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cnocbui · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Clayton Hotel Pearse St appararantkly on lock down, some Italians staying there diagnosed with the virus....

Link or it's false.

smelly sock · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

pad199207 wrote: »

ALL air travel needs to be stopped or at least screened into all airports. Ditto for Seaports.

Yep. Lets be careful and treat this potential pandemic with repsect.

#Survive

skimpydoo · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

All stemming from bull**** on WhatsApp.

Agreed that alleged video of the Clayton Hotel was actually an office building on Sir John Rogersons Quay and we don't know when the video was shot.

Doctors room ghost · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Not safe to eat, you should have bought rum and raisins.

I’d murder a rum and raisin with a cup of tea.

fr336 · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

Ficheall wrote: »

You predicted what? That there'd be a coronavirus case on the island soon?
Well done, Nostradamus.

I did not post what you quoted me as posting please delete.

gmisk · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Clayton Hotel Pearse St appararantkly on lock down, some Italians staying there diagnosed with the virus....

Any evidence for this bar a deleted tweet?
Which didn't look like right area to me...

bennyl10 · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Clayton Hotel Pearse St appararantkly on lock down, some Italians staying there diagnosed with the virus....

This was Going around yesterday.
As was a Maldron
As was the Gresham

There are no cases currently confirmed in the Republic of Ireland. There wasn’t 24 hours ago. There isn’t right now in any hotel in Dublin

People need to get off twitter and whatsapp

gabeeg · 27-02-2020 10:55PM

joe_99 wrote: »

Clayton Hotel again? New material required.

You'd think they'd have upped their standards what with last nights scare.

Oh Clayton, Clayton, Clayton

deathbomber · 27-02-2020 10:56PM

igCorcaigh wrote: »

I agree, our approach has been a bit lax.
This could and should change though, when it's too late.

"flatten the curve"

Not really, i have been following the virus since the first "official"announcement in January and i know for a fact medical suppliers here had restrictions in place and would only sell applicable stock to licensed medical professionals and institutions due to the virus. Maybe the lack of checks at airports could of been better but probably futile anyway. We are not China, we cannot build a jospital in 7 days nor 4 years!! What we can do, is slow down the rate of infection via communicating to the public about hygiene and precautionary measures. The HSE are doing this and obviously momentum has now been stepped up - pretty good effort really. The nightmare scenario is with having many people in critical condition at the same time, we would struggle to cope as would many countries so lets try and slow it down (if there is an outbreak )it will be more then of an outbreak in stages and not a peak of critical people. The real worrying unknown is reinfection, what is the impact as in is it worse etc, hopefully we get more information about this particular point soon.

tillyfilly · 27-02-2020 10:56PM

I work with some Italians, should I avoid them ?

awec · 27-02-2020 10:57PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I work with some Italians, should I avoid them ?

I have a lasagne in the fridge, should I bin it?

eeepaulo · 27-02-2020 10:57PM

tillyfilly wrote: »

I work with some Italians, should I avoid them ?

And pizza and pasta

BanditLuke · 27-02-2020 10:57PM

Good point made there by a doctor on RTE, Chinese people take a tremendous pride in their country and protecting it and have all rowed in the same direction to stop the virus

Here we are still making father ted jokes and moaning about a cancelled game of rugbyball.

Ubbquittious · 27-02-2020 10:57PM

CFlat wrote: »

Global Coronavirus, wide scale flooding, locusts in Africa, wild fires in Australia, sand storms in Spain.

I think we're going to need a bigger boat.

You could do a remake of 'We didnt start the fire' from the past year alone

theballz · 27-02-2020 10:58PM

Question (possibly a silly one.)

Why would there be a “media blackout” of these suspected cases in Clayton, Mater, Vincents etc?

I could understand why these cases may not be reported on the basis that they may not have been confirmed infections, however, confused as to why a “blackout” by the media might be put in place (assuming these suspected cases are legit.)

Can anyone help me understand this?

Or is it purely WhatsApp b*llocks talk?

Loafing Oaf · 27-02-2020 10:58PM

pad199207 wrote: »

ALL air travel needs to be stopped or at least screened into all airports. Ditto for Seaports.

Too late to make much of a difference with this one, but for the next epidemic, there should be global contingency plans for severe restrictions on international travel before it spreads. Basically you should have a very good reason for flying in or out of an infected country...

all about the mane · 27-02-2020 10:58PM

Fireball81 wrote: »

Clayton Hotel Pearse St appararantkly on lock down, some Italians staying there diagnosed with the virus....

