Coronavirus Part V - 34 cases in ROI, 16 in NI (as of 10 March) *Read warnings in OP*

Gaspode

Cazale wrote: »

In a HSE facility for my daughters three month developmental check this morning and there is no hand sanitizer for the public anywhere within the three story building.

I assume there are bathrooms? Wash your hands with soap and water, what's the biggie?

braychelsea

braychelsea wrote: »

Trinity College closed for the rest of the semester after tommorow.

How long is that? After the easter holidays?

EDIT: that would be the 20 April then?

whiskeyman

I think we should all expect certain restrictions WILL come into place very soon.
From area 'lockdowns' to schools closing, these have to be expected. Probably within days.
Best to have in place backups and knowing if you can work from home / have someone mind kids and what you can do to limit your movement if needed.

Pay the price now or pay a much bigger price later.

jarvis

jarvis wrote: »

Why did we get a report about the Apple case in cork around noon instead of at the evening update does anyone know? Sorry if I’ve missed it.

I suppose its to give everyone else who works there the heads-up, so they can get checked, and also inform all their families and close associates that they may also need checking. Time means everything here, so if they were to wait another 6 hours to make the announcement many more people could become infected.

Its like trying to keep the tide out with a fork at the same time.

Cw85

Naggdefy wrote: »

I presume you're from Carlow. I've a friend 2 miles outside the town in quarantine.

Yes from Carlow. Haven't heard any reports of anyone around here with it, not even gossip. Is your friend in quarantine as a precautionary measure?

braychelsea

Deleted User wrote: »

How long is that? After the easter holidays?

Lectures finished for the summer. interesting to see what happens with exams

is_that_so

jarvis wrote: »

Why did we get a report about the Apple case in cork around noon instead of at the evening update does anyone know? Sorry if I’ve missed it.

That's from Apple themselves not the DoH.

tobefrank321

RandomName2 wrote: »

You absolutely KNOW that they would be still flying if they were getting enough passengers.

The routes must no longer be profitable.

Did they even disinfect the planes after the previous flights? Ask a stupid question.

Unlikely.
They continued to put their own staff, passengers and those on the ground at risk. Highly irresponsible.

Spreading CV was always going to undermine the rest of their business. The more infections in places like Ireland, the less people will travel here.

They scored a massive own goal and because they delayed taking action they put the whole airline industry at risk throughout Europe. Foolish to say the least.

Strazdas

New Home wrote: »

Does anyone remember the BBC series "Survivors" from the mid/late '70s?

It was remade in about 2008. Very good series too.....about 99% of the world's population is wiped out rapidly by a virus but 1% are immune and come through it safe and sound.

As the series title suggests, they try to adapt to a Britain where government and society has collapsed and even basic things like electricity and radio are no longer working.

whiskeyman

whiskeyman wrote: »

I think we should all expect certain restrictions WILL come into place very soon.
From area 'lockdowns' to schools closing, these have to be expected. Probably within days.
Best to have in place backups and knowing if you can work from home / have someone mind kids and what you can do to limit your movement if needed.

Pay the price now or pay a much bigger price later.

Restrict anyone who has traveled to Cheltenham from re-entering the country for a couple of weeks.

Procasinator

quokula wrote: »

The numbers look the same in the carefully selected countries that look like that. Look at the graph for Vietnam or Singapore or Taiwan, they look pretty similar to Ireland.

Look into the measures these countries are taking, particularly Singapore and Taiwan.

They have travel bans from affect countries and strong quarantines in place before we even had travel advisories.

Graces7

New Home wrote: »

Does anyone remember the BBC series "Survivors" from the mid/late '70s?

Yes. Watched it through twice. It is brilliant and certainly relevant although that was a more immediate and dramatic plague.

Maybe will watch it again.. Highlights all the expected problems when society breaks down because of a plague with the usual BBC verve and accuracy although the ending was very iffy and out of character and a let down,

Cork Boy 53

quokula wrote: »

Yep the government have done everything right so far, the number of cases is low and barely growing, it's still looking pretty promising that it won't spread very much in Ireland.

Unless strict restrictions on the movement of people are introduced and more importantly enforced it will. Dangerous to believe otherwise. Also I don`t accept that the government have done everything right. Up until yesterday they were still going to allow the Patrick`s Day parades to go ahead FFS. It took the dose of reality they got from the health briefing to get them to start treating this with the seriousness that is needed.

Stevieluvsye

tobefrank321 wrote: »

Unlikely.
They continued to put their own staff, passengers and those on the ground at risk. Highly irresponsible.

Spreading CV was always going to undermine the rest of their business. The more infections in places like Ireland, the less people will travel here.

