Coronavirus Part III - 9 cases across the Island - 503 errors abound!! *read OP*

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Is anyone working today or just refreshing Corona Virus news?

Call Me Jimmy

wadacrack wrote: »

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-background-with-noah-feldman/id1460055316?i=1000466938203


Very good listen, but not good news.

"Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at Harvard University, predicts that between 40 to 70 percent of adults in the world will become infected with the coronavirus"

No, that is weeks old. He is probably scaremongering. Watch the late late again.

Get Real

Mwengwe wrote: »

There you go, this is what happens when people get their precious info.

https://twitter.com/Healyhack/status/1234393280256921602

Also, the bullet point below the headline says "500 in quarantine". I can see how that would be misinterpreted as 500 in isolation/lockdown.

The school is closed, the students are still free to go about their daily business/lives as long as they're not displaying symptoms.

Red tops getting a bit prematurely carried away.

BanditLuke

crossman47 wrote: »

We don't know what that family have been told. Its the other families in the school who don't need to self isolate.

Of course they need to be self isolating. Their kids could be infected and they live with their kids so may be infected themselves. They in turn go out and use public transport, shops, doctors, attend events etc..that's how viruses spread.

This is what im talking about as regards pro active measures. The ah sure it'll be grand approach isn't good enough.

the butcher

Mwengwe wrote: »

It's just the tip of the iceberg though, can you not see where this kind of thing leads

We see it every day, it's called the tabloids. We live in a clickbait era and the age of social media at everyones finger tips.

The point is, the iceberg will be tipped REGARDLESS. You can tip it over pretending no one will find out or you can tell everyone you are tipping it over at X location on date Y. Why not be transparent?

Instead we got rumours circulating about a "man from the east", I heard several locations over the weekend from the speculation. It builds distrust with the officials dealing with the outbreak, not a good start considering the lack of confidence in the HSE anyway.

You are foolish to believe you can send letters to 100s of parents about a school closure and not have it become public information instantly.

Cupatae

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Rumour has it that bandit Luke hasn’t slept since news of the virus broke.
instead he hangs upside down by his feet
,like a bat from a door frame,with a laptop in one hand and an Aldi handgel in the other.

Something onto those wall mounted air fresheners :D:pac:

Christy42

the butcher wrote: »

Ah come off it - This article would have been printed regardless of the HSE giving it honestly or giving it "secretly".

Do you feel safer knowing the name of the school? At this point it is just giving more for people to change into misinformation. So much of which we have seen on this thread. Such as the point about the family not being told to self isolate that was posted by someone.

Telling people this school or that school does little. Everyone will panic. Ah jaysus I was only within 10 miles of that place 3 weeks ago. Need to rush to ER now!. Much better for affected people to be contacted.

all about the mane

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Rumour has it that bandit Luke hasn’t slept since news of the virus broke.
instead he hangs upside down by his feet
,like a bat from a door frame,with a laptop in one hand and an Aldi handgel in the other.

Joe opted out of liveline today due to bandit’s boards vigil. They didn’t know if they would have enough content if he wasn’t ringing in.

An Ri rua

all about the mane wrote: »

Previously you were bitching and moaning about the WHO....

Daltry was quite derivative in fairness

Sephiroth_dude

Deleted User wrote: »

I see Joe won't be on liveline today...

Conspiracy theories in 5..4..3..2...

😃😃

YFlyer

Candamir wrote: »

Do you mean the infected boy’s family?
Of course they are self isolating. That’s on the HSE’s coronavirus advice 101.

Telling all the other families of students to self isolate would lead to homeopathic levels of caution.

What I find strange is that all the other students from the school are not been self isolated from their family members.

1641

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Rumour has it that bandit Luke hasn’t slept since news of the virus broke.
instead he hangs upside down by his feet
,like a bat from a door frame,with a laptop in one hand and an Aldi handgel in the other.

That way he gets a better perspective on the many ways any response from any public body is wrong, always and utterly.


Also ,the height helps for dropping sh!t !

BanditLuke

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Rumour has it that bandit Luke hasn’t slept since news of the virus broke.
instead he hangs upside down by his feet
,like a bat from a door frame,with a laptop in one hand and an Aldi handgel in the other.

Very good

It's Lidl actually

Harry Palmr

Was anyone listening to Claire on newstalk? She is a doctor by training and even she managed to send out contradictionary information. First comparing it to fly in a light manner and 20 mins later adopting a more stern and correct tone noting its x20 fatality rate.

the butcher

Christy42 wrote: »

Do you feel safer knowing the name of the school? At this point it is just giving more for people to change into misinformation. So much of which we have seen on this thread. Such as the point about the family not being told to self isolate that was posted by someone.

Telling people this school or that school does little. Everyone will panic. Ah jaysus I was only within 10 miles of that place 3 weeks ago. Need to rush to ER now!. Much better for affected people to be contacted.

Stop please, the examples of how Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan are dealing with it have been proven so far to slow the spread.

And it's simple, clear and transparent information about case X who was at location Y on dates 1/2/3.

As I've said already, it's naive and foolish to believe 100s of letters sent out to parents about their school closing would not get out.

jammiedodgers

frash wrote: »

No source other than whatsapp but I hear a gang of kids from scoil chaitriona were seen on the bus heading into town

I've heard they were on their way to demolish Lidl.

Antares35

Christy42 wrote: »

Do you feel safer knowing the name of the school? At this point it is just giving more for people to change into misinformation. So much of which we have seen on this thread. Such as the point about the family not being told to self isolate that was posted by someone.

