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

hmmm · 14-02-2020 10:14AM

ThePopehimself wrote: »

This is not about race, it is about her protecting her child from Coronavirus.

Stop shouting at me, you sound demented.

There's over a billion people in China, and the epidemic is centred in one area. The HSE has given reasonable advice, which both avoids panic and racism. If you're going to ignore that advice, you should be rightly called out for the consequences of your actions.

It's likely we will see this disease spread further around the world in the coming months, and we're going to have to deal with this without running away from anyone who doesn't have a big Irish head on them.

PhantomHat · 14-02-2020 10:14AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Have you ever been to China?

Our hospitals and A\E are pretty much full alot of the time and that presents a huge problem. We have a relatively small number of Intensive Care beds per head of population compared to other hospitals in Europe also.
Even though we are a very well developed and kitted out nation medically we are exceptionally short of bed space and a real worry should critical pneumonia cases start mounting.

VinLieger · 14-02-2020 10:16AM

SeaBreezes wrote: »

Whelp, that just burst my little hope bubble...

They're playing with stats then.
Including clinical diagnosis of viral pneumonia but not death from viral pneumonia?

Technically they aren't playing with the stats this is just the backwards ass way china catalogue deaths, they only list one of the potential multiple illnesses that led to the death.

What it reinforces though is that no numbers coming from china should be trusted in any regard as their reporting methodology is inherently flawed even before they might mess with the numbers.

PhantomHat · 14-02-2020 10:19AM

hmmm wrote: »

Stop shouting at me, you sound demented.

There's over a billion people in China, and the epidemic is centred in one area. The HSE has given reasonable advice, which both avoids panic and racism. If you're going to ignore that advice, you should be rightly called out for the consequences of your actions.

It's likely we will see this disease spread further around the world in the coming months, and we're going to have to deal with this without running away from anyone who doesn't have a big Irish head on them.

Should this virus spread like it is predicted we will eventually be double taking every nationality

14-02-2020 10:21AM

hmmm wrote: »

What they've done is go back and reclassified people who died of ncov symptoms who tested negative, or didn't have a test, in the death statistics

That would be great, that would mean the guardian reporting was wrong ?!!?

Zenify · 14-02-2020 10:22AM

A&E in ireland has a lot of people that dont need to be there and it takes up doctors time from the people they really need to be seeing. If our hospitals start filling up with Covid-19 patients they will become a hell of a lot quieter. I'm not saying that our hospitals will cope but it will help.

Hector Savage · 14-02-2020 10:24AM

ThePopehimself wrote: »

Did you see lolanacho's OP?
The child returned from two months in China during the week and turned up to school the next day.

The IRISH mum's concern arose when she learned that the Chinese parents of the Chinese child are keeping him separate from his younger sibling until two weeks has passed for fear he could pass it to the younger sibling. He is currently staying with his grandparents. However, the Chinese parents are perfectly happy to send the child to school.

The mum spoke to the principal, who directed her to the official HSE line.She has decided to keep her son out of school until she too feels it is safe.

So with regard to your opening line to Lolancho 'God it must be awful to be a Chinese person at the moment having to deal with people like you.'

THE IRISH MUM IS DOING NO MORE AND NO LESS THAN THE CHINESE PARENTS ARE DOING FOR THE YOUNGER SIBLING. She is isolating her child.

This is not about race, it is about her protecting her child from Coronavirus.

Damn you and your sense !!!

@hmmm get back to screaming racist at anyone that doesn;t share your narrow world view.

VinLieger · 14-02-2020 10:24AM

hmmm wrote: »

Stop shouting at me, you sound demented.

There's over a billion people in China, and the epidemic is centred in one area. The HSE has given reasonable advice, which both avoids panic and racism. If you're going to ignore that advice, you should be rightly called out for the consequences of your actions.

It's likely we will see this disease spread further around the world in the coming months, and we're going to have to deal with this without running away from anyone who doesn't have a big Irish head on them.

Theres is 3 other chinese provinces with 1000+ cases now which is all wuhan had 30 days ago, and 6 others with 500 +, the HSE are weeks behind with their guidance by still pretending the only place you could be infected is wuhan

PhantomHat · 14-02-2020 10:25AM

Zenify wrote: »

A&E in ireland has a lot of people that dont need to be there and it takes up doctors time from the people they really need to be seeing. If our hospitals start filling up with Covid-19 patients they will become a hell of a lot quieter. I'm not saying that our hospitals will cope but it will help.

