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

mlem123

Naggdefy wrote: »

???

One of their offspring's recent trip to court

mumo3 wrote: »

My daughter has just come in from school to inform my that her schools 5th yr foreign exchange programme with a school in Milan is still going ahead in two weeks....WTF needs to happen for people to start taking caution

They're probably hoping the govt will stop travel so they can claim from insurance

the butcher

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-qatar/qatar-health-ministry-reports-four-new-cases-of-coronavirus-infection-qna-idUSKBN20P2CP

Qatar’s health ministry said on Monday that medical tests had revealed four new cases of coronavirus infection in the country, state news agency QNA said in a tweet.

Beanybabog

They’re asking the “ sure more die from the flu?” Question

Basic answer
If 2% of people die and we decide not to try stop this, then I don’t know why I’m doing this job.

fr336

givyjoe wrote: »

Couple of promising tweets from WHO https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1234503672727506944?s=19

First half encouraging news we've had since...well the start really.

rafatoni

Emme wrote: »

It's very annoying that most of the Indo's articles on Coronavirus are behind a paywall.

Indeed, considering all their stories about SF and the IRA 3 weeks ago were free. amazing really.

Tippex

cameramonkey wrote: »

Well you are putting faith in one poster who is putting faith in his child who is putting faith in other children who are saying by txt that they are in Omni. It could be called a chain of faith and you know what the say about chains.

And that Is my right to believe who I want to believe about what I want to believe.
I'm failing to see your point.
I mearly posted in response to a comment that if you think 400 pupils are self isolating then you must be sniffing glue.

ThePopehimself

piplip87 wrote: »

Where's the fella with inside info about the outbreak in Tipp ? Any word on it ?

Jaysus it's getting as bad as the Gangland thread at this stage. He will be dropping initials of who's infected next

Originally Posted by Hitchmo View Post Post 3164
Case found in Tipperary. People sent home from work.


Don't know where Hitchmo has gone to to but:
I spoke with the editor. It is a false story. Started as a rumour that grew legs early this Morning. Tipp Live took it down. Ignore.

igCorcaigh

Beanybabog wrote: »

They’re asking the “ sure more die from the flu?” Question

Basic answer
If 2% of people die and we decide not to try stop this, then I don’t know why I’m doing this job.

Good reply from Dr. Ryan

BloodBath

DrumSteve wrote: »

I'd agree.

This is all about minimising loss until an effective treatment can be brought into play; if your not going to take China's lead (i.e. locking down the whole country), that's your only other option.

They didn't lock down the whole country though. Only affected regions.

gabeeg

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

We need to keep track of testing

11th Feb 65 tested 0 confirmed
19th Feb 78 tested 0 confirmed
25th Feb 90 tested 0 confirmed

I thought they were just giving the numbers for those tested in a given week but the news report linked above for 25 Feb said 90 tested so far and reads like 90 is the total since testing began. Can anyone shed light on whether the above is a inning total or a weekly one?

They said they were having difficulty with procurement. I now think they were talking about testing kits.

They did a wholly inadequate amount of testing

fr336

mumo3 wrote: »

My daughter has just come in from school to inform my that her schools 5th yr foreign exchange programme with a school in Milan is still going ahead in two weeks....WTF needs to happen for people to start taking caution

It's bad enough when you have idiots around the place but when those people are those in some kind of authority such as teachers, well it's quite dangerous.

gazzer

86,000 approx with Corona virus. Over two months since this started Is that not a small number considering the world's population and how accessible it is to travel the world now? Or am I being very niave?

pc7

saabsaab wrote: »

Any body else wonder why many of our reporters aren't asking relevant searching questions on this topic on TV etc?


Like for example why aren't more tests being done, like in Italy etc. etc.

They have said they will only release how many tests they’ve done in a weekly basis. This will be released Tuesdays based on Monday’s final figure. From one of the press conferences iirc

the butcher

https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/02/3rd-person-tests-positive-coronavirus-cook-county

Dunno if this was posted - Illinois reported its third novel coronavirus case.

Call Me Jimmy

Call Me Jimmy wrote: »

But stopping flights to Italy a couple of days ago would have been impossible or insane according to some here. Watch % cancelled flights going up anyway to 50% -75% by the weekend.

We just kept importing cases from a hot country for the sake of a week or two more of 'be grand'. No foresight at all.

Northern Italy is feckin freezing in a damp miserable way this time of year. The plains of Lombardy make Ireland look tropical

DrumSteve

BloodBath wrote: »

They didn't lock down the whole country though. Only affected regions.

They locked down about 780 million people.

59 Million in Hubei alone...

omega man

gazzer wrote: »

86,000 approx with Corona virus. Over two months since this started Is that not a small number considering the world's population and how accessible it is to travel the world now? Or am I being very niave?

And 90% of them in a single Chinese province.

nkl12xtw5goz70

1641 wrote: »

But the message from the HSE is to all people who may be harbouring this virus (or, indeed, any other infectious disease) that you can contact us with confidence that we will not disclose potentially identifying information. Do you not see that if they are seen to undermine this then it risks some people not coming forward at all? Is that going to be helpful to the community, never mind the individual concerned?

