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

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  • #9182
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    If this got a hold in Dublin is there a plan to move Government away from danger out to a safer place? Many of our officials and representatives are over 50 and aren't from Dublin anyway.


  • #9183
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,246 ✭✭✭Damien360


    Out of curiosity, would the Ireland v Italy rugby game on 7th March be in jeopardy. Who gets to call that off ?


  • #9184
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    saabsaab wrote: »
    If this got a hold in Dublin is there a plan to move Government away from danger out to a safer place? Many of our officials and representatives are over 50 and aren't from Dublin anyway.

    Down to Saoirse McHugh’s gaff.


  • #9185
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    tuxy wrote: »
    Thanks, I was wondering what spaceage technolegy the French had developed to build 70 hospitials overnight!
    Yes that did not stop people posting it as fact!



    Google translate got it right for the post part, it was the people posting the article that got it wrong.

    Wakka did say Open 70 hospitals. Not build.


  • #9186
    ZX7R
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,393 ✭✭✭ZX7R


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Situation so serious President of France announcing contingency measures.
    One EU state Austria virtually closing borders to another Italy which has shutdown public events in one of its regions.

    Meanwhile in Ireland it is Sunday.

    To be fair it could spread quicker on mainland Europe .
    Ireland probably hoping to escape been an island.


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  • #9187
    MastiffMrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 250 ✭✭MastiffMrs


    TomSweeney wrote: »
    How long will schools in Milan be shut for ?
    same for travel restrictions ? we talking weeks or months here ?

    They're being told it's for the week, but could continue longer than that.


  • #9188
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Wakka did say Open 70 hospitals. Not build.

    Even still it would be interesting for a country to have 70 hospitals closed and ready to open for an emergency.


  • #9189
    Knex*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,477 ✭✭✭✭Knex*


    fr336 wrote: »
    Saw a Twitter comment saying why no cases in India and someone said the virus can't transmit in temperatures over 24 degrees - wishful thinking?

    Should probably flick the thermostat up a bit so.


  • #9190
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Damien360 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, would the Ireland v Italy rugby game on 7th March be in jeopardy. Who gets to call that off ?

    I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets cancelled


  • #9191
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,131 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    ZX7R wrote: »
    65 people have been tested in Ireland since January according to the hse,
    it was on the news during the week,all negative but still shows it was a worry for them .

    Wonder who the 65 were and why they were chosen for testing.

    Methinks there is some kind of cover up or mitigation going on all over now.


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  • #9192
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,296 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    saabsaab wrote: »
    If this got a hold in Dublin is there a plan to move Government away from danger out to a safer place? Many of our officials and representatives are over 50 and aren't from Dublin anyway.

    What government would they move!

    I think Mickey D needs to declare martial law and assume command...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #9193
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    saabsaab wrote: »
    If this got a hold in Dublin is there a plan to move Government away from danger out to a safer place? Many of our officials and representatives are over 50 and aren't from Dublin anyway.

    Losing some of them would be a positive


  • #9194
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    tuxy wrote: »
    Even still it would be interesting for a country to have 70 hospitals closed and ready to open for an emergency.

    Yeah my first thought was opening 70 make shift hospitals of some sort.


  • #9195
    saabsaab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,751 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Losing some of them would be a positive


    I know you are joking but they are people too and are needed to take democratic decisions to fight this.


  • #9196
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,296 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    ZX7R wrote: »
    To be fair it could spread quicker on mainland Europe .
    Ireland probably hoping to escape been an island.

    Unfortunately hope seems to be the basis of our policy...

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #9197
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,131 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Losing some of them would be a positive

    We don't know yet who will form a Government now, the last set up is over.


  • #9198
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Unfortunately hope seems to be the basis of our policy...
    with the advent of aeroplane and boats we are no longer an isolated island


  • #9199
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Where’s the poster called Martina? She seems to have the inside scoop and her silence is worrying me.

    Add to that The Dazzler said he was concerned now aswell.


  • #9200
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Where’s the poster called Martina? She seems to have the inside scoop and her silence is worrying me.

    Add to that The Dazzler said he was concerned now aswell.

    Did he? That sounds unlikely, pretty sure he said that it was still not worth the hysterics just yesterday.


