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

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  • #7532
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,578 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    It's like an experiment in miscommunication.

    https://twitter.com/HelenBranswell/status/1230600815536156673?s=19


  • #7533
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    This virus must be airborne if the Iranians who caught it were in no contact with a Chinese or other foreign agent

    I don't really follow the logic of this statement. Why would it mean that it must be airborne?


  • #7534
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,192 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    tuxy wrote: »
    I don't really follow the logic of this statement. Why would it mean that it must be airborne?

    Jet stream!


  • #7535
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,578 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    My nerdy self is following this story from a view point of epidemiology.

    Which is an imperfect science, as it relies on imperfect data.

    The story of how cholera was detected from originating in a well in London in 1854 is fascinating, and provides a foundation of modern epidemiology.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow?wprov=sfla1


  • #7536
    McGiver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭McGiver


    igCorcaigh wrote:
    It's like an experiment in miscommunication.

    Experiment in deception and information containment.


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  • #7537
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,578 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    McGiver wrote: »
    Experiment in deception and information containment.

    Or an attempt to conceal uncertainty for the sake of saving face?

    Either way, a damaging policy which puts us all at harm.


  • #7538
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,949 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    People here are actually stockpiling food and provisions because they foresee some kind of zombie apocalypse in the coming months.

    Tinned food 30c a can in Aldi/Lidl. It's no harm really. I haven't started but given the data I would not dismiss the idea.

    Would hate to be running for the supermarket if an outbreak here and the UK


  • #7539
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Prime Time - segment on Corona Virus Episode about to start on RTE1


  • #7540
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    gozunda wrote: »
    Prime Time - Corona Virus Episode about to start on RTE 1

    First time I've ever seen it being spoken about in that way on Irish media, that it is a potential and serious danger


  • #7541
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    gozunda wrote: »
    Prime Time - Corona Virus Episode about to start on RTE1

    Nope. All politics


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  • #7542
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    tuxy wrote: »
    I don't really follow the logic of this statement. Why would it mean that it must be airborne?

    aeroplanes


  • #7543
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    aeroplanes

    Would it be possible for an Iranian national to travel on one of these devices?


  • #7544
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    tuxy wrote: »
    Would it be possible for an Iranian national to travel on one of these devices?

    such a mutation is possible


  • #7545
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    A 29 year old doctor in china has died from coronavirus


    Kuwait and Iraq suspend flights to Iran


  • #7546
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    wakka12 wrote: »
    A 29 year old doctor in china has died from coronavirus

    you must have some sort of alert of your phone about the coronvirus?

    your breaking terrible news in here every day.


  • #7547
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Nope. All politics

    Segment after politics ...


  • #7548
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,192 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    MD1990 wrote: »
    you must have some sort of alert of your phone about the coronvirus?

    your breaking terrible news in here every day.

    Must be Xi's personal number


  • #7549
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    MD1990 wrote: »
    you must have some sort of alert of your phone about the coronvirus?

    your breaking terrible news in here every day.

    Just follow the Reddit page it's very active


  • #7550
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,578 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Just follow the Reddit page it's very active

    I prefer boards.

    Reddit has a weird UI and just, weird.


  • #7551
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    I prefer boards.

    Reddit has a weird UI and just, weird.

    I prefer boards but it's more of a discussion platform , on Reddit you go for news stories and can avoid the discussion below the news story if you want


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  • #7552
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,642 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    Tinned food 30c a can in Aldi/Lidl. It's no harm really. I haven't started but given the data I would not dismiss the idea.

    Would hate to be running for the supermarket if an outbreak here and the UK


    On payday, I buy in about 2 weeks worth of food. Non-perishable stuff. It means in the case of unforeseen financial woes, the last 2 weeks before payday, I have stuff to eat.



    I'm just upping my normal stockpiling a little bit.



    I know a guy who stockpiles a year in advance, which is a little too much for me, but he says, he's eating behind inflation.



    There are loads of bargains out there. Some examples/comparisons:


    SuperNoodles = 1.29
    Koka Noodles = .99c
    Tesco instant noodles .12c


    10 packs of tesco own brand for the price of one pack of super noodles.


    Bachelors baked beans = 1.10
    Tesco baked beans = .38c


    Heinz Tomato soup can = 1.45
    Tesco Tomato soup can = .55c.



    You can buy a weeks worth of food, stick it in a cupboard and hope you don't need to use it, for about a tenner. I'm hardly bankrupting myself by being prepared.


  • #7553
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,268 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    The more cases there are in the broader Asia Pacific the more vulnerable China becomes to the consequences of the charge of not being forthright as to the scale of the crisis there.

    It must be a huge concern for the entire region.

    The economic impact has yet to be truly felt of the recent turmoil as well.


  • #7554
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    wakka12 wrote: »
    A 29 year old doctor in china has died from coronavirus


    Kuwait and Iraq suspend flights to Iran

    That's another young doctor dead now.


  • #7555
    laurah591
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭laurah591


    gozunda wrote: »
    Segment after politics ...

    Is this worth watching on +1? Anything interesting being discussed


  • #7556
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    laurah591 wrote: »
    Is this worth watching on +1? Anything interesting being discussed

    Totally pointless tbh. "Ah sure we'll be grand" segment really.


  • #7557
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Just buy a bags of four, it's cheap, so much can be made with it and it stores for ages


  • #7558
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    Deleted User wrote: »
    On payday, I buy in about 2 weeks worth of food. Non-perishable stuff. It means in the case of unforeseen financial woes, the last 2 weeks before payday, I have stuff to eat.



    I'm just upping my normal stockpiling a little bit.



    I know a guy who stockpiles a year in advance, which is a little too much for me, but he says, he's eating behind inflation.



    There are loads of bargains out there. Some examples/comparisons:


    SuperNoodles = 1.29
    Koka Noodles = .99c
    Tesco instant noodles .12c


    10 packs of tesco own brand for the price of one pack of super noodles.


    Bachelors baked beans = 1.10
    Tesco baked beans = .38c


    Heinz Tomato soup can = 1.45
    Tesco Tomato soup can = .55c.



    You can buy a weeks worth of food, stick it in a cupboard and hope you don't need to use it, for about a tenner. I'm hardly bankrupting myself by being prepared.
    The Tesco noodles could have worse side effects than corv


  • #7559
    SeaBreezes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭SeaBreezes


    Saw this on twitter. It's paywall so didnt read the entire article..

    https://mobile.twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1230593880405532674


    Fourteen cruise ship passengers with coronavirus were allowed to fly home with more than 300 other Americans over CDC's objections


  • #7560
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,192 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    Saw this on twitter. It's paywall so didnt read the entire article..

    https://mobile.twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1230593880405532674


    Fourteen cruise ship passengers with coronavirus were allowed to fly home with more than 300 other Americans over CDC's objections

    Abracadabra (or as we say in Ireland Abrakebabra)

    http://archive.ph/lFHjc


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  • #7561
    bodhrandude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,910 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    SeaBreezes wrote: »
    Saw this on twitter. It's paywall so didnt read the entire article..

    https://mobile.twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1230593880405532674


    Fourteen cruise ship passengers with coronavirus were allowed to fly home with more than 300 other Americans over CDC's objections

    FFS! do they want to infect the whole aeroplane so that they can just quarantine everyone. :confused::confused::confused:

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



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