That's a good point. It should alleviate things a bit.

Hector Savage · 14-02-2020 10:27AM

hmmm wrote: »

Stop shouting at me, you sound demented.

There's over a billion people in China, and the epidemic is centred in one area. The HSE has given reasonable advice, which both avoids panic and racism. If you're going to ignore that advice, you should be rightly called out for the consequences of your actions.

It's likely we will see this disease spread further around the world in the coming months, and we're going to have to deal with this without running away from anyone who doesn't have a big Irish head on them.

No, they are speaking absolute sense here, you're the one that sounds demented.

VinLieger · 14-02-2020 10:29AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That would be great, that would mean the guardian reporting was wrong ?!!?

Theres no way this new number is anything close to accurate considering how many have died up until now and the tiny number they have just adjusted for.

The best example of why you shouldnt trust chinas numbers is with a population of 1.3 billion they only recorded 200 flu related deaths last year, the US recorded 61000

14-02-2020 10:35AM

lolanacho wrote: »

This is the advise .......

You keep posting here, Lola.

Your questions and concerns are warranted and most sane people posting understand that.

@hmmm

Rather than jumping down a concerned parents throat, could you not have taken the opportunity to ask them to rephrase their description of the family?

You could have politely said that it may be better to say “the family that returned from China instead of calling them the Chinese family”.

Lola may have been able to reply “oh god, you’re correct. I never meant any offence. I’ll take note of that in future.” But you jumped in all guns blazing and I hope you haven’t made her feel like she cannot post anymore.

Drumpot · 14-02-2020 10:35AM

Why do we do fire drills in schools ? There is a fire alarm, smoker detectors and a good chance somebody will see smoke/fire long before it goes near anybody. The probability of a fire is extremely low, certainly in most peoples lifetimes. But we do it so if there is a crisis or a fire, the children (and teachers) will have the knowledge and confidence to not panic and leave the exposed area in as calm a manner as possible. This will hopefully reduce casualties. It also makes it easier to count who has survived and who may still be stuck in the building, this helps our fire services potentially save somebody. We can use our resources better when there is order during a crisis.

This is common sense approach to training people to have a plan if something happens that could lead to panic. I do not understand why we are not taking the same approach to the virus in schools and even with a weekly public broadcast while its unclear how its going to play out. Maybe it wont be so bad here, but I think this is the perfect opportunity to start using it as an opportunity to educate people and work on better communication strategies for future crisis.

RebelButtMunch · 14-02-2020 10:43AM

pc7 wrote: »

I'm feeling a bit more hopeful that the spread outside China is so low. Any experts here? Could it be a case Wuhan etc. is so bad perhaps as the virus was stronger when first infections occurred? Now a few months on its not as bad?

The virus stronger? I don't think so, why would you think a virus can be stronger?

I'd imagine it's to do with population density and behavior and being behind the curve in terms of isolation.

I still think when it gets into india / africa it'll be chaos.

hmmm · 14-02-2020 10:43AM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Rather than jumping down a concerned parents throat, could you not have taken the opportunity to ask them to rephrase their description of the family?

Thanks for your unwanted advice.

Taking your kids out of school, against HSE advice, because of a Chinese kid is a form of racism in my opinion.

I know it's fashionable these days to start talking about liberal snowflakes and the like, but it doesn't change what it is.

We all want to protect our kids, but our kids are best served by parents not panicking every time there is a new scare, and not teaching our kids to avoid people who look different to them. In a big school there is probably kids who are not Chinese who may have been to China, or have parents who have been travelling to and from China - any of them could have become infected.

14-02-2020 10:47AM

Waste of time trying to have a civilised conversation with you.

pc7 · 14-02-2020 10:48AM

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

The virus stronger? I don't think so, why would you think a virus can be stronger?

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Stronger probably the wrong word, virulent? I know Corona viruses can mutate, so was sup-positioning that perhaps that's what has happened in this case as we are still seeing small numbers outside of China.

VinLieger · 14-02-2020 10:50AM

hmmm wrote: »

Thanks for your unwanted advice.

Taking your kids out of school, against HSE advice, because of a Chinese kid is a form of racism in my opinion.

I know it's fashionable these days to start talking about liberal snowflakes and the like, but it doesn't change what it is.

