Covid19 Part XIX-25,802 in ROI (1,753 deaths) 5,859 in NI (556 deaths) (21/07)Read OP

Rob A. Bank

Scotland could eliminate the coronavirus – if it weren't for England



A handmade sign outside Ballachulish in Scotland’s Highlands.

Rob A. Bank

Boggles wrote: »

Father Larry Duff?

LOL

Her father, Anthony "Tony" Guilfoyle, was born in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1957 at the age of 20. In 1958, while not yet holding U.S. nationality and still an Irish citizen, he was drafted and served for four years in the U.S. Army.

After being discharged from the army, Tony Guilfoyle took up work in the construction trades. He later became a real estate investor, until his death in 2008

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberly_Guilfoyle#Early_life

ShineOn7

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

How Cuba and Uruguay are quashing coronavirus as neighbours struggle

We could learn from these poorer countries.

Bit late for that

We can't even close our airports to America, let alone the rest



"Shure it'll be grand"

Goldengirl

Boggles wrote: »

We were talking about Europe. But Sars was an extremely rare disease more or less confined to China and Hong Kong.

Countries like Germany, France, Uk, Canada had more "experience" of it then Korea.

But since you brought it up

You said "countries that did best " and quoted a German article that said" lockdown , closing borders and mask wearing . "

I said the countries that did best did the first two, but the third main action was Testing and Tracing, as they already had these systems in place since the first SARS infection , when they got caught out worse than we did in Europe .
Yes Canada and Germany got hit too, and they learned their lessons from it and were more prepared as a result .

Maskwearing was the next big public health measure but the countries I listed , Taiwan , SOUTH Korea and Japan , have a culture of wearing masks in public since the first epidemic of SARS , so it was not as big a leap for them .
I think masks have their place especially in tight spots , enclosed , with close contact , but they don't replace the other measures . .hand washing , social distancing where possible .

If not possible then wear a mask and wash your hands before and after use .

Eod100

This talks about UK but is interesting to see what best route out of restrictions looks like while keeping transmission as low as possible.

https://twitter.com/devisridhar/status/1279388831897313280

wadacrack

https://twitter.com/FM104/status/1279451242725507072

Speak Now

Goldengirl wrote: »

Was Kermit banned?
I am surprised to hear that .
There was a lot worse said to and about him than he ever said , from what I could see .

An accumulation of yellow cards, he'll be back!

ACitizenErased

Was expecting a Saturday backlog, great news with such low cases.

Eod100

wadacrack wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FM104/status/1279451242725507072

I wonder at this stage is it better for them to focus more on the number of active cases while also publishing total case figures. Anyone know what the latest figure is?

I think it's important to know total case numbers too but just think active confirmed cases although likely underestimating actual active cases is probably the more relevant figure.

An Ciarraioch

Rob A. Bank wrote: »

How Cuba and Uruguay are quashing coronavirus as neighbours struggle

Two bright sparks in the ongoing disaster that is Latin America's pandemic... More than 5 million confirmed cases of covid-19 there and nearly 250,000 related deaths.

Cuba (pop 11.3 million) with a large ageing population – the oldest in the Americas - They were preparing the whole system for diagnostics two months before the first case was detected. - 2,369 confirmed cases and 86 deaths as of today.

Uruguay (pop 3.5 million) without an authoritarian government, relied on voluntary self isolation, aggressive testing measures and a contact-tracing app. It also closed borders, schools and cancelled public events when the first case was detected - 952 cases and 28 deaths as of today.

What both countries had in common was early aggressive action before or when the first case was confirmed.

We could learn from these poorer countries.

Notable about Uruguay in that they have always had one of the most-developed social welfare systems in South America, and a moderate centre-left government for 15 years until the 2019 election.

Atlantic Dawn

€250 being charged by private hospitals for a mandatory Covid test, are NASA involved?

ACitizenErased

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

€250 being charged by private hospitals for a mandatory Covid test, are NASA involved?

Private hospitals are not cheap anyway, this isn’t exactly surprising

Plumbthedepths

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

€250 being charged by private hospitals for a mandatory Covid test, are NASA involved?

Mandatory test before a scheduled procedure. An extra cost on those who wish to skip ahead of public waiting lists.

An Ciarraioch

The old Geohive website has now been discontinued, with everything centralised now at Covid 19 Ireland. Dublin cases showing as 12,264, which is reportedly an increase of 2 since yesterday.

Eod100

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

The old Geohive website has now been discontinued, with everything centralised now at Covid 19 Ireland. Dublin cases showing as 12,264, which is reportedly an increase of 2 since yesterday.

