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new coronavirus outbreak China, Korea, USA - mod warnings in OP (updated 24/02/20)

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  • #4742
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,471 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    https://twitter.com/globaltimesnews/status/1227031722811748352?s=20


  • #4743
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,767 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    one armed dwarf wrote: »
    What foodstuffs would you stock up on for something like this anyway?

    There is a guy on youtube who reviews the MREs issued to various countries militaries. Some of them are comprised of pretty much standard commercially available stuff you can get in any supermarket - Just have a look at his reviews to get some ideas.



  • #4744
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Me personally - baked beans, chocolate, flour, pasta, chicken to freeze, vitamins, baby formula, cooking oil, lentils. Use by dates of november or later on all of the above. Based on shelf life, what my family will actually eat, price. We have a lot of room for storage. I don't think it's a great list really but it's something.

    Also cleaning supplies including personal hygiene stuff.


  • #4745
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,471 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Screenshot-20200211-155753.jpg


  • #4746
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    YFlyer wrote: »
    Rice and pulses from the local Chinese store.

    :D:D:D:D:D:D


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  • #4747
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Where do the people go that are currently in bed/trolleys, will they get turfed out?
    Bear in mind any isolation type pod/area requires extra space and resources.

    Suppose they could lash up a couple of new hospitals in 10days or so, like the Chinese had to?

    Reality is any major outbreak, it would be a case of 'self-isolate' have a radio nearby for updates, and get weekly drop off of tinned/dry soup packs.
    Then again folks will head to mass/supermarket without a passing thought, and not even bother to sneeze COVID-19 into their elbows nor wash hands.


  • #4748
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭auspicious


    Kaya Prehistoric Landlord wrote: »
    Me personally - baked beans, chocolate, flour, pasta, chicken to freeze, vitamins, baby formula, cooking oil, lentils. Use by dates of november or later on all of the above. Based on shelf life, what my family will actually eat, price. We have a lot of room for storage. I don't think it's a great list really but it's something.

    Also cleaning supplies including personal hygiene stuff.

    Not saying we'll need them, surely not outside the cities...chickpeas , kidney beans and black beans have higher nutritional content.


  • #4749
    GooglePlus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭GooglePlus


    GooglePlus wrote: »
    What do we do in an emergency then, when the beds we could've freed up are no longer free?

    An emergency is an emergency, we can't put a pause on a highly contagious Coronavirus while pat down the road lets his hernia stitches heal.


  • #4750
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,767 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Legacy Better Explosion wrote: »
    Where do the people go that are currently in bed/trolleys, will they get turfed out?
    Bear in mind any isolation type pod/area requires extra space and resources.

    Suppose they could lash up a couple of new hospitals in 10days or so, like the Chinese had to?

    Reality is any major outbreak, it would be a case of 'self-isolate' have a radio nearby for updates, and get weekly drop off of tinned/dry soup packs.
    Then again folks will head to mass/supermarket without a passing thought, and not even bother to sneeze COVID-19 into their elbows nor wash hands.

    Ha, ha - the idea for the Children's hospital was floated around 1996? This country couldn't possibly build a hospital in 10 years, let alone 10 days. Perhaps 15 years if it was an acute emergency.


  • #4751
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    auspicious wrote: »
    Not saying we'll need them, surely not outside the cities...chickpeas , kidney beans and black beans have higher nutritional content.
    Yeah chickpeas are on my mental list. Kidney beans are a good idea as well. I have lots of baked beans because my kid love them; goes through a pot or two a day. One good thing about them as a general emergency store item is that you can eat them cold in a pinch, though that's not really relevant to this situation.


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  • #4752
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Ha, ha - the idea for the Children's hospital was floated around 1996? This country couldn't possibly build a hospital in 10 years, let alone 10 days. Perhaps 15 years if it was an acute emergency.

    But it wasn't really a hospital the Chinese built, it was a large collection of prefabs joined together.
    Although I'm not claiming Ireland would be capable of doing that in less than a few years either.


  • #4753
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    No wonder you’re always going on about poo’s and farts if you’re eating that many baked beans!


  • #4754
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    No wonder you’re always going on about poo’s and farts if you’re eating that many baked beans!
    Funny the first time. The third time not so much.