They scored a massive own goal and because they delayed taking action they put the whole airline industry at risk throughout Europe. Foolish to say the least.

What's your gripe with Ryanair? Serious question

Mic 1972

Ipso wrote: »

Yeah. No one is disputing that, if it’s managed and doesn’t spread as fast then it doesn’t go up as fast.
You just can’t say there’s more cases, should we abandon official counts and just have them say there’s a lot of it out there?

I'm not even looking at numbers. All numbers are going up around the world
Only looking at trends. We are on a slow but sure road to an outbreak here because that is the case everywhere in Europe

facehugger99

Any good novels that have most of the world getting wiped out by a superbug as the premise?

Obviously The Stand is one - any other good ones?

braychelsea

braychelsea wrote: »

Lectures finished for the summer. interesting to see what happens with exams

Fooook... Whats the story for lecturers and staff I wonder?

Mic 1972

Procasinator wrote: »

Look into the measures these countries are taking, particularly Singapore and Taiwan.

They have travel bans from affect countries and strong quarantines in place before we even had travel advisories.

Exaclty! very good point
We are comparing Ireland with virtually no restrictions in place to countries that have basically been locked down for a month due to proximity with China

Boggles

Coveney said this morning they will be discussing and issuing advice on "gatherings".

Rumours all over the place they are going to pull the trigger on the schools Monday.

Ulysses Gaze

tobefrank321 wrote: »

And some also still thinking we won't follow the Italian scale of spread, or the increases seen in every other country. Always the way, unless and until it actually infects them, they won't believe it and criticise anyone who says otherwise.

"Ireland is different" don't you know...

What happened here the last time people parroted that line...

Mental Mickey

Apparently there are 2 new cases in the east

Lord TSC

Boggles wrote: »

Coveney said this morning they will be discussing and issuing advice on "gatherings".

Rumours all over the place they are going to pull the trigger on the schools Monday.

I've reached the point now where I believe there's going to be an Italian style lock down (not an utter lock down but one on social life and unnessecary gatherings) and wish they'd pull the trigger now.

megabomberman

A lot people wondering 'will we get as bad as Italy?' don't seem to realise that Italy will be drastically worse off in 10 days time. They are likely to have at least double the cases that they do now and they are already practically out of hospital beds as it is, so the death rate is going to climb in active cases.

The next question then for Italy is whether the containment measures slow to spread to an R < 1, even if the R drops to 0.5 the level of infection will mean that a substantial daily case volume will be sustained for several months. It is an absolute nightmare and we should avoid it like the plague.

suicide_circus

https://mobile.twitter.com/EvaDowling/status/1237360898790109186?s=20

Away With The Fairies

Any talks for universal basic income

It was 5G and Bill Gates the whole time. Jim Corr has fully lost the plot

Mic 1972

Boggles wrote: »

Coveney said this morning they will be discussing and issuing advice on "gatherings".

Rumours all over the place they are going to pull the trigger on the schools Monday.

That's a good start. Italy closed schools about one week before the actual lock down

Theboinkmaster

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Apparently there are 2 new cases in the east

so? assume we're not going to track each and every new case - there are going to be loads more, just need to accept that.

05eaftqbrs9jlh

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Is the email different to what's reported in the news?

Yes.


Significant

They have made an absolute cock-up of this, I'm sorry to say. Can we act unilaterally yet or is it still business as usual, jetting off for a few München brewskies?

jarvis wrote: »

Why did we get a report about the Apple case in cork around noon instead of at the evening update does anyone know? Sorry if I’ve missed it.

Cork are acting "unilaterally" and going over the head of the HSE. We saw it first at CUH (not just "a man in the South of Ireland" but a patient at CUH) because from a health standpoint it's irresponsible not to warn people that they may have had contact (like the doctor in Clare). Then The Bons private hospital made the announcement themselves, probably for the very same reason, as a private hospital with a litany of settlements they've had to pay people due to negligence and other issues (Google "Bons Secours court settlements). Apple, I know two bosses there and I haven't spoken to them in a while but the kind of people they are, I know that their attitude would be "I am in my f*ck risking that". It doesn't explain why only some divisions of Apple are closed, but I guess "best practice" is having to be adhered to at the moment. It could wind up being something that puts employees hugely at risk, but I hope it isn't.

LuckyGent88

**** is really hitting the fan now. Sport events cancelled or behind closed door everywhere, schools closing, airlines stopping routes and everyone asked to work from home.

It’s all a bit surreal really and I’m supposed to fly back to Ireland with our baby for the first time in 3 weeks!!!