Coronavirus Part II - Its arrived - We're Doomed!!! See OP for Mod warnings

Kermit.de.frog · 26-02-2020 02:30PM

Hodors Appletart wrote: »

have heard that a confirmation of a patient in beamount is imminent

and a hse helpline is being set up and probably available from tomorrow or friday

Source? Just word of mouth? Someone in the HSE?

Hodors Appletart · 26-02-2020 02:31PM

the hse helpline is 99 perc ent happening
the confirmed case less so i'm less sure about that but fair enough calling that out

i know someone who is going to be worken on the hs eline

Mwengwe · 26-02-2020 02:31PM

megatron989 wrote: »

The longer they go without announcement of first confirmed cases the better. Gives us a little more time to hit the shops before the rest of the country pulls it's collective head out of the sand and goes ape in blind panic.
Wouldn't want to be one of the "it'll be grand" brigade when the sh1t hits the fan. Last one to lidl has to live off tins of weird olives and mystery meats.

The first confirmed cases in the UK came out a couple of weeks ago. Barely noticeable effect on any shop I shopped in. I'm a natural pessimist/worrier but I really can't help but roll my eyes when i read posts like this. If Lidl's shelves are bare (and they sometimes are even without pandemics) then more than likely the shop down the road won't be.

It's really worth remembering how it seems to have panned out in the UK so far. Some carriers were even working in the health service, yet (so far) catastrophe seems to have been averted.

There's a lot to be concerned about at the moment, but take a deep breath and just see how things pan out.

Kermit.de.frog · 26-02-2020 02:31PM

A lot of elderly in that area around the hospital. Then again these rumors are every day on here.

Hodors Appletart · 26-02-2020 02:32PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Source? Just word of mouth? Someone in the HSE?

hse will not be manning it themselfs its been outsourced to a provider they already use for other callcenter stuff

VinLieger · 26-02-2020 02:32PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Source? Just word of mouth? Someone in the HSE?

Checking twitter i only see 1 person talking about it

https://twitter.com/deanpatrickegan/status/1232626384087986176?s=19

Id take it with a grain of salt for now

Stark · 26-02-2020 02:33PM

He probably read it on this thread

givyjoe · 26-02-2020 02:34PM

Deleted User wrote: »

My mother survived on a state pension, my aunt did, another aunt does, and so does my uncle. What is it about a state pension that would confine one to using cash? Just can’t figure this one out. Genuinely can’t.

Lots of older folks prefer cash, they don't 'trust' electronic modes of payment. Your 4 elderly relatives are no representative of the entire over 65 population. Wouldn't have thought that needed to be explained, genuinely.

gozunda · 26-02-2020 02:35PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Crazy long incubation phase for some , that ship was quarantined weeks ago and some passengers only testing positive now

Afaik the last of the passengers disembarked a couple of days ago. Staff and Japanese health officials remained on board

SusanC10 · 26-02-2020 02:35PM

Graces7 wrote: »

coronavirus was declared a notifiable disease here last week and that involves powers of eg restraint

I was talking more about Powers to ban public gatherings, cancel matches, close schools, offices, mandatory quarantine etc etc

That the Government/Dept of Health can take any necessary decisions rather than simply advising Organisations to do so.

s7ryf3925pivug · 26-02-2020 02:37PM

Stark wrote: »

He probably read it on this thread

I heard someone was expect d to be confirmed in limerick weeks ago. Source was reliable, but it was just an expectation, and it didn’t turn out to be the case.

It gets mentioned because they seem to test a lot of people they don’t expect to have it.

nmacu · 26-02-2020 02:37PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Just come from Lidl. Little useful nourishment to be found in there really, they are not replenishing shelves very well. The elderly woman in front of me at check-out was unwell and coughing, and after hand had gone to mouth trying to stifle cough it fumbled clumsily in wallet for cash, then handed the cash to check-out assistant. I said audibly “we really owe a duty to each other to use card rather than cash in this outbreak”. I do not understand elderly people’s insistence on always using cash. I mean they had to go to the trouble of getting the cash in the first place. My mother died in 2009 aged 89 and always used her card, simply as it was easier. I know if somebody has memory issues the pin can a problem but a lot of purchases done by elderly individuals could be contactless.

This is the most offensive post I've ever read on boards.

Kermit.de.frog · 26-02-2020 02:37PM

VinLieger wrote: »

Checking twitter i only see 1 person talking about it

https://twitter.com/deanpatrickegan/status/1232626384087986176?s=19

Id take it with a grain of salt for now

Unusual for someone to actually use their real name putting out something like that if it absolutely was untrue and appears to be a reporter on the bio. Maybe something in it.

Graces7 · 26-02-2020 02:39PM

silverharp wrote: »

Would be interesting if Tesco are tracking unusual purchases? I would say no, nothing you would notice.

Do any of the big chains sell UHT milk? I was going to check out Dealz in Stillorgan, they seem to have it on their website

LIDL sell UHT in litres. I find now that the dried is excellent; not like the old days when it clumped.. oh and Holland and barrett.