Telling people this school or that school does little. Everyone will panic. Ah jaysus I was only within 10 miles of that place 3 weeks ago. Need to rush to ER now!. Much better for affected people to be contacted.

Except they are not contacting all "affected people". How can they? In the same way that "all affected people" who had been on a train last week with another patient were contacted. A miracle, given that the authorities have no way of knowing who all those people were! Much better for people to have the knowledge and decide for themselves if they are affected.

odyssey06

YFlyer wrote: »

What I find strange is that all the other students from the school are not been self isolated from their family members.

I'm not clear on why the school is being closed if the pupils themselves are being allowed to go on their merry way... aside from time to do a deep clean?

It doesn't match with any of the previous HSE guidelines re: only being of concern if symptomatic.

cameramonkey

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-covid-19-cases-update-moh-mar-2-12491262

Singapore
108 cases
79 recovered
7 in serious condition.
Deaths 0

wrote:

Four more patients have recovered from COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Mar 2), bringing the total number of discharged cases to 78. 0% death rate so far.

The cases are 37, 67, 69 and 88.
Case 37 is a 53-year-old private-hire car driver, and Case 69 is a 26-year-old Bangladeshi man linked to the Seletar Aerospace Heights construction site cluster.

Case 67 is a 56-year-old woman linked to the Grace Assembly of God cluster, while Case 88 is a 30-year-old woman linked to the Chinese New Year celebration at Mei Hwan Drive."

Seems like Singapore is dealing with the outbreak pretty well. They are even bringing the number who are in a serious condition down without as yet any fatalities.

DrumSteve

****in hell, if Joe got Covid-19...

EmmetSpiceland

eeepaulo wrote: »

Joe's not on liveline, maybe he has been taken down by the virus.

He got very “annoyed” talking to some really thick callers who were going on about the virus, how doctors were hoarding masks and how the experts weren’t to be trusted.

Utter morons, he deserves the day off.

Cupatae

DrumSteve wrote: »

****in hell, if Joe got Covid-19...

Joes gone off the air

wakka12

Mwengwe wrote: »

There you go, this is what happens when people get their precious info.

https://twitter.com/Healyhack/status/1234393280256921602

What a dirty rag of a newspaper

BloodBath

wadacrack wrote: »

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deep-background-with-noah-feldman/id1460055316?i=1000466938203


Very good listen, but not good news.

"Marc Lipsitch, an epidemiologist at Harvard University, predicts that between 40 to 70 percent of adults in the world will become infected with the coronavirus"

Nobody cares what 1 random persons opinion is regardless of their qualifications.

It's bull**** scaremongering. Stop looking for stories that fit your narrative of doom and gloom.

According to you it's going to kill 250k Irish people as well.

Doctors room ghost

Korbin Ashy Tube wrote: »

Is anyone working today or just refreshing Corona Virus news?

I quit my job once news of the virus broke.
I saw an entrepreneurial opportunity and grabbed it with both hands.
I now mass produce double lined tin foil hats and to be honest they are flying out the door.
I can personalise them by scribing the wearers name on the front with a crayon.
the number one best seller at the moment is the double lined hat with the word PANDEMIC scribed in red.very popular in mayo for some reason

all about the mane

BloodBath wrote: »

Nobody cares what 1 random persons opinion is regardless of their qualifications.

It's bull**** scaremongering. Stop looking for stories that fit your narrative of doom and gloom.

According to you it's going to kill 250k Irish people as well.

People love a headline. Chances are, even if she was correct, 90% of them would probably never even know they had it.

notobtuse

Wow, I wasn’t aware COVID-19 can persist as long as 9 days on glass, metal, or plastic. One tough bug!

https://pjmedia.com/trending/top-five-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-the-coronavirus/

one armed dwarf

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Was anyone listening to Claire on newstalk? She is a doctor by training and even she managed to send out contradictionary information. First comparing it to fly in a light manner and 20 mins later adopting a more stern and correct tone noting its x20 fatality rate.

I wasn't listening but I assume it's cause for a lot of us it will just be the flu but that doesn't mean we shouldn't be taking it seriously. The attitude we need is somewhere beneath total panic and a neared a sense of social responsibility towards vulnerable people who the x20 figure is applicable to.

I wonder when the penny will drop, will it be if someone famous dies.

Christy42

Antares35 wrote: »

Except they are not contacting all "affected people". How can they? In the same way that "all affected people" who had been on a train last week with another patient were contacted. A miracle, given that the authorities have no way of knowing who all those people were! Much better for people to have the knowledge and decide for themselves if they are affected.

Do you know if you were on a train with a kid from that school in the last two weeks? (Outside of not being on a train) Would anyone know? People don't have a clue where they were half the time. Myself included

Yes the information would get out. Still not exactly the same as blaring that everyone near a student from this school should panic as official hse policy.

I ask again. Will anyone non obvious (friends/family sports club members/fellow students be found by this)?

I could have passed the student 20 times in the last few weeks and wouldn't have a clue even if you showed me a photo.

blanch152

Duke of Url wrote: »

Im curious....

Is the Teenager who tested positive in Serious or Critical condition?

Is he quarantined in Hospital?

Why is it any of your business?

In other non-news, a senior politician has been named in a newspaper as having two children going to the school. Disgraceful behaviour by the journalists. Those kids don't deserve the publicity.

The sheer lack of respect for others' privacy is mind-blowing.