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

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  • #4712
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    WHO says coronavirus epidemic is at 'decisive point'?
    https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2020/0227/1117852-coronavirus/


  • #4713
    wadacrack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,172 ✭✭✭wadacrack


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Just for a bit of perspective, even when the disease is confirmed in ROI, the probability of you actually getting it are very low. Even if you do get it, the probability of actually dying is also very low.

    Likely to infect 70% of this country in the next 18 mths, 20% seriously ill.If we dont slow it down the Death rate could be as high as 8% possibly. These look to be worst case scenario numbers I admit but entirely possible


  • #4714
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    Yeah but how will it affect the 6N points? I’d much prefer we played it, we won’t lose to Italy.

    Wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the 6 nations games are postponed also.


  • #4715
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,384 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    pad199207 wrote: »
    https://www.facebook.com/445456162136874/posts/3328927983789663/?d=n

    A group returned from Madonna di Campiglio last Saturday which I don’t think is in the list of affected regions in N Italy.

    I’ve heard a few were coughing and spluttering during the week, could be just a cold or whatever but you can’t be certain. I’ve also heard other stuff but I don’t know if it’s 100% accurate.
    Ah sure just dump everything here everyone else is.


  • #4716
    Snow Garden
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭Snow Garden


    DellyBelly wrote: »
    That's a definite. The local Chinese up by us is lovely and the family who run it are great but they are a large no of them and at least one of them is back and forth to China. So won't be going there for the near future. Shame cause they do a quality aromatic duck

    Back to the Indian so DellyBelly?


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  • #4717
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    gmisk wrote: »
    Ah sure just dump everything here everyone else is.

    Thats what a forum is for.


  • #4718
    amadangomor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭amadangomor


    tillyfilly wrote: »
    WHO says coronavirus epidemic is at 'decisive point'?
    https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2020/0227/1117852-coronavirus/

    Has been done hours ago here , read the thread before posting old news


  • #4719
    Funkfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭Funkfield


    DellyBelly wrote: »
    That's a definite. The local Chinese up by us is lovely and the family who run it are great but they are a large no of them and at least one of them is back and forth to China. So won't be going there for the near future. Shame cause they do a quality aromatic duck

    I do a very good Leonard Rossiter


  • #4720
    To Alcohol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 526 ✭✭✭To Alcohol


    pad199207 wrote: »
    https://www.facebook.com/445456162136874/posts/3328927983789663/?d=n

    A group returned from Madonna di Campiglio last Saturday which I don’t think is in the list of affected regions in N Italy.

    I’ve heard a few were coughing and spluttering during the week, could be just a cold or whatever but you can’t be certain. I’ve also heard other stuff but I don’t know if it’s 100% accurate.

    Jesus Christ this is just 2km up the road! Should we self isolate to be safe?


  • #4721
    BanditLuke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,600 ✭✭✭BanditLuke


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Wouldn't be surprised if the rest of the 6 nations games are postponed also.

    Good news at long last.


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  • #4722
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,972 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    As a journalist, I have to say that I am shocked at the lack of evidence to back up claims. What's worse is this new online publication WhatsApp which is worse than the Daily Fail.

    I can only thank this post once but I'd do it several times if I could. Not just with coronavirus but just most things that happen. I'm sure my friends and family don't mean it but the amount of "I heard this from someone" I get starting messages as if that's an iron clad source and the stuff I'm told is true. It's one of the drawbacks of social media and technology is that people can transmit info way faster and the info may be complete rubbish.


  • #4723
    BarryD2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,732 ✭✭✭BarryD2


    Why at very least are we not advising those coming from areas affected, not to use public transport and stay at home for incubation period. Heard HSE expert on earlier saying they can track all fellow train passengers to this case. Utterly unconvincing.


  • #4724
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,384 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Why are people getting banned for posting unverified claims of the illness in Ireland yet clowns who have been spending the last couple of weeks posting "I hope this isnt true but (insert wild unverified hysteria here)" are left at it?
    I don't think anyone is getting banned?
    People are just posting any oul guff


  • #4725
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,003 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Snow Garden wrote: »
    It is the most amazing thread on Boards ever imho. It will provide superb analysis for some PhD student in years to come.
    It does make me think that humanity has run it's course on this earth though. I would really love to know the ages of some of the posters
    Snow Garden wrote: »
    This thread could be a superb thesis on the perils of social media for someone.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112575172&postcount=6822

    How incredibly original of you.