Tesco will be way ahead with extra stocks.

facehugger99 · 26-02-2020 02:40PM

Is there anyway Boards can get a 'White Knight' filter so I don't have to read the sanctimonious posts in response to the imaginary Lidl OAP?

Duke of Url · 26-02-2020 02:41PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Unusual for someone to actually use their real name putting out something like that if it absolutely was untrue and appears to be a reporter on the bio. Maybe something in it.

Im going to hedge my bets its a student from a school trip if confirmed.

FishOnABike · 26-02-2020 02:41PM

SusanC10 wrote: »

RTE are now saying (Website) that Simon Harris has said that any decision to cancel the Ireland v Italy Match is up to the IRFU.

Does anyone know what kind of emergency powers our Government actually have to deal with anything to do with this Virus (or any other similar style of situation) ? Is there specific Legislation ?

That's a complete cop out by the minister for health, department of health, HSE and their advisors.

It is completely unreasonable to push what is a health decision onto a sporting organisation.

Playing to an empty stadium, postponing or cancelling the match at this stage will not stop the majority of Italian fans who have already made travel and accommodation arrangements from travelling to Dublin.

Without a travel ban there will still be a similar number of Italian rugby fans arriving in Dublin and mingling in the city centre.

The government need to p1ss or get off the pot. It is either serious enough to give a clear directive to cancel the match and simultaneously implement a (possibly temporary) travel ban from Italy or it is not.

The case could be made that tracing any infection would be easier, if needed, if the Italian fans arriving were all in one location (a stadium) rather than randomly wandering around the city. Could seating be redesignated so all Italian fans are in an 'away section' to minimise mixing?

Giving soft 'advice' to cancel the match while doing nothing about the significant number of fans who will still travel to Dublin us both pointless and contradictory.

ThePopehimself · 26-02-2020 02:42PM

fr336 wrote: »

*Logs onto Boards hoping the Corona thread has dropped off the front page*

"Nope, number 1 thread"

*Runs for the hills*

But dropped into it nonetheless just to make that salient point. :cool:

VinLieger · 26-02-2020 02:43PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

Im going to hedge my bets its a student from a school trip if confirmed.

Its that or that guy from Singapore off the flight yesterday

Gringo180 · 26-02-2020 02:44PM

nmacu wrote: »

This is the most offensive post I've ever read on boards.

Boards is full of Kunts

odyssey06 · 26-02-2020 02:44PM

Graces7 wrote: »

LIDL sell UHT in litres. I find now that the dried is excellent; not like the old days when it clumped.. oh and Holland and barrett.
Tesco will be way ahead with extra stocks.

And just to confuse us LIDL keep it in the fridges, even though the whole point of it is that it's an ambient product that only needs to be refrigerated once opened

CBear1993 · 26-02-2020 02:44PM

What use is it cancelling that game when this is happening.

Dublin airport expects ALL these arrivals today’s from Italy. I’m not sure of the math, but let’s say half of all these flights are Italians, that’s hundreds will be in Dublin by tonight. Just today alone...

Mental.

3 Milan, 1 Venice, 2 Rome, 1 Naples

Duke of Url · 26-02-2020 02:44PM

VinLieger wrote: »

Its that or that guy from Singapore off the flight yesterday

Got a linky?

starbaby2003 · 26-02-2020 02:45PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

Im going to hedge my bets its a student from a school trip if confirmed.

The schools are all Southside, wouldn’t make sense for them to be in Beaumont, unless all suspected cases are being sent there ?

Graces7 · 26-02-2020 02:45PM

pc7 wrote: »

Live line covering panic buying today, it'll cause a run on the shops, the shelves will be empty!

I think the main supermarkets will have foreseen this and ordered extra. Hope so

VinLieger · 26-02-2020 02:46PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

Got a linky?

Read it on old thread yesterday

super_furry · 26-02-2020 02:46PM

So how long before we all start calling it Captain Trips?

Rob A. Bank · 26-02-2020 02:46PM

From the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control today.

Distribution of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK, as of 26 February 2020

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COVID-19-cases-EU-UK-26-february-2020.png?itok=RmuWIzlK

The graph looks suspiciously like where China was five weeks ago... only time will tell if it continues with the very rapid growth of the last 5 days.

:-(

VinLieger · 26-02-2020 02:47PM

starbaby2003 wrote: »

The schools are all Southside, wouldn’t make sense for them to be in Beaumont, unless all suspected cases are being sent there ?

Theres one in bray another kildare, also heard about maynooth. Id guess beaumont is a central isolation point.

FishOnABike · 26-02-2020 02:48PM

Duke of Url wrote: »

I dont know much about politics but wouldnt this be the call of the The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport working on the Advice of the Minister of Health?

Considering Shane Ross didn't get elected. Do we even have a Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport?

Both are still ministers in the caretaker government until a new government is formed and both are equally inept wastes of space, promoted to positions beyond their ability.

Coronavirus Part II - Its arrived - We're Doomed!!! See OP for Mod warnings

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