Coronavirus Part IV - 19 cases in ROI, 7 in NI (as of 7 March) *Read warnings in OP*

BorneTobyWilde

What is latest on Cock University Hospital, is that ground zero tonight. The mistake we all worried about, and it was a Doctor who caused it.

fritzelly

the butcher wrote: »

I've been following the HSE/dept of Health guidelines.

I just spend 14 minutes 59 seconds with people and I haven't been infected yet.

Put your trust in them!

Come back in 2 weeks and tell us that

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I know. I'm also in that group, just wish we could get along here, the next few weeks will be testing.

Let's keep it together boardsies.

It needs to be monitored. There’s a balance to be struck. I just find some posts of this thread very OTT.

Quantum Erasure

tillyfilly wrote: »

Can’t help but wonder about Russia, are they not testing ?

in soviet russia, coronavirus tests you




(for those who missed when i made the same joke last night...)

owlbethere

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

How come no one gives advice to just wear gloves? If you wear gloves out and about you can then dispose of them when you get home. Lots of disposable gloves one could wear.

My hands were so so so sore back in January. It's from washing my hands regularly band the cold. Some time before this Covid-19 kicked off, I wore disposal gloves. I got more comfort from lathering with hand cream and covering with latex gloves.

In relation to infection control, you would have to change them regularly.

stephenjmcd

Trinity must be 1 of the 4 cases in the east anyway.

Email doing the rounds but it also says college is open and operating as normal

10000maniacs

gmisk wrote: »

Rough populations

Ireland
4.75m 13 cases
1 per 365k

UK
66.5m 116 cases
1 per 573k

So yeah nothing like 16 times the infection rate even if you want to put the NI cases in with ROI

At this stage, the numbers are meaningless.

New Home

Janey, I don't follow boards for a couple of hours and this thread goes into space... anyway, re these:

harr wrote: »

Our child has four different hospital appointments next week .. for each one we will be sitting in packed waiting room for hours full of children who would have poor immune systems. Rang today to see if anything has changed or if they were going to reschedule. The answer I got was “ sure why would we be rescheduling appointments “ she nearly laughed at me for asking. Is anyone in different HSE departments talking to each other.

Reminds me of the hotel that was demolished and buried by an avalanche in the Alps a couple of years ago - when people rang the emergency services looking for help, they were told to stop being so gullible and believing everything they heard, the hotel was fine. Except that it wasn't, by a long shot. This is the same thing. If anyone is interested, look up "Hotel Rigopiano".

Hector Savage wrote: »

Only a matter of time before Italy's health service breaks - I reckon they'll have 50K cases by the end of the month - and what is happening in ITaly is a blueprint for the rest of europe.

This is a civilisation ender.

I know a doctor who works in ICU in one of the major hospitals in Italy - they said the health system is on its knees and it won't be long before they won't be able to care for everyone and will have to pick and choose who to cure. Very, very, very grim indeed.

FishOnABike wrote: »

I guess they could have a portable supplementary oxygen supply like people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - basically a small oxygen bottle on a trolley and a tube looping around the head and supplementing the air supply via short nasal tubes.

I suppose there could be issues with supply and the added fire risk of having a significant additional number of oxygen bottles in the community with people who are not used to the extra care that might be needed around them.

Except that most people who are in ICU with this won't just need oxygen, they need to be intubated.

TheyDidWhat?! wrote: »

The escalation in Italy is incredible.

I was in Treviso and Venice at the end of January. Glad I went when I did and not a few weeks later.

Ehhh... how do I put this....

Hector Savage wrote: »

I'd believe it , the only possible explanation for such a fast spread in Italy is that it was there for months, I read someplace else they think it's been in Italy since October.

I said as much in the previous thread as I had heard/read it, too, but I was only able to find supporting documentation online saying it's been around since October in China. If you do find the rest, do let me know, please.

ITman88

Maddox Jealous Yard wrote: »

360,000 population, 36 cases?
0.001% of population infected I think, although my maths has been known to be absolutely crap.

Think it’s 0.005% in Italy, we love the percentages on this thread

Kermit.de.frog

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Trinity must be 1 of the 4 cases in the east anyway.

Email doing the rounds but it also says college is open and operating as normal

Possibly not one of the four.

Trinity say they found out late tonight.

moonshadow

Trinity college is the next one...will/won't be announced at 8.30 tomorrow evening but the email is out.

sunshinew

stephenjmcd wrote: »

Trinity must be 1 of the 4 cases in the east anyway.