  • #9201
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    Apparently the first case in Italy of the 38 year-old man, read that he is in critical condition and is currently in ICU.

    14 of his contacts are also in serious condition but the person who it was thought he caught it from (the person who had been to China) has tested negative for Coronavirus antibodies.

    The transmission seems unusual with the emergence of 'superspreaders' and the lengthy incubation period.


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  • #9202
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,839 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I must admit. The 38 year dying in Italy is a bit concerning. Was healthy. Current worry level would be 4\10.

    FYI wakka


  • #9203
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Did he? That sounds unlikely, pretty sure he said that it was still not worth the hysterics just yesterday.

    He said he's at 4/10 on the concerned scale.


  • #9204
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,202 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    Damien360 wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, would the Ireland v Italy rugby game on 7th March be in jeopardy. Who gets to call that off ?
    Unlikely I'd say. Any passengers from the directly affected areas will not be allowed out of their towns, and if it takes hold within wider Italy then it'll end up all over Europe. I can't see the government ever blocking travel from a fellow EU member. It would only happen if the Italian government asked for it to be called off, which is a face-saving move on behalf of both governments.


  • #9205
    Fireball81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭Fireball81


    hmmm wrote: »
    Unlikely I'd say. Any passengers from the directly affected areas will not be allowed out of their towns, and if it takes hold within wider Italy then it'll end up all over Europe. I can't see the government ever blocking travel from a fellow EU member. It would only happen if the Italian government asked for it to be called off, which is a face-saving move on behalf of both governments.

    Did blocking travel for the 6 Nations not happen during the mad cow disease outbreak? In saying that think it will be unlikely.


  • #9206
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    Fireball81 wrote: »
    Did blocking travel for the 6 Nations not happen during the mad cow disease outbreak?

    No that would make no sense, how would that help?

    I believe the foot and mouth outbreak did impact it though.


  • #9207
    hmmm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,202 ✭✭✭✭hmmm


    tuxy wrote: »
    Even still it would be interesting for a country to have 70 hospitals closed and ready to open for an emergency.
    Ireland has several hospitals around the country which were previously TB hospitals, and could be quickly converted.

    "Hospitals" doesn't have to mean anything too advanced, a bed and a paracetamol is what most people will need. It would be a way to keep infected people in quarantine until they can recover, and more serious cases can quickly be identified. Very similar to what we did with TB.


  • #9208
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    hmmm wrote: »
    Unlikely I'd say. Any passengers from the directly affected areas will not be allowed out of their towns, and if it takes hold within wider Italy then it'll end up all over Europe. I can't see the government ever blocking travel from a fellow EU member. It would only happen if the Italian government asked for it to be called off, which is a face-saving move on behalf of both governments.

    Italy is following the kind of lockdown procedures we’ve seen in China, and their neighbours are starting to follow the kind of border lockdowns (EU or no EU) we saw with China, first one type of transport then escalation. And we know there is precedent in planning for shutting down EU borders in extraordinary circumstances.

    If this outbreak tracks the way China went and the way Korea is going, there won’t be travel by March 7th, certainly not for a great big sporting gathering.


  • #9209
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,131 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    hmmm wrote: »
    Ireland has several hospitals around the country which were previously TB hospitals, and could be quickly converted.

    "Hospitals" doesn't have to mean anything too advanced, a bed and a paracetamol is what most people will need. It would be a way to keep infected people in quarantine until they can recover, and more serious cases can quickly be identified. Very similar to what we did with TB.

    Where are these places you refer to?


  • #9210
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    saabsaab wrote: »
    If this got a hold in Dublin is there a plan to move Government away from danger out to a safer place? Many of our officials and representatives are over 50 and aren't from Dublin anyway.

    Yes this was really worrying me too.:rolleyes:


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  • #9211
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,980 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    hmmm wrote: »
    Ireland has several hospitals around the country which were previously TB hospitals, and could be quickly converted.

    "Hospitals" doesn't have to mean anything too advanced, a bed and a paracetamol is what most people will need. It would be a way to keep infected people in quarantine until they can recover, and more serious cases can quickly be identified. Very similar to what we did with TB.

    Any room could be turned into a treatment centre. I still would not call this a hospital.
    The french article does not mention hospitals so I do not understand why someone linking to it would.


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