  • #4726
    tillyfilly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 567 ✭✭✭tillyfilly


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Has been done hours ago here , read the thread before posting old news

    :D that's not a rule


  • #4727
    ITman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 876 ✭✭✭ITman88


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Likely to infect 70% of this country in the next 18 mths, 20% seriously ill.If we dont slow it down the Death rate could be as high as 8% possibly. These look to be worst case scenario numbers I admit but entirely possible

    Ah here, this is laughable stuff. Pure panic inducing puke talk.
    I need to stop getting annoyed at this thread, I think my genuine worry is for the future of the world economy which is the sickest thing to emerge from this virus.
    We were in a great place in this country, the last thing we need is another recession


  • #4728
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,972 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Funkfield wrote: »
    I do a very good Leonard Rossiter

    Are you a really good actor and not a nice person ?


  • #4729
    skimpydoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,074 ✭✭✭skimpydoo


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    I can only thank this post once but I'd do it several times if I could. Not just with coronavirus but just most things that happen. I'm sure my friends and family don't mean it but the amount of "I heard this from someone" I get starting messages as if that's an iron clad source and the stuff I'm told is true. It's one of the drawbacks of social media and technology is that people can transmit info way faster and the info may be complete rubbish.
    Thanks, I am just stating what we are all thinking and as a journalist, I only publish what I can stand over.


  • #4730
    Runaways
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭Runaways


    BanditLuke wrote: »
    Thanks but my friend is in hospital seriously ill and i visit him several times a week and my parents every day.

    And please don't be telling me not to post here. If you've a problem the report button is available.

    Thanks, Luke

    Look after yourself. Don’t go under.


  • #4731
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Corona down 8% worldwide though :

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/corona-beer-firm-reeling-after-8-slide-due-to-coronavirus-1.4187270


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  • #4732
    igCorcaigh
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,384 Mod ✭✭✭✭igCorcaigh


    Guardian:

    Our Ireland correspondent has more details on preparations in the Republic of Ireland:

    Confirmation that Northern Ireland’s first case of coronavirus returned from northern Italy via Dublin airport has set off alarm bells in the Republic of Ireland.

    Authorities will try to swiftly retrace the patient’s journey – where they sat on the plane, their movements through the airport, and how they travelled to Northern Ireland.

    Simon Harris, the health minister, says Ireland is prepared for an outbreak. But Michael O’Dwyer, head of the department of anaesthesia and critical care at St Vincent’s University hospital in Dublin, told the Irish Times on Thursday that Ireland would struggle to handle even a small number of severely ill patients because the main Dublin hospitals lack capacity for extra patients requiring intensive care.


  • #4733
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,611 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    amadangomor wrote: »
    Has been done hours ago here , read the thread before posting old news

    how many pages back is that?


  • #4734
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,003 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Doctor Jimbob wrote: »
    Why are people getting banned for posting unverified claims of the illness in Ireland yet clowns who have been spending the last couple of weeks posting "I hope this isnt true but (insert wild unverified hysteria here)" are left at it?

    Because one is deliberate trolling and the other isn't.


  • #4735
    Spanish Eyes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,121 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    Wonder if Asylum Seekers will go elsewhere now? Be interesting to see what happens.

    Just a comment, so don't go all huffy on me.


  • #4736
    gmisk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,384 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    BBC newsline some common sense
    They stated current evidence says 4 out of 5 people who get it will have a fairly mild flu that's it. It's not gonna be like 28 days later people are going over the top and it's clearly being hyped up by social media etc.


  • #4737
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,611 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Because one is deliberate trolling and the other isn't.

    yes, but which is which?


  • #4738
    gabeeg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,591 ✭✭✭gabeeg


    skimpydoo wrote: »
    Thanks, I am just stating what we are all thinking and as a journalist, I only publish what I can stand over.

    If you were a real journalist, you wouldn't keep telling everyone you're a journalist


  • #4739
    Cilldara_2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,189 ✭✭✭Cilldara_2000


    wadacrack wrote: »
    Likely to infect 70% of this country in the next 18 mths, 20% seriously ill.If we dont slow it down the Death rate could be as high as 8% possibly. These look to be worst case scenario numbers I admit but entirely possible


    You're wrong. My mam's aunt's husband's cousin's coworker says that it's likely to infect everyone and we will all die. Please do not downplay this major catastrophe.


  • #4740
    solidasarock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 363 ✭✭solidasarock


    Spanish Eyes wrote: »
    Wonder if Asylum Seekers will go elsewhere now? Be interesting to see what happens.

    Just a comment, so don't go all huffy on me.


    Where are they gonna go?

    Antarctica?


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  • #4741
    Notdeco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭Notdeco


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    650,000 worldwide die annually from influenza. Until people here start dropping in their 100's I'm going to continue to look upon it as media and social media driven hysteria.
    How many people do we have in their hundreds?

    Looks like Old folk homes are gonna go bankrupt.


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