2meters away looking at me in that way that only they can do... 'my human has gone bonkers mad... the virus must have got them after all...I hope they dont give it to me..I am outta here to self quareenteen up a tree..'

zinfandel

Pitch n Putt wrote: »

More likely they’ll probably find another couple of hundred false negatives and blind is with science about how this could happen.

Numbers would want to be dropping sharply from midweek onwards to show that our half lockdown was worth it.

Questions will be asked if still reporting 6-700 cases this time next week.

I think with all the extra testing going on in nursing homes and institutions , the overall numbers will not be shrinking for a bit, but those in general population should be.

Cork Boy 53

Paddygreen wrote: »

I have my mask on when I woohoo and my landing window is at least five meters away from the road. Other clappers are social distancing too so I don't see a problem with this when we clap and cheer for our healthcare heros who are on the frontline on the War on Coronavirus during this emergency crisis. I was just saying the other day how wonderful it is that our heros have posted countless choreographed dance routines online, they need to do things like that at a time like this when the grim reaper is around every corner. Takes their minds off it.

This is very commendable and considerate of you but does your mask meet the approved quality standard? Also are you following the correct procedures for putting on and taking off your mask and washing/sanitizing your hands before and after doing so?

Gynoid

Paddygreen wrote: »

I have my mask on when I woohoo and my landing window is at least five meters away from the road. Other clappers are social distancing too so I don't see a problem with this when we clap and cheer for our healthcare heros who are on the frontline on the War on Coronavirus during this emergency crisis. I was just saying the other day how wonderful it is that our heros have posted countless choreographed dance routines online, they need to do things like that at a time like this when the grim reaper is around every corner. Takes their minds off it.

That's a relief Paddy. It cheers me to think you might also be doing a choreographed dance routine while woohooing in your mask on the landing. Stay strong.

blade1

UK 596 deaths.
Coming down a bit anyway.

ek motor

NegativeCreep wrote: »

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/broadways-nick-cordero-to-have-leg-amputated-after-coronavirus-complications-994821.html

Broadway actor to lose his leg due to coronavirus complications. This is terrible. It’s also the first I’ve heard of any amputations due to the virus. Has this happened before?

I dont know if its happened before , but its being postulated that SARS-CoV2 could cause blood clotting.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294809

Gynoid

easypazz wrote: »

There is still travel to Europe.

But 20000 heading to Spain every week, zero chance.

I saw a picture but I won't post it, purporting to be of an airport in Romania with the place absolutely jammers, cheek to jowl stuff, supposedly of people coming to Europe to pick vegerables and fruit.

joe40

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/coronavirus-japan-death-toll-covid-19-cases-hospitals-ppe-latest-updates-a9472656.html
I thought Japan was one of the countries doing well in this crisis. Obviously I was wrong.

expectationlost

theballz wrote: »

I've been waiting for two weeks for my results. Fergal is wrong.

The backlog of testing for Covid-19 has been eliminated, according to the Health Service Executive.

the HSE made that claim not Fergal Bowers https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1251855114182242306

eagle eye

Danzy wrote:

They did do that and it was the correct course of action.

So.just to clarify, you are saying the government is responsible for hundreds of deaths and that's a good thing?

ek motor

ek motor wrote: »

I dont know if its happened before , but its being postulated that SARS-CoV2 could cause blood clotting.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32294809

I had been reading a Lancet article about viral sepsis due to SARS-CoV2, which postulates it’s the cause of death in the majority of fatal cases. Sepsis involves blood clotting and consequent death of tissues.

zinfandel

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Do you think travel will resume into Europe by May 20th

god no....

gabeeg

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Technically you’re not part of the “backlog”. The “backlog” is cases prior to two weeks ago.

So then what are we going to call the backlog that theballz is in?

polesheep

growleaves wrote: »

Paddygreen's posts are not mere trolling as they have a subtle satirical edge IMO.

Yes, that's true. I should have explained better.

deisedevil

expectationlost wrote: »

the HSE made that claim not Fergal Bowers https://twitter.com/FergalBowers/status/1251855114182242306

The HSE are making it up. I know of people waiting on test results and more in nursing homes waiting on swabs along with healthcare workers. If the backlog is indeed cleared then there should be no bother getting results back to people waiting over a week and getting people swabbed. There's been a lot of dishonesty with regard to the testing situation and it's a real shame. There is no need for it.

DevilsHaircut

Possibly related to blood clotting.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1251178889713516545

growleaves

Malawi high court blocks coronavirus lockdown

A Malawi high court has temporarily barred the government from implementing a 21-day lockdown to curb coronavirus following a petition by a human rights group.

Justice Kenyatta Nyirenda on Friday set aside the lockdown in response to a challenge by the Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), which argued that more consultation was needed to prevent harm to the poorest and most vulnerable of society.

Small-scale traders, often young people, had been staging protests in the three major cities against the planned lockdown, initially due to begin on Saturday, carrying placards declaring that it would be better to contract the virus than die of hunger because they are unable to work.

bekker

gabeeg wrote: »

So then what are we going to call the backlog that theballz is in?

Since it's split from the Official Backlog it must be the Provisional Backlog or PB.

ZX7R

drunkmonkey wrote: »

We should probably see a drop in cases then as less people have been going for testing. It can't have spread much over the last couple of weeks in the community.

Don't forget the HSE has started testing all person's and staff in nursing homes across the country.
Don't be surprised to see higher than expected numbers of new cases due to this

gabeeg

bekker wrote: »

Since it's split from the Main Backlog it must be the Provisional Backlog or PB.

tiocfaidh ár láb-test

Higgins5473

DevilsHaircut wrote: »

Possibly related to blood clotting.

https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1251178889713516545

That is one serious set of ugly looking Frodo feet on the right

deisedevil

ZX7R wrote: »

Don't forget the HSE has started testing all person's and staff in nursing homes across the country.
Don't be surprised to see higher than expected numbers of new cases due to this

No they haven't. Another complete and utter lie. Not only that, but they are not even managing to test suspected cases in some nursing homes and the healthcare workers they were in contact with, but have instead advised that it will be some days before these people can be swabbed due to the delays and the backlog (the same backlog that they are telling the public through the media doesn't exist)