There is no Clayton hotel on Pearse street. Jaysus people need to cop on to themselves

gmisk · 27-02-2020 10:58PM

theballz wrote: »

Question (possibly a silly one.)

Why would there be a “media blackout” of these suspected cases in Clayton, Mater, Vincents etc?

I could understand why these cases may not be reported on the basis that they may not have been confirmed infections, however, confused as to why a “blackout” by the media might be put in place (assuming these suspected cases are legit.)

Can anyone help me understand this?

Or is it purely WhatsApp b*llocks talk?

B#llocks talk.
There will be cases and soon here but no great conspiracy tbh

GiftofGab · 27-02-2020 10:58PM

Mater hospital has a confirmed case

josip · 27-02-2020 10:58PM

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Just got back from Lidl. If any of you haven't been to the shops yet get down there now. The staples were barely left on the shelf. It's mostly just that weird polish stuff left.

Home now and have boarded up the windows and doors. The family are safely inside and we have enough polish pickled cabbage and sausages to see us through to June.

Is JohnnyFlash with ye?

Ferm001 · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

First case in NI confirmed. Woman travelled from Italy through Dublin.

appledrop · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

There he is again on rte lying saying health service has capacity.

What a load of crap. Yep I'm certain they are playing it down hoping that some slip through the net + dont get tested as we have no where to put them.

Nijmegen · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

I wonder if the interview on Prime Time with the chief medical officer will get replayed in future along with the famous interview with the head of bank regulation in 2008.

pad199207 · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

Mad idea and all that... But would it come to pass that social media could be curtailed or cut off to stop hysteria and panic setting in?

fr336 · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

Ficheall wrote: »

You predicted what? That there'd be a coronavirus case on the island soon?
Well done, Nostradamus.

Totally fake post for likes, I didn't post that

Sierra Oscar · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

pad199207 wrote: »

ALL air travel needs to be stopped or at least screened into all airports. Ditto for Seaports.

Screening is a waste of time in most cases, infected people are symptom-less passing through airports. There's a reason health officials are trying to focus their efforts on identifying people with actual symptoms in the community and not focusing entirely on ports of entry.

amadangomor · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Cue the anti semites. Inferiority much?

Israel haters: Israel is a racist, apartheid regime! (All lies) We call for a boycott against the Jews! Israel: We’ll have they coronavirus vaccine ready in a couple of weeks. Israel haters:

Anti semites are vile, almost as bad are people who equate being against Israeli injustices as being anti semites

05eaftqbrs9jlh · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

o1s1n wrote: »

How do you collect bins via a computer? Sounds tricky.

If you're separating your waste properly then that shouldn't really be a huge problem for a few months. Meat and fish waste goes to the pets. If you don't have a cat then you can usually aquire one these days by going outside your back garden with intent. Eggshells vegetation and degradable gets composted. Wash plastic, glass aluminum and use again or store. Flatten and pack down paper as best you can for easier storage. You're not really going to be able to accumulate as much waste if you're not shopping.

I revoke my earlier statements about "everyone" working from home. It's definitely something to consider for those who can. Those who HAVE to go out would benefit from the quieter streets and there would be less chance of idle transmission of disease.

I provide essential care for a relative with immunity issues regularly and I fear that going to work will expose me and, in turn, him. I'm weighing up my options quite seriously.

fritzelly · 27-02-2020 10:59PM

Ferm001 wrote: »

First case in NI confirmed. Woman travelled from Italy through Dublin.

Sorry but you missed the party

gabeeg · 27-02-2020 11:00PM

deathbomber wrote: »

Not really, i have been following the virus since the first "official"announcement in January and i know for a fact medical suppliers here had restrictions in place and would only sell applicable stock to licensed medical professionals and institutions due to the virus. Maybe the lack of checks at airports could of been better but probably futile anyway. We are not China, we cannot build a jospital in 7 days nor 4 years!! What we can do, is slow down the rate of infection via communicating to the public about hygiene and precautionary measures. The HSE are doing this and obviously momentum has now been stepped up - pretty good effort really. The nightmare scenario is with having many people in critical condition at the same time, we would struggle to cope as would many countries so lets try and slow it down (if there is an outbreak )it will be more then of an outbreak in stages and not a peak of critical people. The real worrying unknown is reinfection, what is the impact as in is it worse etc, hopefully we get more information about this particular point soon.

We've done approx. 100 tests since the outbreak started

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