Was curious about that. Would be good to know counties but guess with small number of cases they don't want to risk identifying people. Wonder have they gone back to north-west description of region now so?

Eod100

Looks like WHO has discontinued the hydroxychloroquine trial.

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1279456580493357057

An Ciarraioch

No, the website is still showing county-by-county cases, so both Dublin and Leitrim so far appear to be up on yesterday, but would be useful to see yesterday's numbers just to do the tabs.

fritzelly

Eod100 wrote: »

Looks like WHO has discontinued the hydroxychloroquine trial.

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1279456580493357057

Wasn't this discounted already some time ago?

Goldengirl

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Notable about Uruguay in that they have always had one of the most-developed social welfare systems in South America, and a moderate centre-left government for 15 years until the 2019 election.

And Cuba's public health system was lauded as the best in the world ..by Michael D !

Ah I think they have an amazing healthcare service by all accounts , and free to all citizens.

ShineOn7

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/coronavirus-uae-reports-716-new-covid-19-cases-704-recoveries

716 new cases in UAE from 71,000 tests. This is a big increase as they were getting around 350 a day till around this week

They had a much stricter Lockdown compared to Ireland but their numbers continue to increase since Restrictions lifted

Has anywhere ahead of Ireland's curve that lifted Restrictions not seen another uptick in numbers?

Non solum non ambulabit

ShineOn7 wrote: »

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/coronavirus-uae-reports-716-new-covid-19-cases-704-recoveries

716 new cases in UAE from 71,000 tests. This is a big increase as they were getting around 350 a day till around this week

They had a much stricter Lockdown compared to Ireland but their numbers continue to increase since Restrictions lifted

Has anywhere ahead of Ireland's curve that lifted Restrictions not seen another uptick in numbers?

Their level of testing is impressive

An Ciarraioch

Cavan +2
Dublin +2
Kildare+1
Kilkenny +1
Leitrim +2
Roscommon +1
Westmeath +1

Tipperary -1

ShineOn7

Non solum non ambulabit wrote: »

Their level of testing is impressive

From reading more into it, it seems that some of these tests are companies that constantly test their employees. And you'd have many of their health care workers getting more than one test too I'm sure

But yes, intense and impressive testing overall

ShineOn7

ShineOn7 wrote: »

https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/coronavirus-uae-reports-716-new-covid-19-cases-704-recoveries

716 new cases in UAE from 71,000 tests. This is a big increase as they were getting around 350 a day till around this week

They had a much stricter Lockdown compared to Ireland but their numbers continue to increase since Restrictions lifted

Has anywhere ahead of Ireland's curve that lifted Restrictions not seen another uptick in numbers?

Denmark, Norway.....lots of places

Always_Running

First time since mid April to a have a rise in weekly cases but nothing to be concerned about as by tomorrow it should be under 100 cases and a lot more testing was done this week compared to recent weeks.

podgeandrodge

NDWC wrote: »

I think you'll find the vast majority will disagree with you there. Good riddance.

Keep an eye out for new posters with a penchant for negative data

ACitizenErased

Analysis of cases as of midnight Thursday 3rd July - 25,498 cases (+9)

Healthcare Workers +7
Clusters +37

Age Range Affected
0-4 +2
5-14 +1
15-24 No Change
25-34 +4
35-44 +1
45-54 No Change
55-64 +1
65+ No Change

Cases by County
Cavan +2
Dublin +2
Kildare +1
Kilkenny +1
Leitrim +2
Roscommon +1
Tipperary -1
Westmeath +1

Gruffalux

DebDynamite wrote: »

To be fair to Kermit, he never got nasty or took swipes at people, and seemed to take the slagging he got on the chin. There’s far worse than him on here.

There are far worse.

Anyway this NY Times collation of Covid carers stories is sobering reading. especially the first ones all from South America.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-health-care-workers.html#item-oscar-caicho-caicedo

Eod100

ACitizenErased wrote: »

Analysis of cases as of midnight Thursday 3rd July - 25,476 cases (+7)

Healthcare Workers +7
Clusters +37

Age Range Affected
0-4 +2
5-14 +1
15-24 No Change
25-34 +4
35-44 +1
45-54 No Change
55-64 +1
65+ No Change

Cases by County
Dublin +2
Kildare +1
Cavan +2
Westmeath +1
Tipperary -1
Kilkenny +1
Roscommon +1
Leitrim +2

Don't suppose you'd know the latest number of active confirmed cases, by any chance?

ACitizenErased

Eod100 wrote: »

Don't suppose you'd know the latest number of active confirmed cases, by any chance?

I have 300 on the dot active - assuming 92% recovery rate