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

Graces7

eeepaulo wrote: »

It's funnier when he's not on, count the number of people who call in to discuss, they'll still call him Joe. RTE might as well give up and just get a stand in called Joe.

J have great affection for Joe Duffy. On my arrival at Dublin Airport years ago the taxi driver saw the airport staff making me ( clearly seriously disabled) pay for a wheelchair ( I had flown Ryan Air and knew that would happen.

He was incensed and vowed aloud he was going to call Joe Duffy! Making an old disabled person pay for a wheelchair!

I had no idea until the winter I had no power and was using a battery radio who Joe Duffy was\. rather enjoyed Liveline that winter with no internet

Cupatae

Steve F wrote: »

Must add 80% of those will have mild symptoms

The way its said 40% to 70% people could interpret that as at one time, when it reality it will be over the course of time...

d51984

There was no meeting at the school earlier afaik. The only email I got was about one tonight in Croke park.

Me and my other half have made a decision that we will not be going tonight, as we are meant to be self isolating. We will rely on the other parents going to keep us informed and of course ill pass on anything thats said tonight to all of you.

Three of my daughters classmates have texted her saying they are in the Omni at the moment, so much for some parents taking this serious.

Cupatae

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Two more patients have died in France

Be interesting to know what exactly they died of..

cameramonkey

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Temperature again. It is not surviving above 27 degrees. Outside of the human body that is. Average temperature in Singapore is over 24 in March.

That is part of it but everywhere in Singapore is air conditioned so inside temperatures would be well down on that. I think Singapore is as close to China for a capitalist country in terms of their mentality as anywhere. It is run by ethnic Chinese and they are pretty law abiding and listen to their government. if you break the law there you will know all about it very quickly. I would also say they have not experienced an explosion in numbers so their hospitals are able to treat the seriously ill without experiencing shortages.

Candamir

odyssey06 wrote: »

Then why close the school...

Reason explained in the HSE letter to the parents.

BarryD2 wrote: »

Maybe or maybe not, there is a case for staying one step ahead. Of being proactive, rather than waiting several days for a few new cases among that cohort and only then reacting.

There certainly is a case. But once you decide to go down that road, you have to be prepared to expand that self isolation strategy, with all its consequences.

I’d be inclined to trust the judgment of the public health experts on the ground who have spoken to the family and the school to ascertain the actual risk to other individuals and classes, and take the appropriate action.

thebaz

BarryD2 wrote: »

Have you no filter? Of course, you don't pay attention to that sort of tabloid speak. But behind that, there is information that the public should know. The fact that the Mirror or Sun is the vehicle for this sort of info and not the 'establishment' media - says a fair bit.

What we see is a Dept Health mindset seen often enough in the courts when they have defended the most egregious medical negligence cases even when the evidence is overwhelming against them. Not a healthy attitude.

I just don't see what use the details of the boy or his school will do - you will not get the virus just walking past the school, and they could risk a witch hunt of the victim - I would certainly prefer my medical details private - The headlines of the Mirror yesterday were really helpful - Killer virus arrives in Ireland -

ThePopehimself

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It's Mary Lou's kids school!


https://mobile.twitter.com/sinnfeinireland/status/1234491797394612225"]https://mobile.twitter.com/sinnfeinireland/status/1234491797394612225

Fair play.

Graces7

Christy42 wrote: »

I carried lemsip and tissues through the street and no one gave me a second look. Over reacting unless his mouth was uncovered (which should be shamed anyway to stop cold and flu from spreading)

Surely touching someone sneezing is the opposite of what you should do?

Mentioning sneezing; hayfever has started . Sneezing, sniffing...

jester77

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Temperature again. It is not surviving above 27 degrees. Outside of the human body that is. Average temperature in Singapore is over 24 in March.

Global warming can't kick in fast enough

KiKi III

BloodBath wrote: »

Would you prefer if I stuck an e on the end of it to make it more Irish and less offensive?

I'll call it for what it is. Total bull****e with no basis in reality.

We haven't seen anywhere near that level of growth anywhere including China where it ran rampant for weeks before being discovered.

If you’re trying to seem like the rational, reasonable one, your virulent anger is really undercutting your efforts.

Allinall

Cupatae wrote: »

Be interesting to know what exactly they died of..

They died of a Monday, apparently.

DrumSteve

The thing is; if we can get a proper treatment for this, then it's going to die off effectively as an issue (for the moment). I'm not even thinking about a vaccine.