It doesn't make much practical difference whether the information that "Joe Bloggs has the coronavirus" comes from the HSE or from people in the community spreading the word. If the concern is people shunning Joe in the supermarket, that will happen regardless.

1641

gabeeg wrote: »

They said they were having difficulty with procurement. I now think they were talking about testing kits.

They did a wholly inadequate amount of testing

This is from the website:


18. Who should be tested for COVID-19?
People who fit the ‘case definition’ of a possible case of COVID-19 should be tested for COVID-19. A case definition is a set of criteria which indicate that a person is at increased risk of having picked up an infectious disease. According to the Irish case definition, a possible case ofCOVID-19 is someone who has
possible exposure to a person with confirmed COVID-19 AND respiratory symptoms, as explained below:

1. Possible exposure to a person with confirmed COVID-19:
In the 14 days before the start of your symptoms you:

• Were in close contact with a case of COVID-19;
  OR
• Were in an area with presumed ongoing community transmission of COVID-19
  OR
• Worked in or attended a health care facility where patients with COVID-19 were being treated

AND
2. Respiratory symptoms

• Have a severe acute respiratory infection that needs to be treated in hospital and where your symptoms or radiology (x-ray/scan) results suggest that you have pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
  OR
• Have acute respiratory infection of any degree of severity including at least one of the following: fever, cough, shortness of breath
  OR
• Have fever of unknown cause with no other symptoms

19. Why are the case definitions of possible cases of COVID-19 different in different countries?
Ireland is following the ECDC case definition, which includes people with acute respiratory infection who have a history of travel to areas with presumed ongoing community transmission of COVID-19.
20. Where can I get tested for COVID-19?
If your doctor thinks that you need a laboratory test for COVID-19, they will advise you where and how the test will be undertaken. They will make contact with and refer you to the appropriate health facility. They will also tell you when the test results can be expected.

https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/coronavirus/novelcoronavirus/frequentlyaskedquestions/

DrumSteve

fr336 wrote: »

First half encouraging news we've had since...well the start really.

I'd tend to agree.

But my gut is telling me this is the only good news we're going to get until a treatment is being mass produced.

1641

Virginia Harsh Bug wrote: »

It doesn't make much practical difference whether the information that "Joe Bloggs has the coronavirus" comes from the HSE or from people in the community spreading the word. If the concern is people shunning Joe in the supermarket, that will happen regardless.

As I said, missing the point or deliberately ignoring it.

Virginia Harsh Bug

Virginia Harsh Bug wrote: »

It doesn't make much practical difference whether the information that "Joe Bloggs has the coronavirus" comes from the HSE or from people in the community spreading the word. If the concern is people shunning Joe in the supermarket, that will happen regardless.

Yeah but the HSE don’t want to pay legal fees if they are sued by Joe Bloggs

Call Me Jimmy

BloodBath wrote: »

They didn't lock down the whole country though. Only affected regions.

Only half the country, 700 million people the population of Europe. And cities like Shanghai and Beijing, Shenzen were effected by travel restrictions for weeks.

cameramonkey

Tippex wrote: »

And that Is my right to believe who I want to believe about what I want to believe.
I'm failing to see your point.
I mearly posted in response to a comment that if you think 400 pupils are self isolating then you must be sniffing glue.

It is your right to believe what you want to believe but that does not make what you believe believable to most. Do you believe I am sniffing Tippex?

ThePopehimself

South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

Link Includes Video of the Drive –through Station

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/asia/coronavirus-drive-through-south-korea-hnk-intl/index.html

'Motorists drive to several stations where nurses in protective plastic suits, masks and face shields register drivers, check their temperatures, and use swabs to take samples from their throats and nasal passages.'

GooglePlus

wakka12 wrote: »

When did they say this? There is significant community spread in Korea, Japan, Italy and Iran, at least, with no links to Chinese travel

The DG said it today during the press conference that was live about an hour ago.

DrumSteve

ThePopehimself wrote: »

South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

Link Includes Video of the Drive –through Station

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/asia/coronavirus-drive-through-south-korea-hnk-intl/index.html

'Motorists drive to several stations where nurses in protective plastic suits, masks and face shields register drivers, check their temperatures, and use swabs to take samples from their throats and nasal passages.'

That's a novel approach.

gmisk

ThePopehimself wrote: »

South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

Link Includes Video of the Drive –through Station

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/asia/coronavirus-drive-through-south-korea-hnk-intl/index.html

'Motorists drive to several stations where nurses in protective plastic suits, masks and face shields register drivers, check their temperatures, and use swabs to take samples from their throats and nasal passages.'

I am pretty sure they are already doing this in the UK (it was on BBC news)

givyjoe

ThePopehimself wrote: »

South Korea pioneers coronavirus drive-through testing station

Link Includes Video of the Drive –through Station

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/asia/coronavirus-drive-through-south-korea-hnk-intl/index.html

'Motorists drive to several stations where nurses in protective plastic suits, masks and face shields register drivers, check their temperatures, and use swabs to take samples from their throats and nasal passages.'

Saw this yesterday, simple but genius idea. Much less of a chance of negative folks picking it up than in a shared waiting room.

2ygb4cmqetsjhx

Any word on the latest infection rate in Italy?