We all want to protect our kids, but our kids are best served by parents not panicking every time there is a new scare, and not teaching our kids to avoid people who look different to them. In a big school there is probably kids who are not Chinese who may have been to China, or have parents who have been travelling to and from China - any of them could have become infected.

If it was white family who returned from china would it still be racist? Your argument is absurd , its not the nationality of the family that is the issue its where they have recently been so get your head out of your ass.

pc7 · 14-02-2020 10:50AM

@hmmmm not sure if you are trolling, no one is being racist. The Chinese parents have kept the child from themselves and the sibling but find it ok to have them in a class with probably up to 30 kids, a yard with 100's. They are morons in my view for sending that child to school while staying away themselves, selfish morons. If that makes me a racist, well first the first time in my 40 odd years I am one! If the child was as white as a hounds tooth and back from China I would expect the parents to isolate them at home, not in school.

partyguinness · 14-02-2020 10:53AM

I think it is reasonable to suggest that China has downplayed this big time.

I did find it peculiar that they decided to build a hospital in 6 days. I mean who the hell decides to build a new hospital in 6 days just like that.

Either they the Chinese were being super cautious or the situation was far worse than they were letting on.

I recall my poor sister live in China for a year about 8 years ago and ended up in hospital in China for a week with some sort of bug (something like an horrendous flu). She was given all sorts of injections etc and to this day still has no idea what she had as nobody explained anything to her.

Duke of Url · 14-02-2020 10:59AM

partyguinness wrote: »

I think it is reasonable to suggest that China has downplayed this big time.

I did find it peculiar that they decided to build a hospital in 6 days. I mean who the hell decides to build a new hospital in 6 days just like that.

Either they the Chinese were being super cautious or the situation was far worse than they were letting on.

I recall my poor sister live in China for a year about 8 years ago and ended up in hospital in China for a week with some sort of bug (something like an horrendous flu). She was given all sorts of injections etc and to this day still has no idea what she had as nobody explained anything to her.

Boll0x.

China has downplayed nothing.

VinLieger · 14-02-2020 11:02AM

Duke of Url wrote: »

Boll0x.

China has downplayed nothing.

Except all of the stats

partyguinness · 14-02-2020 11:04AM

Duke of Url wrote: »

Boll0x.

China has downplayed nothing.

Yeah I forgot. China has always been a beacon of transparency and honesty. The powers that be have never sought to strictly control or censor information in and out of the country. My bad for suggesting otherwise.

14-02-2020 11:10AM

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Prof John Oxford from Queen Mary University said:
I think we have to galvanise ourselves in our social actions – how we interact with people. And I think that is extremely important; more so than wearing a mask. I think that’s a total diversion.
What we need to do is less of the handshaking, hugging, kissing, that sort of thing, **because this virus looks like it’s spread by ordinary tidal breathing, not necessarily colds and coughing.**

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/coronavirus-valentines-day-hugging-kissing-symptoms-outbreak-a9332976.html

Duke of Url · 14-02-2020 11:10AM

VinLieger wrote: »

Except all of the stats

They reported on people who they confirmed had the virus using test kits.

Duke of Url · 14-02-2020 11:11AM

partyguinness wrote: »

Yeah I forgot. China has always been a beacon of transparency and honesty. The powers that be have never sought to strictly control or censor information in and out of the country. My bad for suggesting otherwise.

Do you actually talk to anyone in China?

partyguinness · 14-02-2020 11:12AM

Duke of Url wrote: »

They reported on people who they confirmed had the virus using test kits.

Do you take everything at face value without question?

ChikiChiki · 14-02-2020 11:12AM

hmmm wrote: »

God it must be awful to be a Chinese person at the moment having to deal with people like you. I feel so sorry for that student and what they must be going through.

The Department of Health are putting out level-headed guidance and the last thing we need is uninformed and panicky people deciding themselves what the best actions to take are. Hopefully the school authorities will make it clear that this won't be tolerated.

The exact attitude of when it gets here, why it will be an unmitigated disaster. Attitudes like this will be responsible for deaths.

Prevention needs to start now. Any person(s) of any race, age or creed should be quarantined for 3 weeks upon returning from China. Period.

Also HSE and level headed definitely do not go well together.:o

Sephiroth_dude · 14-02-2020 11:15AM

Mod

A_Lost_Man thread banned.

Duke of Url · 14-02-2020 11:16AM

partyguinness wrote: »

Do you take everything at face value without question?

Do you?

How many flu cases are in Ireland each year?

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

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