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

Stheno

And the fun begins

Is Fauci missing?

tobefrank321

By the time a vaccine comes along economies could be in deep trouble with widespread job losses.

In terms of a medical solution there's some options in the short term.
1. A study has started in New York into why some people get a mild version and why some get a severe form of covid 19. There may be a genetic or DNA element to it. More about it here.
https://www.livescience.com/genes-for-covid19-coronavirus-severity.html
If they can find clues in that study as to who might get a mild form, then these people may be able to go about their daily lives in some form.
2. Viral load - if a low viral load causes a mild form, this may form the basis of a very basic vaccine. But studies are needed into this.
3. Improve the respiratory health of everyone. Encourage everyone to practice frequent breathing exercises known to help lessen covid 19 effects.
4. Drugs which reduce the effects of covid19, especially drugs which reduce inflamation around a strong immune response in otherwise healthy people.

At this stage a vaccine may come but will be much too late to prevent huge damage socially and economically. We need something in the next few months, not 12 months from now when economies will be wrecked.

BorneTobyWilde

Stheno wrote: »

And the fun begins

Is Fauci missing?

No they know where he is, tied up in the Oval Office

Atlantic Dawn

Lol halting funding to WHO, madness.

khalessi

Stheno wrote: »

And the fun begins

Is Fauci missing?

rolled up in oval room carpet

kevin12345

Trump really needs to learn some new adjectives.

Stheno

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Lol halting funding to WHO, madness.

Insane

bloodless_coup

Great address so far

khalessi

kevin12345 wrote: »

Trump really needs to learn some new adjectives.

Needs to learn to read fluently

Kermit.de.frog

God, he is such a dumb ass.

joe_99

[Deleted User] wrote: »

We can fix that by testing less, is that what you are suggesting?

Or what is your suggested solution?

This times 100. Some people can't understand that the more you test the higher you go up the table.

If we don't test we don't have a problem. Welcome to Belarus.

RobertKK

Nonoperational wrote: »

As a frontline doctor I must disagree. Compared to what we planned for we are doing very well from a capacity and resources point of view. I'm sure you won't believe me but I have no loyalty to any politician I post my honest views here.

As a frontline doctor you might have less cases to deal with if the government had introduced screening and quarantining of people entering the country.
It was ridiculous to cancel a rugby match because the Italians might spread the virus in the stadium, but allow thousands of these fans to come anyway to Dublin and unscreened, no quarantine, and for the minister for health to say it was 'less risky' as if ok to have them out and about in Dublin infecting people.
14 day quarantine would have stopped thousands and thousands of people from coming here.
There was very little done to stop the spread in the early days and it is why it got so bad here.
The people on the frontline are left to deal with this but we could have done far more which would have made it far easier for the people on the frontline.

BorneTobyWilde

Trump

'' taking away WHO funding, for the cover up of the Coronavirus , we all know what was going on there ''

ShineOn7

Is America following the trend of "compared to other States, very few people live here so we only have a few cases"? in some areas?

Rob A. Bank

fritzelly wrote: »

Starting to happen

froog

christ he literally can't deal with any issue without creating enemies, even where there are none.

BorneTobyWilde

IN all fairness, we all called bu ll sh it on the WHO reports coming out of China in Jan, we all did.

Stheno

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Trump

'' taking away WHO funding, for the cover up of the Coronavirus , we all know what was going on there ''

But Trump saved thousand of lives with his travel ban

WHO lied all along

Roger_007

Stheno wrote: »

And the fun begins

Is Fauci missing?

No, he’s in Trump’s coat pocket at the end of a string.;)

BorneTobyWilde

WHO must be held accountable.

bloodless_coup

No other leader would be this frank. What a man.

Cork Boy 53

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

No they know where he is, tied up in the Oval Office

With Melania? :eek::D

khalessi

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

WHO must be held accountable.

take limelight off what he didnt do in February, not his responsibility

ChikiChiki

Clearly scapegoating WHO for his own failings.

"Look over there"

fritzelly

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

WHO must be held accountable.

Said it so many many threads ago about the WHO - far too political and all about saving face instead of calling out countries fecking up.

Stheno

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

With Melania? :eek::D

Shes in isolation for telling people to wear face masks

Juwwi

How many times will he mention stopping travel from China tonight ? Over / Under 75 times

BorneTobyWilde

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Clearly scapegoating WHO for his own failings.

"Look over there"

It wasn't me, it was the one armed man. when I came home there was a man in my house, he had one arm, FIND THAT MAN!

tobefrank321

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

IN all fairness, we all called bu ll sh it on the WHO reports coming out of China in Jan, we all did.

True. Our government also said we'd be doing 15000 tests a day. It aint just Trump who makes it up!
Truth is an awful lot of leaders have made a b**ls of the response to covid19. Future historians will have a field say pouring over their mistakes, starting with turning a blind eye to Chinese wet markets.

easypazz

Fauci and Birx in front row.

He is sending ventilators to UK, Spain and Italy?

Hurrache

fritzelly wrote: »

Said it so many many threads ago about the WHO - far too political and all about saving face instead of calling out countries fecking up.

It's been used as a scapegoat for nations ineptitude. Par for the course to blame everyone else but admit to his own lies and mishandling.

froog

Powerful letters

ShineOn7

Jaysus, he's crucifying WHO here to a laughable degree

Making them total scapegoats and making them the story and not him

fritzelly

Hurrache wrote: »

It's been used as a scapegoat for nations ineptitude. Par for the course to blame everyone else but admit to his own lies and mishandling.

They took forever to declare it a pandemic, they recited the CCP line about the virus, don't stop flights from China, keep trade going with them, the list goes on.
They were incompetent to the nth degree on this.

easypazz

Ventilators, he got ventilators for everybody in the audience.

kyote00

Moving onto Cuomo bashing now.....

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Jaysus, he's crucifying WHO here to a laughable degree

Making them total scapegoats and making them the story and not him

ChikiChiki

He's moved off the WHO now and onto attacking Governors.

Hurrache

Ventilators on the chopping block now.
It's just another exercise in excuses and blame.

This is a country who when it all kicked off let homeless people in vegas sleep in car parks like they were doing them a favour while hotels lay empty. Still can't shake that image.

khalessi

easypazz wrote: »

Ventilators, he got ventilators for everybody in the audience.

bigliest bestest ventilators ever!! THey were enormous biggest ever!!

Kermit.de.frog

A lot of toddlers can read more coherently than this.

Stheno

40 thousand people travelled from China to the US after his ban

kyote00

He used "it so powerfully, he didn;t have to use it "

wft is that supposed to mean

Atlantic Dawn

The Rolls Royce of ventilators.

easypazz

Market for ventilators will collapse now.

tobefrank321

I agree with him completely about the mistake of keeping travel open to and from hotspots.

Stheno

khalessi wrote: »

bigliest bestest ventilators ever!! THey were enormous biggest ever!!

No

Beautiful, tremendous ventilators!!

Kermit.de.frog

Trump Ventilators.

kyote00

brown noser in chief

Hurrache

fritzelly wrote: »

They took forever to declare it a pandemic, they recited the CCP line about the virus, don't stop flights from China, keep trade going with them, the list goes on.
They were incompetent to the nth degree on this.

Just like Trump trying to distract from their own failings and mishandling.