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

Gods Gift

Time to close the border with cork.

Hopefully the number is binary.

froog

Cuckoo7 wrote: »

I believe for masks to be of any protection they need some filter in them?
It may make you feel safer covering your mouth and nose with a scarf but I don’t think it’s an effective barrier.

no it's not to protect the wearer. its to stop transmission. that handkerchief will catch an awful big number of droplets throughout the day. if literally everyone is wearing them it has to have a huge impact on new cases. it's not fool proof obviously but it would slow this down big time. and everyone could be wearing them tomorrow for little or no effort.

Itssoeasy

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

There is now. 10 new cases today. This is only going in one direction.:(

Well yes it was 10 new cases but it was five from travel which is being stopped and five from the already known cases so that’s somewhat(but not totally) encouraging but still 34 cases confirmed is 34 more than we probably expected.

05eaftqbrs9jlh

ACitizenErased wrote: »

I'm watching RTE news. They've said nothing? The press conference hasn't even happened yet. It's 4 in Northern Ireland.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=191504152139558&id=257558294273180&notif_t=live_video&notif_id=1583864435016268&ref=m_notif

For the live update going on now.

10 confirmed cases announced today.

banie01

yasmina wrote: »

I'm hearing (on twitter, from a local GP) that there are 5 cases in South Galway. He's begging the Govt to close schools in the area.
I can't understand how a GP would put this out there unless he has some evidence?
The numbers being reported don't add up. OK, maybe he's counting some of the Clare cases as it's close, but still.
It's the non-transparency that's infuriating.

Galway has been a known issue since last week.
There are a few doctors crying out for school closures in any area where community transmission has occurred.

is_that_so

yasmina wrote: »

I'm hearing (on twitter, from a local GP) that there are 5 cases in South Galway. He's begging the Govt to close schools in the area.
I can't understand how a GP would put this out there unless he has some evidence?
The numbers being reported don't add up. OK, maybe he's counting some of the Clare cases as it's close, but still.
It's the non-transparency that's infuriating.

It's pretty clear to me what's going on. Cases are increasing and we are still in the containment phase. Holahan is not convinced that it will prove effective.

SleetAndSnow

6 of the 10 in the south presumably cork

Quantum Erasure

bekker wrote: »

5 [new cases] using indices of 1.235, 7 would require 1.292 way outside worldwide (-China) range.

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

low numbers the last few days, i presume they were an anomaly and we'll be back on to the trajectory we were on soon

ok, i was way off with 17 / 18, but ...

Hurrache

ErnestBorgnine wrote: »

https://twitter.com/redfishstream/status/1237422970940862469

I think that's a week or two old, original caption was that the patient was being transferred and they stopped to take in the view.

jmayo

Part of me is thinking you are going to be way better off being one of the first to get this here in Ireland.
You know like all those fookers that are able to afford to go off sking to Northern Italy could end up being the luckier ones in the long run.

Because if we end up with numbers anything like Italy, we are well and truly fooked.
Our emergency health service is already a joke, more often than not held together with sticking plasters, staff making do.

And to top it off we are absolutely shyte at planning anything in this country.
Leo and the gombeens should have been proactive, well ahead of this and call the parades off days before they eventually did.

That type of prevaricating will eventually cost lives.

Jim_Hodge

emmaro wrote: »

10 is big for a small country.

It's actually not at all high for the size of the country.

Poor_old_gill

notobtuse wrote: »

My youngest daughter goes to a university in Washington, DC, USA. She’s home for spring break and was just notified via email from the university that because of coronavirus they're shifting to online classes for three weeks after the spring break ends. They said go home if you’re at school and stay home if you’re already home. Will have to make the 8 hour round trip on Sunday to retrieve her books, things needed for classes, and clothing.

Anyone there that could courier them home? Surely one of her housemates has to go back to get their stuff too, albeit from less of a distance

dhaughton99

I say block the ports and airports and leave those who went to Cheltham over there.

LessOutragePlz

Sometimes being the biggest county isn't the best!

Itssoeasy

is_that_so wrote: »

The man is so calm and clear in his communication.

The CMO ? He is in fairness. He’s stating the facts as they are known and not saying anything he can’t back up.

yasmina

yasmina wrote: »

I'm hearing (on twitter, from a local GP) that there are 5 cases in South Galway. He's begging the Govt to close schools in the area.
I can't understand how a GP would put this out there unless he has some evidence?
The numbers being reported don't add up. OK, maybe he's counting some of the Clare cases as it's close, but still.
It's the non-transparency that's infuriating.

OK, so maybe those new cases (reported as I typed the above) could contribute to what he's talking about.

The schools need to close.

pjohnson

Theres no community spread cases as the HSE refuse to test for community spread.

Achasanai

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

ok, i was way off with 17 / 18, but ...

Interesting,if Bekker is right then 10 cases would be far in excess of the norm (less China).

ACitizenErased

SleetAndSnow wrote: »

6 of the 10 in the south presumably cork

I'm confused as to whether they're including Limerick in the south or west. Afaik the first case they announced in the west was Limerick.

Arghus

Fergal Bowers always looks desperately ill.

Quantum Erasure

50 on the island of Ireland...

LessOutragePlz

dhaughton99 wrote: »

I say block the ports and airports and leave those who went to Cheltham over there.

Bit unnecessary tbh considering most cases aren't coming from outside Ireland, they're already in Ireland.

TL17

dhaughton99 wrote:

I say block the ports and airports and leave those who went to Cheltham over there.

Definitely. Very selfish on their part

05eaftqbrs9jlh

banie01 wrote: »

Galway has been a known issue since last week.
There are a few doctors crying out for school closures in any area where community transmission has occurred.

https://twitter.com/Dickdoc123?s=20
This is the doctor in Galway, fair play to him.

Here's another in Cork
https://twitter.com/DrChrisLukeCork?s=20

They aren't saying this for no reason, they are going to be part of the response and they will feel the brunt of this inertia through an astronomical increase in demand for their services. Most industries are going in the toilet but these professionals are more concerned with the public health than their own pockets. Unlike the HSE, who are working to control behaviour in a way which is not encouraging public health. Tony is just saying that he's not encouraging restricting visits to nursing homes. The "social impact" of that action will be elderly people dying in their droves, mark my words.

is_that_so

yasmina wrote: »

OK, so maybe those new cases (reported as I typed the above) could contribute to what he's talking about.

The schools need to close.

The CMO says no at present, but has left it open as to whether it will be necessary but definitely not yet.

CinemaGuy45

pjohnson wrote: »

Theres no community spread cases as the HSE refuse to test for community spread.

This.

Martina1991

Naggdefy wrote:

Calm down. They don't have a result yet, where did I say that? I was responding to CW1985. They've told family, friends and it's common knowledge. They WhatsApped it to 2 groups.

Also before you're little bout of hysteria did it occur to you I might have changed details a little?

You implied it was a positive case. WhatsApp groups aren't a reputable source. This thread is evidence of that.

Why post details about the patient at all if you were going to "change the details a bit". So you were lying then.

WhiteMemento9

Quick question. People keep mentioning no community invections. How would we have community infections confirmed if they are only testing people who have had been in a infected area or have had contact with a confirmed case. Has the testing policy changed?

Someone already beat me to it.

aloevera33

yasmina wrote: »

OK, so maybe those new cases (reported as I typed the above) could contribute to what he's talking about.

The schools need to close.

What is this GPs twitter name