Email doing the rounds but it also says college is open and operating as normal

I work there and got no email. Where's the link to this? I know an academic got tested and got the all clear.

igCorcaigh

froog wrote: »

he got in big trouble earlier for seeming to suggest people a little bit sick should still go to work. came out with a frantic backtracking tweet later after his handlers had a word with him.

America has handled this very badly. What with the testing fiasco, and lack of employee cover, looking very bad on them.

YFlyer

Maddox Jealous Yard wrote: »

360,000 population, 36 cases?
0.001% of population infected I think, although my maths has been known to be absolutely crap.

0.01%

10000maniacs

10000maniacs wrote: »

At this stage, the numbers are meaningless.

Well, that's useful. Some people were mad for statistics when the CFR was around 9%.

Pseudonym121

cnocbui wrote: »

If I haven't miscalculated - always a possibility - Ireland has 16 times the infection rate of the UK, per head of population.

Hi cnocbui,

I don’t want to criticise you personally but I believe the way you are phrasing this is giving an inaccurate impression.

Ireland may have more cases per capita than the UK but that really doesn’t allow us to draw that conclusion about infection rate ( or incidence if you will). You can the prevalence is higher but I don’t think you can draw too many conclusions about incidence.

In addition to this with such small numbers one cluster makes such a difference that it can really skew things. What matters is that both the UK and Ireland have proven community spread and that changes the situation we find ourselves in.

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Gael23

Astounding that the situation in Italy was ignited by just one infected person

skimpydoo

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

What is latest on Cock University Hospital, is that ground zero tonight. The mistake we all worried about, and it was a Doctor who caused it.

We don't know that a Doctor caused it.

Doctor Jimbob

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

The poster you're referring to claimed earlier that the 2009 swine flu outbreak wasnt a pandemic. They're on a wind up.

I dunno. They write like a doctor would write. I think the pandemic thing could have been a slip of the tongue. He said he worked in medicine so could forgive him that as infectious diseases is a different area.

tails_naf

The HSE are a disgrace. I know a doctor in CUH, who's colleague was literally coughed on by the person in Cork who has been confirmed, and at the time she didn't have PPE. She's not been tested or told to self isolate. With that kind of approach amongst medical staff we're fecked.

Andrew00

All I wanna say is

F*ck you Italy, f*ck you.

stephenjmcd

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Possibly not one of the four.

Trinity say they found out late tonight.

Well yes but the DoH did say contact tracing had only just begun and that was at half 8

ITman88

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

The poster you're referring to claimed earlier that the 2009 swine flu outbreak wasnt a pandemic. They're on a wind up.

Careful Jim the poster you are referring to is a doctor.
He has to be, he said on an Internet forum he was, and luckily opened his account here during February.

froog

igCorcaigh wrote: »

America has handled this very badly. What with the testing fiasco, and lack of employee cover, looking very bad on them.

i said it in the previous thread, i reckon the US is more infected than any country other than china. they must have thousands by now and still faffing about trying to get test kits.

Pseudonym121

Deleted User wrote: »

Pseudonym 121. I get ya with concern about its ability to cause encephalitis. Your post just came across a bit ambiguous about the "cured patient" aspect. I understand that you had doubts about this statement but there was nothing in the study to suggest the patient had been cured of COVID-19 so was unsure why you mentioned that aspect.

Ah ok, my bad. I was thinking of reservoirs and how someone could have a negative test on several occasions and then be positive days later.

I’ll try to be more careful how I phrase things going forward, thanks.

BorneTobyWilde

Question Time on BBC 1 NOW

sunshinew

sunshinew wrote: »

I work there and got no email. Where's the link to this? I know an academic got tested and got the all clear.

Scrap the above, just got a WhatsApp from a colleague. Looks like it's true re: Trinity.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

RandomName2 wrote: »

'If you are traveling to Idlib in Syria you should be concerned'
'YOURE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!'



Their angle is that the half million people who died from swine flu were a waste of space, and that covid-19 is a bit of a joke. While I can appreciate a somewhat morbid disposition on their part, the lackadaisical attitude is not just isolated to themselves in the event of an infectious disease.

Yeah, that’s not what I said or implied. I asked what you knew about the half a million people who died from it.

YFlyer

IspeakcozIcan wrote: »

Boyfriend went to the GP today. Most probably doesn't have coronavirus, and is just unwell. He is prone to sore throats.

GP said even if he thought he had it, e.g. came back from Northern Italy, he would not be tested because he is young and they don't have resources to test the young. Young people just go home and wait it out.

There's hundreds of people already infected. Tests are not a reflection of actual numbers.

Yes best for him to self isolate. Ideally an ensuite room. Leave food outside the door. Paper plates and plastic cutlery so he can dump them.

Hope he rang beforehand if he thought he had coronavirus.