  • #4755
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Kaya Prehistoric Landlord wrote: »
    Yeah chickpeas are on my mental list. Kidney beans are a good idea as well. I have lots of baked beans because my kid love them; goes through a pot or two a day. One good thing about them as a general emergency store item is that you can eat them cold in a pinch, though that's not really relevant to this situation.

    This country is full of morons and it has pandered to every lowlife subhuman scum we have.

    Gangs out of control shooting each other break-ins junkies with hundreds of convections.

    If you stock up on food and all the shops are shut you will just be robbed unless you can defend it.

    Best to hook up with an ex law enforcement man and a small group of people and hold up on a ranch and lock all the infected into the barn.

    Be on the lookout for a scary looking fu**er with a baseball bad covered in barbed wire.


  • #4756
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    How long would you plan on staying in the house without leaving for food?
    Anything up to one month and the only real concern is having enough calories and clean water.
    If you plan on longer then yes, a good variety of vitamins and minerals will be needed.


  • #4757
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Kaya Prehistoric Landlord wrote: »
    Funny the first time. The third time not so much.

    Well that’s you off the list of who I’ll invite to Leitrim. Even Coronavirus doesn’t know it exists!

    :P


  • #4758
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,052 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    Has anyone heard of re-tests on the suspected cases here?



    I know they were negative which is good but the information coming out is that a further test is needed after a few days as the first doesn't show the virus in many cases.


    The statement re the virus spreading being limited and the way the Moscow flight case was handled does not inspire confidence in our capacity to cope here.


  • #4759
    s7ryf3925pivug
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    This country is full of morons and it has pandered to every lowlife subhuman scum we have.

    Gangs out of control shooting each other break-ins junkies with hundreds of convections.

    If you stock up on food and all the shops are shut you will just be robbed unless you can defend it.

    Best to hook up with an ex law enforcement man and a small group of people and hold up on a ranch and lock all the infected into the barn.

    Be on the lookout for a scary looking fu**er with a baseball bad covered in barbed wire if you see him it will be pee pee pants time.

    Edit being serious there is nothing we can do to stop this thing so why worry?
    Yeah I think if things get to that point it's better to organize a group of people you trust, get dogs, or some projectile weaponry - if there is anything both legal and effective without a lot of training.
    Plenty of bigger and more visible targets than us anyway.


  • #4760
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,186 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Kaya Prehistoric Landlord wrote: »
    Yeah I think if things get to that point it's better to organize a group of people you trust, get dogs, or some projectile weaponry - if there is anything both legal and effective without a lot of training.
    Plenty of bigger and more visible targets than us anyway.

    They will be too busy raising Lidl.


  • #4761
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    They will be too busy raising Lidl.

    When they target Marks and Sparks that is when our elite will worry.:D


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  • #4762
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    :D:D:D:D:D:D

    There be endless supplies. Most folks be too paranoid to enter the store.


  • #4763
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    YFlyer wrote: »
    There be endless supplies. Most folks be too paranoid to enter the store.

    You come in the Wong shop.:D


    I know I am making jokes but serious question what can governments do to stop this I mean really?


  • #4764
    car_radio19834
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 247 ✭✭car_radio19834


    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1227257723072303104


  • #4765
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    car_radio19834 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1227257723072303104

    Was his nose getting longer while he was speaking?


  • #4766
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,288 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    Pretty remarkable that anyone can fly into and out of China.


  • #4767
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,022 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Remember that symptoms are mild to non existent for most people. Doesn't mean you cant prepare by throwing a few extra bits into your weekly shop but envisioning walking dead scenarios etc is a bit much.


  • #4768
    SeaBreezes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,579 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    car_radio19834 wrote: »
    https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1227257723072303104

    Yeah. He said the same thing last month...
    All they have to do to ensure numbers fall is test less people...


  • #4769
    YFlyer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,712 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    You come in the Wong shop.:D


    I know I am making jokes but serious question what can governments do to stop this I mean really?

    Probably takeover a hotel of college campus accommodation for guarantee positive cases.


  • #4770
    Unearthly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,478 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Trump says April as well...


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  • #4771
    cloudatlas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,713 ✭✭✭cloudatlas


    Is BNO a good source?

    WHO 'Tedros asked countries to be “as aggressive as possible” in fighting the coronavirus on Tuesday'.

    they need to give stronger advice than that.


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