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

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  • #4172
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,384 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Another cruise ship. Poor people.

    https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1233117986552082432?s=19


  • #4173
    Pintman Paddy Losty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭Pintman Paddy Losty


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    Where do you live? Why do you need staples?

    I'm not telling you where I live. It's every man for himself at this stage.


  • #4174
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    DrumSteve wrote: »
    I'd imagine it would be people in his immediate vicinity who would be most at risk. I don't think he was breathing on the pilot.

    People sitting beside him.?


  • #4175
    Louche Lad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Louche Lad


    Coronavirus: Northern Ireland confirms first case of disease

    https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-northern-ireland-confirms-first-case-of-disease-11944791

    Now it's official: we are f***ed.


  • #4176
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    ⚠ CORONA ADVISORY ⚠
    The Symptoms of the Corona Virus are:
    1. Sweating
    2. Weakness
    3. Diarrhoea
    4. Stomach Pain
    Basically the same kind of feeling you get when you see your other half checking your phone.


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  • #4177
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    My question is should people from the North of Italy be 'self-isolating' in that region and not leaving it unless they have a very good reason to, which I doubt this guy did...

    Arseholes wont self isolate themsevles, I can assure you there's Irish people on their way to Northern Italy as we speak

    Imagine if we'd had the foresight to turn back flights from Italy last week, would have bought us a lot of time.

    But sure, lookit, No else was doing it. We're part of the EU and such bollocks


  • #4178
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    That's very nice for you.

    I have a friend with a very compromised immune system due to other illnesses.
    If she got this virus, I would suspect that she wouldn't be able to recover and I'm sure that somewhere along the line of transmission there'd be some selfish arsehole joking about how he got it and it was only a cold and few sniffles for him. It could be someone who came back from a holiday in an affected area who had some initial symptoms but fucked if that was going to deter them for going for their weekly Tuesday pints down the local. Because they are full-time mad bastards like.

    Yeah yeah heard it all before.

    So you think the best reaction for your friend is to scare the living daylights out of them and tell them to stockpile food and post stuff like this utter nonsense below?
    fair to say this is going to be a year from hell unless some miracle happens


  • #4179
    Mwengwe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭Mwengwe


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Another cruise ship. Poor people.

    https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1233117986552082432?s=19

    How in god's name is anyone getting on a cruise ship after the last couple of months.


  • #4180
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Request to mods.

    This thread is moving so quickly I cant keep up - Can we make it Boards first auto-scrolling thread?


  • #4181
    VinLieger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,941 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    He got it in Italy or on the plane back, theres probably a thousand or so who have just come back from the exact same area on flights since the weekend so tell me again why testing at the airport isnt sensible?

    How people are still sticking their heads in the sand about this is beyond me.


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  • #4182
    blade1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,767 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The mass hysteria in here is quite an incredible read

    It's like Eurovision.
    We're on the board now.
    One point so far from Italy.


  • #4183
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,274 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Mwengwe wrote: »
    How in god's name is anyone getting on a cruise ship after the last couple of months.

    Ah it’s only a few weeks in fairness


  • #4184
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Mwengwe wrote: »
    How in god's name is anyone getting on a cruise ship after the last couple of months.

    They use the jetty.


  • #4185
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,004 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Reckless Abandonment wrote: »
    Jesus Italy is doing some job of spreading this about. It must be even more rampant over there than the figures are currently showing.

    Take the number of deaths in Italy - 17 - and multiply by 100 or 200 to get a rough idea of how many cases there likely are.


  • #4186
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Stewball wrote: »
    I'm going to watch Matt Damon in Contagion tonight to ease my sense of panic!

    Matt Damon.


  • #4187
    Blanco100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Blanco100


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    The mass hysteria in here is quite an incredible read

    Its a passtime for people id say. The end of the world would entertain some clowns.


  • #4188
    brick tamland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭brick tamland


    smelly sock wrote: »
    200 people on the flight though. This will get bad quickly.

    Doesnt mean a single one contracted it.


  • #4189
    laurah591
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭laurah591


    igCorcaigh wrote: »
    Another cruise ship. Poor people.

    https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1233117986552082432?s=19

    Damm i am never getting on a cruise ship .... freaking nightmare!! Poor people


  • #4190
    Donald Trump
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,327 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    Yeah yeah heard it all before.

    So you think the best reaction for your friend is to scare the living daylights out of them and tell them to stockpile food and post stuff like this utter nonsense below?


    Yeah yeah. We get it. You're so cool. You don't care. James Dean didn't have nuttin' on you

    Stockpiling food isn't really going to help my friend as due to severely compromised immune system, she must attend hospital a few times a week for treatment.

    But carry on being a mad-lad. You're a great fella.


  • #4191
    fr336
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭fr336


    Blanco100 wrote: »
    Its a passtime for people id say. The end of the world would entertain some clowns.

    Unlike the clowns who cry foul over a rugby match being cancelled.


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  • #4192
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Take the number of deaths in Italy - 17 - and multiply by 100 or 200 to get a rough idea of how many cases there likely are.

    Divide it by 2 (CFR) then multiply by 100.

    So I reckon you're looking around 850 cases.


  • #4193
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    brick tamland wrote: »
    Doesnt mean a single one contracted it.

    In a confined space. More likely some did.


  • #4194
    macnug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭macnug


    Supposedly the person infected in NI came from Italy though the republic.


  • #4195
    ITman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    fritzelly wrote: »
    Another 6 new cases in Spain - there's my plans for March out the window

    Did you plan on being the 6th case in March?


  • #4196
    10000maniacs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,583 ✭✭✭10000maniacs


    The Rubberbandits will be ok. I knew they were on to something.


  • #4197
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Yeah yeah. We get it. You're so cool. You don't care. James Dean didn't have nuttin' on you

    Stockpiling food isn't really going to help my friend as due to severely compromised immune system, she must attend hospital a few times a week for treatment.

    But carry on being a mad-lad. You're a great fella.

    Thanks Donald :)


  • #4198
    d51984
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 940 ✭✭✭d51984


    They should cancel all Paddys day festivities now, give all visitors a chance to get refunds etc. No point doing it last minute, a lot of Yanks fly in for that week. Better to cancel now so they can sort refunds etc.

    We need to up our game at all entry points, temperature checks, set up isolation centers in strategic locations.

    Aer Lingus, Ryanair and even Irish rail on cross border services should be getting a plan in to action.

    It may seem like an over reaction but ****s getting serious now.

    Its a disgrace Joe!



  • #4199
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,004 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Mwengwe wrote: »
    How in god's name is anyone getting on a cruise ship after the last couple of months.

    Spare a thought for all those involved in the 8 or so new cruise liners in the works to be launched this year.


  • #4200
    tuxy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,983 ✭✭✭✭tuxy


    VinLieger wrote: »
    He got it in Italy or on the plane back, theres probably a thousand or so who have just come back from the exact same area on flights since the weekend so tell me again why testing at the airport isnt sensible?

    How people are still sticking their heads in the sand about this is beyond me.

    What kind of testing would you propose?


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  • #4201
    Cunning Stunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭Cunning Stunt


    My colleague returned from a ski trip in Northern Italy about 2 wks ago. She was mentioning this morn how they had to travel through the worst hit town on way to their hotel. She reckons the quarantine thing is a load of hysteria though. Does our employer not have an obligation to make her stay home? Is the 14 days or so, since she came back, enough time to rule out infection?


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