There is one at the moment going through Clinical trials, Remdesevir. Looks good, the Chinese have been trialing it for the last month.

jam_mac_jam

ardinn wrote: »

What are peoples long term view on this.

I can get a pallet (minimum) of n95 masks for June. Will everyone be dead by then? Or will it be over and ill be left with a pallet of sanitary towels?

Are you a health worker? If not maybe leave them for the people who need them.

ThePopehimself

d51984 wrote: »

There was no meeting at the school earlier afaik. The only email I got was about one tonight in Croke park.

Me and my other half have made a decision that we will not be going tonight, as we are meant to be self isolating. We will rely on the other parents going to keep us informed and of course ill pass on anything thats said tonight to all of you.

Three of my daughters classmates have texted her saying they are in the Omni at the moment, so much for some parents taking this serious.

You can lead a horse to water...............:(

BloodBath

gabeeg wrote: »

we're seeing it right now in Italy

No we're not. I already explained why the numbers seem high in the first week or 2. It's down to mainly lack of testing and a lag on initial data.

You can't extrapolate this growth over a longer period of time.

You said as many as 1 million cases in 14 days.

How do you possibly go from 1704 to 1 million in 2 weeks.

At that rate it would need to nearly double every day for 14 days straight.

Musefan

Developed a tickly cough today! I have had no travel in the last six months, but I do have close contact with children and families, but I can’t think of anyone who has been away to an infected region.

It’s just a normal cough but a bad time to get one 😂

bodhrandude

Knowall1 wrote: »

Calm down everyone. As soon as the weather warms up this virus will disappear. By the middle of May it will be long gone. Just like the flu. Put money on it .

Man your talking about Ireland here, remember the summer of 2016, abysmal and cold.

alastair

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It's Mary Lou's kids school!



https://twitter.com/sinnfeinireland/status/1234491797394612225

Mary Lou is definitely infected - they have her half in a body-bag already.

DrumSteve

bodhrandude wrote: »

Man your talking about Ireland here, remember the summer of 2016, abysmal and cold.

Remember the summer of 2 years ago, when the grass went brown.

BloodBath

KiKi III wrote: »

If you’re trying to seem like the rational, reasonable one, your virulent anger is really undercutting your efforts.

My anger is directed at the sheer stupidity of a number of posters on this thread who constantly post total bull**** on a very serious subject where a lot of people come to get updated with accurate information. Not scaremongering BS.

ardinn

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

Are you a health worker? If not maybe leave them for the people who need them.

Im hardly buying a pallet for myself now am I - It would be to sell to the public - People who need them also!

Cuckoo7

Graces7 wrote: »

Mentioning sneezing; hayfever has started . Sneezing, sniffing...

I’ve been having the worst flare up I remember for a couple of weeks now.
I was just talking about it with other rhinitis sufferers last week, how weird it was.

Kunkka

Checking one of these good tracker websites it’s astounding the amount of new cases in other countries linked to Italy. Is it just the high amount of tourism or a lack of concern when things started getting far worse? Unlike Korea were the super spreader was a huge reason for their numbers I wonder what the key factor has been in Italy’s numbers growing so much.

thebaz

Musefan wrote: »

Developed a tickly cough today! I have had no travel in the last six months, but I do have close contact with children and families, but I can’t think of anyone who has been away to an infected region.

It’s just a normal cough but a bad time to get one ��

I got a sore throat yesterday - think it was from reading this thread - time to go out into the real world now

JeffKenna

All of Tipperary needs to be burned to the ground.

Cupatae

JeffKenna wrote: »

All of Tipperary needs to be burned to the ground.

one of the more reasonable responses ive seen :pac::pac:

jam_mac_jam

ardinn wrote: »

Im hardly buying a pallet for myself now am I - It would be to sell to the public - People who need them also!

Again maybe leave them for people who need them rather then profiteering from the situation. Which if you are serious, is pretty scummy behavior.

Tacitus Kilgore

Osborne wrote: »

Do legit news sources actually use emojis like that?

Yes, all quality news outlets use them - examples of such bastions of journalistic integrity are:

Dublin Live,
Kildare Now,
Nationalist Newspaper,
Waterford Whispers News,
Mallow News,
The Onion,

schmoo2k

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Temperature again. It is not surviving above 27 degrees. Outside of the human body that is. Average temperature in Singapore is over 24 in March.

Quick Fact Check
Singapore population: 5.7 Million
Known Cases: 108
Deaths: 0