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

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  • #9722
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Jesus, this WHO press coference is such bs.


  • #9723
    Mic 1972
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,213 ✭✭✭Mic 1972


    I'm in the Analyst Team! :-)


  • #9724
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,263 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    The Italian government will handle it

    ..said no one ever


  • #9725
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    The countries are in white

    Holys*it.:D


  • #9726
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,608 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    I have a holiday to lake Garda in April....feeling a tad worried now...should I be?
    Will travel insurance cover refund on flights and hotel etc I wonder?


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  • #9727
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    gmisk wrote: »
    I have a holiday to lake Garda in April....feeling a tad worried now...should I be?
    Will travel insurance cover refund on flights and hotel etc I wonder?

    Worried about the money you spent or the virus?


  • #9728
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    gmisk wrote: »
    I have a holiday to lake Garda in April....feeling a tad worried now...should I be?
    Will travel insurance cover refund on flights and hotel etc I wonder?

    Id be amazed if you are let in the country at that stage


  • #9729
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,608 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    Worried about the money you spent or the virus?
    Both...


  • #9730
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,842 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CinemaGuy45 wrote: »
    You forgot MIC 1972;)

    I remembered mic but couldn’t remember EVERONE that’s arguing with him though so didn’t want it to appear like I’m taking sides lol


  • #9731
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,404 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    So the DFA are saying "Citizens are advised not to travel to affected areas," re Italy.

    Why are flights still going, so?


    It's a long shot... but maybe there are people on the plane that are Italian going home..


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  • #9732
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,608 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Id be amazed if you are let in the country at that stage
    Mama Mia!
    I best call the travel insurance people


  • #9733
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,694 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Jaysus, these "will it be ok to travel to X in May 2023" posts are just like the "WIll i be safe to drive to killarney at EXACTLY 6:43am during the orange weather warning next Saturday, whilst wearing a beret that was borrowed from a french neighbours cat?"


  • #9734
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,953 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    So the DFA are saying "Citizens are advised not to travel to affected areas," re Italy.

    Why are flights still going, so?

    It is advice. It is not a ban on travel.


  • #9735
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Id be amazed if you are let in the country at that stage

    And I would be even more amazed if you get a single cent back.

    Not making fun I am due to travel soon also.:(


  • #9736
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,204 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Nijmegen wrote: »
    So the DFA are saying "Citizens are advised not to travel to affected areas," re Italy. Why are flights still going, so?

    The DFA are being very specific, affected areas doesn't mean the entire region. So Milan and Venice are NOT classed as affected even though parts of the hinterland they serve are.
    I guess that Austrians stopped the trains because they went though the affected areas.

    (not saying DFA are right or wrong, just I think that's what they mean)

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



  • #9737
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,842 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Mic 1972 wrote: »
    I'm in the Analyst Team! :-)

    100% you are!

    ;)


  • #9738
    babybuilder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,122 ✭✭✭babybuilder


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    It is advice. It is not a ban on travel.

    Like advising people not to run into a burning building


  • #9739
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,967 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    100% you are!

    ;)

    I could undertake a wide scale study into the least amount of toilet paper a family of four needs in order to survive a three month quarantine.


  • #9740
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,842 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jenna James wrote: »
    I’m really worried and been so for a bit. Anyone I say it to just plays it down.

    Jenna sit over there in the eeyore doom and gloom corner. Bodhrandude will get you a camomile tea

    ;D


  • #9741
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    20 minutes in - finally a journalist gives the first mention of Italy.


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  • #9742
    MD1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    good press conference from WHO

    peaked in Wuhan Jan 26-Feb 2nd. Feeling bit more optimistic.
    Should hopefully give countries more time to prepare as best they can.

    Slow it down next 2 months & we will be ok imo.


  • #9743
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Jenna James wrote: »
    I’m really worried and been so for a bit. Anyone I say it to just plays it down.

    The people who play it down are just morons but why worry?

    There is noting we can do about it what will happen will happen either way.:)


  • #9744
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    MD1990 wrote: »
    good press conference from WHO

    peaked in Wuhan Jan 26-Feb 2nd. Feeling bit more optimistic.
    Should hopefully give countries more time to prepare as best they can.

    Slow it down next 2 months & we will be ok imo.


    Watch the stock markets for all you need to know not that bunch of jokers.


  • #9745
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,038 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    MD1990 wrote: »
    good press conference from WHO

    peaked in Wuhan Jan 26-Feb 2nd. Feeling bit more optimistic.
    Should hopefully give countries more time to prepare as best they can.

    Slow it down next 2 months & we will be ok imo.
    Is this another satirical poster? :confused:


  • #9746
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,204 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Does boards.ie have a contingency plan to keep up operations of this vital service should we get hit a pandemic here?

    The people demand answers.

    Please route my request to appropriate resource.

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



  • #9747
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    WHO Chief was asked a great question by a reporter 'when the virus arrives in a new place, should countries use the same lockdown approach that China is using?'

    Didn't answer, said there'll be a statement on it tomorrow apparently.


  • #9748
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Is this another satirical poster? :confused:

    I think the poster is being serious,:eek:


  • #9749
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    MD1990 wrote: »
    good press conference from WHO

    peaked in Wuhan Jan 26-Feb 2nd. Feeling bit more optimistic.
    Should hopefully give countries more time to prepare as best they can.

    Slow it down next 2 months & we will be ok imo.

    That's great, but it seems to now be on the rise everywhere else.


  • #9750
    CinemaGuy45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭CinemaGuy45


    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    WHO Chief was asked a great question by a reporter 'when the virus arrives in a new place, should countries use the same lockdown approach that China is using?'

    Didn't answer, said there'll be a statement on it tomorrow apparently.

    Like Disney Star Wars
    a good question for another time
    I hope it has a more satisfying ending.:)


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  • #9751
    Nijmegen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,086 ✭✭✭Nijmegen


    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    It's a long shot... but maybe there are people on the plane that are Italian going home..
    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    It is advice. It is not a ban on travel.

    And likely still plenty of people going out on the jolliers. To both these points, I'd remark that advice not to go somewhere tends to be because there's something occurring that you don't want to run into - a local civil war or similar. This is something you can catch and bring home. If the advice is not to go in case you catch it, they should IMO be enforcing 1-way travel for the duration or just shutting down the flights.


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